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FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 41.
TROOPS START GREAT RAIDS IN DUBLIN
HARDING’S STAND ON
JAP QUESTION REAL
PUZZLE ON THE COAST
Not a Word So Far Uttered Bv President-Elect
Or Hughes, Secretary of State-toBe —
Simms’ Fourth Article
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18.—Given the fiddle-string-like tension which
really underlies the apparently calm surface of relations between the United
States and Japan, the Pacific coast, from Mexico to Puget Sound, is won
dering what the attitude of President Warren G. Harding and his secretary
of state will be when the diplomatic battle begins after the fourth of
March next.
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well.
GEORGIA CLUB TO
SAVE 300 LIVES
Columbus Rotarians
Give $3,000 To Re
lief Fund
ATLANTA, Feb. 18.—To the Ro
tary Club of Columbus goes the
honor of raising the largest amount
of any single organization in Geor
gia for the great American fund to
save 3,500,000 European children
from starvation.
The Columbus Rotarians, taking
active charge of the campaign in
their city, obtained contributions
amounting to $3,009.50, and H. R.
McClatchey, secretary of the club,
has sent his check for that amount to
E. Marvin Underwood, state chair
man for Georgia.
“The work of the Columbus Rotary
club is one of the finest things in the
whole campaign, in Georgia, or else
where,” said Chairman Underwood
today. “They have the thanks not
only of the Georgia committee, but
of Herbert Hoover, the national
chairman, and all his associates at
national headquarters.”
The Columbus contribution will
feed three hundred starving children
of Europe until the next harvest,
when it is estimated that their own
governments will be able to keep
them going.
Numerous other Rotary clubs in
Georgia are taking an active inter
est in the European relief campaign,
and it is hoped and expected that
their efforts will be enormously stim
ulated by the example of the club in
Columbus.
Chairman Underwood announced
today that practically half of the
$33,000,000 fund undertaken in
Amei’ica has been raised, and that
a steady stream of contributions in
Georgia is lifting this state, day by
nearer and nearer to its goal.
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Woman’s Party In Row
Over Disarmament
WASHINGTON, Feb.lß. —A fight
developed at the National Woman’s
Party convention here today over a
proposal to pledge the organization
work for immediate world disarma
work for immediate world disarma
ment.
Suggestion was embodied in -a min
ority report from the resolutions
committee as to the future policy of
the party.
Experiments have shown that lime
water is the best preservative for
■«ggs.
Neither President-elect Harding
nor his secretary-of-State-apparent
Hughes, so far as is known out here,
has uttered ary very pronounced
views on the subject. This but adds
to the feeling of uncertainty along
what Gcv. Stephens, of California,
calls “the western edge of civiliza
tion.”
Harding Statement
When r. delegation from California
paid a visit to the well known front
porch at Marion, 0., last September
to tell Mr. Harding their side of the
story and hear his position on the
question, he said to them:
“I do not doubt that Americans on
the coast are troubled in their minds
about the Oriental question, as it is
called. That question raises every
interpretation of our watchword
“America First,” for it involves sev
eral sets of obligations.
“It involves our obligations to the
great foreign powers; it involves the
obligations of all America towards
one group of American states and
their peoples.
“But it also involves the obliga
tions of that group of states to the
nation.
“There is abundant evidence of
the dangers which lurk in racial dif
ferences. I do not say racial in
equalities—l say racial differences. I
am ever ready to recognize that the
civilization of the Orient is older
than ours, that her peoples have their
pride as well as their honorable tra
ditions.
Friction Recognized
“In spite of the honor of these
oriental peoples and in spite of their
contribution to the world’s advance
ment, it is conceivable that they be
so different in racial characteristics
or in, manner of life as practiced by
other peoples of equal honor and
achievement that no matter whether
it be on the soil of the one or on
the soil of the other, these differ
ences, without raising any question
of inferiority or any superiority, may
create—l believe they have created
on the Pacific coast—without blame
to either side—a friction that must
be recognized.”
Friends of the Japanese heVe be
lieve Harding “will do nothing rash,”
as one of them put it. They see in
Harding’s mention of the reciprosity
of the obligations which the nation
and the various states owe to each
other a reminder to California that
if she wants the nation to stand by
her, she, on her side, must not go to
extremes in dealing with the nation
als of powers to whom the nation as
a whole is responsible.
Such is one interpretation. An
other by the antis, is that President
elect Harding has virtually pledged
himself to an exclusion program.
Cox Charges.
