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FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 56
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AND INVENTORY
ALL MATERIAL
Harding For Making
Statement Public When
It Is Prepared
WASHINGTON, March 9—A com-1
plete inventory of all leftover ma-1
terials in possession of th? War De
partment as of March 4 will be or
dered by the new secretary of war
at once.
This inventory is planned not only
to show the amount of these war
materials stored from, coast to coast
but also to show their physical con
dition.
Former Senator John L. Weeks is
the new secretary of war. He has
discussed this inventory with Presi-.
dent Harding, who has not only ap
proved it, but has suggested that the
be made public when completed.
War department officials admit
they have no accurate information
concerning - ' the hundreds of millions
of dollars’ worth of supplies left on
the department’s hands at the armis
tice.
The situation is described thus:
‘The wires are down between the
• cutlying'depots and the central de
pots and ’Washington.”
The Harding administration plans
to send into the field experts who
will make actual inventories on the
ground.
Vast quantities of supplies are im
properly stored.
Often these supplies are thrown to
gether in a great heap, helter-skelter,
like so much junk, in'the open with
no protection.
The consequent depreciation has
cost the government hundreds of mil
lions of dollars and each day this
condition continues the loss increas
es.
Congressman C. Frank Reavis of
Nebraska, has frequently called at
tention of congress to the loss in
automobiles, auto trucks, tractors,
mobile mahcine shops and other mo
tor equipment.
The Nebraskan who characterizes
this situation, has introduced a bill
to compel the War Department to
turn over to the Bureau of Good
Roads of the Agricultural Depart
ment all motor equipment which bun
be used in highway construction.
This equipment in turn will be dis
tributed among the 48 states.
The Reavis bill has been endorsed
by highway commissioners through
out the nation, who are wiring their
congressmen and senators, urging
that the bill be enacted.
Tn defense of the automobile
wastage army officials claim that
when the armistice came the depart
ment found itself possessed of thous
ands of trucks and autos “with no
place to gp.” Some had accumulated
at ports, some wx>re on the seas,
some were en route to the seaboard.
Because the equipment had to be
removed from the ports to make room
jfor returning soldiers, it was found
necessary to store it in any way pos
sible.
Army officials also claim uncer
tainty as to the future size of the
army made it unwise to dispose of
the motor equipment.
Thousands of the tractors were
shipped to the Texas border for open
air storage, with most of th.em at
El Paso and Galveston.
/Automobiles were shipped to Camp
Jessup, Ga„ Fort Sill, Okla., Camp
Holabird, Md.. and to Columbus, 0.,
Indianapolis,. Ind., and other places.
Thousands of cars were left to rot
in the open.
Efforts will be made to dispose
• of all marketable automobiles at an
i early date. , ‘
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SHIELDED FROM WEATHER.
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TROTZKY TAKES
REFUGE BEHIND
PETROGRAD FORT
Street Fighting Continu
ing, Says Helsingfors
Message
LONDON, Mary 9. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —A Central News dis
patch from Helsingfors, dated today,
says street fighting is continuing in
Petrograd and that War Minister
Trotzky and Soviet Governor Zino
vieff, of Petrograd are reported to
have taken refuge in the Fortress
St. Peter and St. Paul, surrounded
by a large number of protective
troops.
SOVIET REPORTS
MUTINEERS SPLITTING.
LOND, March 9. — (By Associated
Press.) —Workers in Soviet Russia
unanimously are indignant over the
revolutionary uprising at Kronstadt
and are begging to be allowed to
fight against the forces engaged with
the Soviet troops there, says a wire
less from Moscow.
The dispatch says “Friction is be
ginning to be noticeable among the
the mutineers.”
WHITE RUTHENIANS
QUIT RUSSIA.
WARSAW, March 9.—(By Assoi
ciated Press.) —The white Rutheen
ians have proclaimed the independ
enc from Russia, according to a
Minsk report received today.
Central Baptists To
Talk Coming Revival
Mid-week prayer services at Cen
tral Baptist church this evening at
7:30 o’clock will be conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Henry T. Brook
shire, who will speak from the fifth
chapter of James. A spiritual song
service will be included in the
prayer services.
Following the closing of the ser
vice, plans wil be disclussed by the
members of the congregation for the
coming evangelistic meeting which
will be held in Central Baptist
church.
A cordial invitation is extended
all the friends of the congregation to
meet at these mid-week services.
BOND ISSUE CARRIES
ATLANTA, March 9.—The $3,-
500,000 municipal bond issue for wa
ter and sewer extension, schools and
a viaduct over the railroad tracks at'
Spring street in the heart of the city,
passed at yesterday’s election by a
safe margin.
the highway department of Georgia
for distribution, among the various
counties in road building from a war
department order put a stop to such
disposition of this equipment,, have
been in storage fpr .six months- or
more at the Agricultural college, un
der the supervision of Division
Engineer Gaye. .These trucks are
shielded from the weather in barns
.at the college, and are therefore .not
deteriorating as rapidly as those left
out in the open elsewhere. These
trucks are to be apportioned to coun
ties in this district when they are pre
pared, to make use of them in Federal
aid work. Sumter county has a num
ber of the trucks, allotted when the
-county, paving program was under
taken a year or more ago.
IN THE HEART OF
Ilions of dollars’ worth of surplus war
) Jessup, Ga.
FATE OF 12,000
COAL STRIKERS
UF TO JURY OF 3
Outcome O1 Alabama
Mine War Left To
Commission
BIRMINGHAM, la., March 9
The case of the coal operators of
Alabama versus the United Mine
Workers of America has gone to the
jury.
Its verdict will decide whether
there’s to be ultimate peace or re
newed warfare in the great industrial
fields of this district, shaken for nine
months by a struggle between oper
ators and 12,000 striking miners.
It will decide, also, whether thous
ands of miners ,and their families
now living in tent colonies establish
ed by the miners’ organization, will
thus continue to live in the open or
will be permitted to return to com
pany-owned homes from which they
were ousted by a state supreme court
ruling. The jury consists of:
William T. Sheehan, newspaper
editor, chairman.
John W| Durr, wholesale drug
gist.
Richard M. Hobbie, wholesale gro
cer.
They were named by Governor Kil
by to “get the facts” in the mine
war.
All are from Montgomery, far re
moved from the industrial fields and
are disinterested third parties.
Truce In Effect
A truce was declared while the
jury investigated. Van A. Bittner,
international officer of the mine
workers, in behalf of workers in the
district, agreed unreservedly to ac
cept the findings of the commission.
Operators made a similar promise.
The entire issue hinges upon the
recognition of the right of the min
ers to bargain collectively through
state and national officers. The quar
rel over wages figured negligibly.
The jury ;s now in session at Bir
mingham. It has asked for briefs
from both sides. It will hear what
witnesses it wants ot call and any tes
timony either side cares to offer.
Then it will report to the governor.
Meanwhile, throughout the strike
zone, added tent colonies are spring
ing un daily.
Union leaders say 2.500 men, wo
men and children are living in tents
in the district now. and that by spring
this number will have increased to
30,0'00.
Use Army Tents
Eight thousand army tents have
been bought from the War Depart
ment to care for miners and their
families, compelled to leave company
owned homes by court order. One
tent is given to a family.
“The United Mine AVorkers of
America had made all arrangements
to ■ care for the strikers until this
fight was won’.” says Bittner. “Ala
ba.ma is a crficial field in the nation
wide attempt to strangle union la
bor, and we are ready to spend any,
amount of money needed to defeat
these plans'.”
The mine workers. Bittner says,
spent more than $1,800,000 during
their nine months’ fight.
Operators - decline to give any fig
ures on what the war cost them, al-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 9, 1921.
HARDING TO PAY
OLD CANAL DEBT
T. R. DENOUNCED
Former President Called
It Blackmail In 1903
Session
WASHINGTGON, March 9. Rat
ification of' the long pending Col
ombian treaty was urged by Presi
dent Harding in his first formal
message, sent to the senate today.