Still others quote Governor James
M. Cox, the Democratic nominee, as]
charging Mr. Harding with a quick
change of policy regarding the Jap
anese in California. Speaking in Sac
ramento two days after Harding’s ut
terances on the Oriental immigration
problem, Cox declared Senator Hard
ing sent out to newspapers in ad-J
vance the speech he inteded to make!
to the California delegation but
when Governor Stephens saw the
speech he said “This won’t do,” and
the senator changed the speech while
the governor sat on the front porch.
This incident is now being recall
ed out here by some to “prove” that
President-elect Harding has no weli
defined Japanese program already
mapped out.
Believing the influence of Presi
dent Roosevelt is till upon the G.
0. P., both sides to the Japanese
controversy are now searching the
sayings of the immortal Tedd.y for a
grain of cheer. Sp far it has beep
a draw, or very nearly a draw, though
the pro-Japanese claim Roosevelt was
on their side.
Roosev“lt’s Messag“.
‘America and .Tanan, by Col. The
odore Roosevelt,” is a pamphlet
which Wm. D. Wheelright, or the
Oregon state child’s welfare, board
end one of the mori influential men
in the northwest, is using in his fight
for the Japanese.
“Doesn’t anv sane man know that
Japan’s friendship jo the best a=set
we can have in the Orient,” Roose-
THE TnKSitg&RDER
feaU PUBLISHED IN THE HEART'qF DlX<E~lte^ S ?
HUGHES CONFERS
WITH HARDING ON
FOREIGN FOLICY
Next Secretary Os State
Center Os Interest
Today
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 18.—
I The visit of Charles E. Hughes, who
| is expected to President Harding’-
secretary of state, occupied the cen
ter of interest at Harding’s head
quarters here today.
Specific steps in initiating the for
; eign policy of the next aaministra
| tion were expected to be reviewed
iat the conference. The morning was
devoted to a number of miscellaneous
appointments.
COTTONSTOCKS
PROBE HELD UP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The
proposed investigation of the amount
of cotton and wheat retained in the
country was delayed today in the
senate when Senator Jones filed a
motion to reconsider yesterday’s vote
in adopting Senator Smith’s resolu
tion authorizing the inquiry.
Farmers’ Hog Sale
At Plains Announced
The next farmers’ co-operative hog
sale will be held at Plains next Wed
nesday, February 23, according to
announcement by George 0. Mar
shall, county agent, today. All far
mers having hogs in condition to mar
ket are invited to bring in their
stock.
veit is quoted as saying in 1918 when
told of “perisistent attacks” on the
Japanese by means of propaganda.
The “message,” as he called the con
tents of the pamphlets, was written
to counteract these attacks.
“A goed understanding between
her (Japan) and the United States
is essential to international progress,”
Roosevelt declared, “and it is a grave
offense against the United States for
any many by word or deed to jeop
ardize this good understanding.”
And again:
“One of the cardinal principles of
our foreign policy should he to se
cure and retain her (Japan’s) friend
ship, respect and good will. There is
not the slightest real necessity for
conflict of interest between the Unit
ed States and Ja::an in the Pacific.”
Opponents Quote T. R.
Leaders of the Exclusion League of
California likewise quote Roosevelt,
out of his autobiography:
“There has always been a strong
feeling in California against the im
migration of Asiatic laborers,” said
Roosevelt. “I believe this to be
fundamentally sound and must be in
sisted upon, and yet which can be in
sisted upon with such courtesy and
such sense of mutual fairness and
reciprocal obligation and respect as
not to give any just sense cl’ offense
to Asiatic peoples. In the present
state of the world’s progress it is
highly inadvisable that people in
wholly different stages of civiliza
tion, or of wholly different types of
civilization, even although both are
equally high, shall be thrown into
intimate contact.
“This is especially undesirable
when there is a difference in both
race and standard o Giving.’’
Old View Reviewed.
Inasmuch as the feeling is strong
among chambers of commerce, busi
ness men and many others on the
coast that Harding may borrow a
leaf from his illustratrious prede?
cessor in the G. O. P., the following,
much quoted out here nowadays, has
re-become news:
“The Japanese,” wrote Roose
velt, “would not tolerate tht intrusion
into their country of a mass of Am-!
ericans who would displace Jap-|
anese in the business of the land, lj
hink they are entirely right in thisj
position. I would be the first to ad-!
mit Japan has the absolute right to!
declare on what terms foreigners!
hall be admitted to work in heri
country, or to own land in her coun-|
'ry. America has and must insist up-!
on, the same right.