Immediately on receiving the mes
sage the senate went into executive
session.
Although Roosevelt called the
proposal “international blackmail,”
the new administration will ratify
the agreement, which consists chiefly
of the payment of $25,000,000 to that
nation for acquisition byb the United
States from Panama of the Panama
Canal Zone.
Incidentally this will be the first
overtures of friendship from the
Republican administration to the na
tions of South and Central Amer
ica.
Eighteen years Panama, in
a bloodless revolution, seceded from
Colombia, the United States fill as
suage the wounded feelings of the
Colombians.
Often Attempted
Efforts were made on several oc
casions to put through this treaty.
President Taft made repeated over
tures to Colombia without result.
Early in the Wilson administration,
while Bryan was the cabinet pre
mier, a pact was negotiated with
Colombia and admitted to the sen
ate for ratification.
It failed of passage and now near
ly eight years later some of the same
senators, led by Senators Lodge and
Fall, who then opposed the agree
ment, are advocating it. Their ob
jections to the treaty were based
principally on a clause which this
government apologized.
The treaty will contain no apol
ogy to Colombia. The $25,000,000
will be paid in five annual install
ments.
Here, briefly, is what caused the
treaty and why the- United States
wounded the feelings of the South
American nation:
Rooesvelt, in seeking a right of
way for the Panama Canal, after
long negotiations with Colombia fi
nally agreed to pay Colombia $lO,-
000,000 for the strip. The Colom
bian congress after dillydallying
around adjourned in 1903, without
ratifying the treaty. The people of
Panama were anxious to have the
pact approved.
Colombia Loses.
When their congress proved iself
politicians instead of statesmen, the
people of . Panama seceded. The
Washington government thereupon
served notice to Colombia that it
must not land troops within 50 miles
of the Panama Railroad. Four Am
erican warships were dispatched to
the isthmus to enforce the mandate.
A few days later the New Panama
government was recognized by Presi
dent, Roosevelt and the $10,000,000
was paid to Panama instead of Co
lombia.
The result was Colombia having
lost $10,000,00 in American gold, al
so a valuable strip of territory, felt
deeply humiliated and blamed the
United States.
though their financial loss is known
to have, been heavy. „
Governor Kilby says the strike
cost the state $420,000 for mainte
nance of troops in the strike dis
trict and for other expenses.
Alabama, overjoyed .following the
truce and the end of bitterness and
violence in the strike zone, is await
ing the outcome of the governor’s
experiment with intense interest.
AUSTRIA FEELS
ALLIED HAND ON
TREATY TERMS
Notified She Must Fulfill
Live Stock Feature
Os Pact
VIENNA, March 9. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —Formal notice that
it will be required to fulfill the live
stock provisions of the treaty of St.
Germain was served upon the Aus
trian government yesterday by the
Allied reparation commission. It in
volves the delivery of twenty thous
and head of cattle including six
thousand milch cows, to Italy, Ru
mania and Jugoslavia.
THEATERS CLOSED
IN DUSSELDORF.
DUSSELDORF, March 9.—(By
Associated Press.) —Allied soldiers
patrolled this city last night. So far
as known there were no untoward
incidents.
The theaters and moving picture
concerns were, ordered closed late
yesterday by General Degouette,
commander of the French forces, but
he promised this order might be
modified in a few days.
Hhe provincial authorities were in
vited yesterday to meet the com
manders of the Allied troops here.
A state of siege has been declar
ed.
Ownership Os Hound
Established By Court
John G. Bray, of Oglethorpe, was
awarded a decision in Justice Car
ter’s court today against E. JJ.
Young, of near Americus, in a dis
pute over the possession of a hound
dog.
The case grew out of a misunder
standing of it trade between the two
men concerning two dogs. Young
stated that he bought "Spot,” the dog
in question, and another, from Bray
for $l3O and paid sllO, taking one
of the dogs, and as “Spot” had dis
appeared, was to pay the remainder
when “Spot” returned. Bray said
that he had not sold “Spot,” and had
repeatedly refused to sell him. Young,
he claimed, came to his home in his
absence and without his knowledge
or consent took “Spot” and shipped
him to a man in Pennsylvania, ater
Young came and traded with Bray
for the two dogs, paying part down
and agreeing to pay the remainder
when “Spot” came back, knowing all
the while that “Spot” was in Penn
sylvania. The man in Pennsylvania
sent "Spot” back, however, stating
that he was no good, and when Bray
heard of it he reported it to Sheriff
Harvey, who seized the dog, the
trial following. The costs were
charged to Young.
Big Baraca Class To
Use Tent On Lawn
The yong men’s Baraca class of
the First Methodist church voted, at
its last meeting to purchase a large
tent, as they have outgrown their
classroom, and pitch jt on the lawn
of the church for class use.
The class has more than 60 mem
bers and expects to increase this to
75 by next Sunday.
USEOFLIQUORS
LEFT TO DOCTOR
IS U. S. OPINION
WASHINGTON, March 9.—(By
Associated Press.) —The govern
ment is without authority to pro
, Dibit or limit the manufacture and
sale of liquors, wines and beer for
non-beverage purposes, accord
ing to the. opinion of the attorney
general, mgde public today by the
internal revenue bureau.
Th.e opinion, one of the most
comprehensive dealing with the
question of prohibition, expressly
states there must be no limitation
of the use of liquors except as
prescribed by congress in limiting
the sale of spirituos liquor to one
•pint for ten days. The question
of limiting, thus, . the opiniqn
said, is left to the good faith of
the physician.
MEANEST THIEF
TAKES MOTHER OF
DAY-OLD BIDDIES
DAWSON, tMarch 9,—A recent
’phone message from Graves noti
fied • Sheriff Woods that a sus
picious character had been seen in
that vicinity. The .sheriff, with
Deputy Tom Jennings, left at once
scenting big game. When the ne
gro was rounded up a crocus - sack
tie was carrying on his shoulder
was found to contain a live hen.
On investigation it was found that
the hen had been stolen from El
Grimes just after coming off the
nest with a brood of chickens
which were left motherless,
The negro, who gave his name
as Will Davis, was brought to
Dawson and placed in jail.
W NOT MURDER TO
KILL GIRL DYING
BY OWN WOUND
BRUSSELS, March 9. (By As
sociated Press.)—The question of
whether one person is guilty of a
crime in hastening the death of
another who is suffering from a
mortal wound has been decided in
the negative here in the case of a
married man who shot and killed
a girl who attempted to commit
suicide. His plea was that she was
dying and that, tie killed her ratlier
than to watch her suffer. He was
arrested but acquitted of the
charge Os murder by the Brabant
court of Assizes.
The man in the was Jerome Her
mans, 32 years old and the girl was
Coline Vandyck, age 18. They had
a love affair and the attempt at
suicide resulted. The shooting oc
curred in the Bois De Cambre,
Brussels’ largest public park.
“Coline ran from the path into
a thicket,’” said Hermans. "1
heard a shot and ran after her.
She had shot herself in the temple
but was still alive. 1 could not
see her suffer and I took her re
volver and shot her in the neck.
Then she was still, and I shot my
self.”
Hermans recovered from his
wound and was in prison for eight
months until acquitted. Medical
testimony given at the trial was
to the effect that the girl’s suicidal
wound ultimately would have been
fatal.
CAPT.CRANSTON
WILLIAMS CITED
f ormer Americus Man
Honored For Bravery
In France
The following dispatch to the Ma :
con Telegraph will be pleasing to the
many friends here of Capt. Cranston
Williams, secretary to Senator Har
ris and formerly editor of the Times-
Recorder: "Washington, March B.
Tire following citation in general or
ders of the Seventh division was pre
sented today to Captain Cranston
Williams:
“ ’For exceptionally meritorious
and courageous service in the face of
the enemy. Lieutenant Williams dur
ing the period from October 8 to
November 11, 1918, in the Punven
elle sector, France, while serving as
the commanding officer of the Ma
chine Gun Company, 56th Infantry,
by his courageous conduct and ex
cellent example at all times before
his men, by his well organized and
properly functioned company, by his
leadership and his devotion to duty
under great stress showed excep
tional qualifies and was an inspira
tion to his men, thereby greatly as
sisting in the success of his Regiment,
Brigade and Division.’