/ “The people of California were
right in insisting that the Japanese
should not come thither in masses,
that there should be no influx of
'sborers, or sma'l tradesmen in
~*ort, no mass settlement or immiga
tion.
Here, ! t is believed, may he the k»y
to trie .Jaepnese Policy of the in
coming administration-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.
THE COMING STORM.
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COLDEST WAVE OF
WINTER ON WAY
To Hit Eastern Section
Next Week, Says
Weather Bureau '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The
coldest weather of the winter prob
ably may be expected over much of
the country east of the Rockies dur
ing the next week, the Weather Bu
reau announced today in a special
bulletin.
The foregoing dispatch by the As
sciated Press will be received with
discomfort by peach orchard owners
of Georgia, altohugh it is possible the
cold wave, as is often the case, may
diminish as it moves eastward until
it will have small effect in this sec
tion. Sumter county peaches have
been in full bloom for several days,
and now are in their tenderest stage.
Even a severe frost could easily do
great damage.
“The trees are fully 20 days ahead
of last year,” said W. 6. Easter
lin, of Easterlin Brothers, extensive
peach growers of Andersonville sec
tion, today. “If the cold weather
holds off and we can make a crop it
will be the earliest crop in the’history
of peach growing in Georgia."
CHIEFTOLDOF
SHOOTINGTHREE
WIILIAMSON, W. Va., Feb. 18.—
Sid Hatfieid, Matewan chief of po
lice told Harry Staton, former justice
of the peace, that he had killed
three of the Baldwin Felts men in
the battle May 19 between mine
strikers and the detectives, Staton
testiifed in the trial of 19 of the
miners for murder today.
Asked who the men were, Staton;
said they were Albert Felts, Lee!
Felts and C. B. Cunningham
The testimony created a sensation
in court. Each of the defendants
leaned forward and watched the wit
ness closely to hear what further
revelations he had to make.
Road Bill Defeated
As Rider In Senate j
WASHINGTON, Feb" 18.—Efforts
to attach a rider to the postoffice j
bill appropriating $100,000,000 for
road construction failed today in the:
senate, the vote being nine less than ■
the required two-thirds majority. !
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,NEWS OF MEXICAN
WAR FILLS PAPER
PRINTED IN 1847
PRESTON, Feb. 18.—George
Christian has a copy of a news
paper which was published in
1847. This paper is entitled
“Brother Jonathan. ’
In looking over this paper one
will find a number of interesting
pictures of battles between the
Mexican army and United States
troops. There are also number
of battle hymns which were, sung
by the Mexican army and several
that were used by the U. S. army.
But perhaps the most interesting
that will be noted is the fact that
it contains a number of war sto-
I vies which teach good morals.
GREAT CYCLONE
RIPS UP TIMBER
Worst Disaster In His
tory of Forestry Re
ported From West
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Eight
billion board feet of timber was de
stroyed by a cyclone that ripped a
75-mile path thirty miles through the
Olympic Peninsula in Washington
state, January 29.
Reports from the forest service,
made public today, class the storm
as the “greatest disaster ever re
corded in the annals of forestry lum
bering.”
M A R K EFT S .
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 13c.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Pc Open 11am Ipm Close
Mch 13.32 13.25 13.28 13.20 13.1 Q
May .13.82 13.73 13.75 13.70 13.60
July 14.22 14.14 14.15 14.09 14.02
Oct. 14.58 14.53 14.52 14.50 14.45
WEATHER.
Forecast for Georgia-—Fair to
night, Saturday rain; not much
change in temperature.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rexall Store.)
4 pm 70 6 am ....49
6 pm 65 8 am 1.49
8 pm 60 8 am ...52
10 pm 58 10 am 52
Midnight 55 Noon : 5.8
2 am 53 2 pm 64
SINGER CARUSO
MUCH IMPROVED
Bulletin Denies Rumors
Os Onerations—Takes
Liquid Food
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Reassuring
reports were brought from Enrico
Caruso's sickroom early this morn
ing. The great singer passed a fairly
restful night. His fever was reduced,
his respiration uecidedly better and
he was able to take some liquid nour
ishment several times during the
night.
A later bulletin stated that Caru
so’s condition was distinctly improv
ed today. “Rumors of operation'
done or to be done are based on
false information,” asid the bulletin.
De« Moin*** Will Spend
$125,000 On Shriners
DER MOINES. la., Feb. 18.—More
than $125,000 will be spent prepar
ing for and entertaining the 1921
conclave of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine here, June 14, 15, 16. Rep
resentat*ves of bus ; ness men have
assumed ” $50,000 of the entertain
ment fund and the As Ga-Zig Tem
nle here will produce the remaining
$75,000.
Des Moines was designated the
1921 meeting place early in January.
Already .■'oirovim''Lelv fifty bands
and patrols of the Shrine have reserv
ed hotel accommodet’ons. wh’le a
number have made arrangements for
special trains in which they i-ntend to
live while here.
The 1920 export trade of Great
Britain increased 61 per tent over
that of 1919.
The mucilage on the back of a pos
tage stamp is made from the syrup
of sweet potatoes.
SL.EFP SICKNESS
FOOD POISONING.
EXPERT THINKS
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Feb.
18.—Belief that many, if not all
cuses recently diagnosed as sleep
ing sickness throughout the coun
try may have been Botulinus pois
oning was expressed today by Dr.
J. H. Kellogg, of this city. Dr.
Kellogg said he initiated a re
search based on this, theory short
ly after three deaths occurred at
Grand Rapids from Botulinus pois
oning, which laboratory tests had
traced to preserved spinach.
’ axrnsoTFs —'
So*-’ coiteo £ V
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IXOO SOLDIERS
IN EXTENSIVE
IRISH CLEANUP
Four Civilians Reported
Killed In Skirmish
Near Cork
DUBLIN, Feb. 18.— '’’he most ex
tensive series of raids .i, yet carried
out ir. the City of Dub'in began early
this morning. One thousand troops
participated, and the extent of the
preparations indicated that there was
no expectation on the part of the
authorities of finishing it quickly.
Four civilians were killed in a
skirmish with a patrol of the Essex
regiment near Kilhrittain, County of
Cork, Wednesday night, according to
a dispatch here.
Crisp-Lanier Society
Gives Good Program
An excellent program was rendered
at the weekly meeting of the Crisp-
Lanier Literary Society at the Am
ericus High school Friday morning.
At this meeting new officers were
elected as follows:
President, T. J. Walllis; vice-presi
dent, Murnh McDonald; secretary,
Ethel Wells.
The following program was render
ed by. by the students:
Life of a Georgian, Darby Read.
Current Events, Ethel Map' Hart.
Recitation, Eleanor Ross.
Jokes, Anthony Perry.
Music', Ruth Bailey.
Declama'ion, Herman Howard.
Impromptu Debate, “Resloved,
That Woman Suffrage Will Prove a
Calamity.”
Affirmative, Neal Hodges, T. J.
Wallis, William Fetner. Negative,
Louise Bragg, Katherine Sanborn,
and Frances Sparks. The judges de
cided in favor of the negative.
Fiver’s Mishan Not To
Delay Cross-U. S. Trial
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 18.—Of
ficial announcement was made to
day that Lieutenant W. B. Coney
would not delay his fPght across the
continent because of the mishap to
his competitor, Lieutenant Pearson,
who was forced down in Texas. Ho
nlans to eat dinner at Rockwell Field
here next Monday, then eat his next
dinner at Jacksonville, Fla., the
next evening.
Judge McGarmon Is
Acquitted OfSlaying
CLEVELAND, Feb. 18.—Judge
William H. McGannon today was ac
quitted of a second degree murder
charge in connection with the death
of Harold Kagy by a jury of three
women and nine men.
3,000 Dock Workers’
Pay Cut 10 Per Cent
BALTIMORE, Feb. 18.—The
wages of 3.000 of the 4,000 emnlovjes
of the Baltimore Dry Docks and Ship
building company were reduced ap
proximately ten per cent yesterday.
ASKS INJUNCTION
TO KEEP CHICKENS
OUT OF HIS YARD
ROME, Feb. 18.—A petition has
been filed by J. L. Hicks, in Floyd
Superior court for an injunction
asking Judge Wright to keep Bud
and Madge Hicks from allowing
their chickens to eat the growing
crops on the Botts farm in Chulio
district. The chickens seem to "
have felt that spring with all its
alluring enticements to roam had
already reached the Chulio district.
Mr. Botts tells the court that he
lias frequently but vainly urged the
Hicks folks to keep their chick
ens on their own premises, but
instead they—the chickens—eat
the growing Botts crops on the
Botts premises.
Judge Wright has set Saturday
morning at the time for hearing
about the perverse chicken® and in
the if they insist on eat
ing they must eat in their o\yn back
yards or be cited for contempt of
court.