“Williams served Hvith the 56th In
fantry, 7th Division, throughout his
army service, and is now secretary to
Senator William J. Harris. His home
is in Greensboro, Georgia.”
Petition For Debs To
Be Handed Harding
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 9. —
Petitions asking amnesty for. Eugene
V. Debs and all political prisoners
now confined in the United States
are to be presented to President
Harding.
Signature to these petitions are be
ing collected by the .Terre Haute
Post. The Post says:
“You may not agree with Debs
politically. Certainly the Terre
Haute Post does not. But if you
are fair minded you cannot say fur
ther imprisonment of these men and
women is not woefully unjust.”
Terre Haute is the home of the
Debs family and has been for many
years.
Mrs. Debs awaits here the re
turn of the Socialist leader from the
Federal pe’nitentiary at Atlanta,
where he was sent on a charge of
violating the espionage act in n
speech he made in Ohio during the
war.
Recently she was denied the privi
lege of writing to her husband, or
of receiving mail from him. •
“But we think of each other con
stantly,” she says. “We never can
be actually separated.”
ICE CREAM "MEN
SAY CONE SHOULD
SELL AT NICKEL
SAVANNAH, March 9.—Visions'
of the lowly nickel coming bacK hits
its own were held out Tueseday al
the anhual convention of the Tri-
State Association of Ice Cream Man
ufacturers held at the DeSoto Hotel,
when it was voted to advise dealers
to restore the “jitney plate'’ and the
five cent cone.
The manufacturers claimed that
the “sundate merchants” could af
ford the sell cones and small plates
of cream for a “nickel” and make a
gcod profit. It was accordingly
agreed that the members should in
struct their salesmen to inform the
retailers of the sentiment of the
manufactuerrs.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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MILLIONAIRE
MANS ENGINE
PULLING TRAIN
Passengers and Freight
Hauled Out Os
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, March 9.—Train
22 on the Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic left here en schedule time
for Lineville, Ala., this morning,
tying mail and passengers.
The engine was in charge of A.
11. (Kick) Woodward, millionaire
member of the hoard of directors.
LOCAL FREIGHT
SERVICE BEGAN.
ATLANTA, March 9.—Announce
ment was made today that local
freight service had been established
on the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic road between Birmingham and
Lineville, Ala., the first since the road
was tied up by strike last Saturday.
W. J. Tinney, president of a lum
ber company at Tyriton, Ala., is us
ing his own engine.
Efforts looking to a partial re
sumption of service on other sections
of the road are being made by of
ficials.
The conferences between the Fed
oral mediators and both faction con
tinued today.
PENNSYLVANIA .
ORDERS WAGE CUT
PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—Di
rectors of the Pennsylvania railroad
today adopted a resolution directing
executives to “give as promptly as
possible, proper notice of the inten
tion of the company to reduce sal
aries and wages to accord with eco
nomic conditions.” .
Baseball Game Set
As Equipment Benefit
The Americus High school will
start the baseball season in Americus
Friday afternoon with a game at the
Americus playground with the Ameri
cus Aggies. The proceeds of this
game will go toward purchasing the
equipment so badly needed by the
boys and they state that if as good a
crowd turns out as is expected, it will
give the additional cash to their
fund to allow them to secure thia
equipment.
New Cardinals Get
Red Hats Thursday
ROME, March 9.—Pope Benedict
today imposed upon the cardinals
created March 7 the biretta as the
first tangle proof of the supreme dig
nity conferred upon them. This will
be completed by the conferment of
the red hat in a public consistory to
morrow.
W E ATH ER.
Forecast For Georgia.—Rain prob
ably tonight and Thursday; colder.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rexall Store.)
4pm 79 4am 67
6pm 75 8 ani-> 67
8 pm ... .'—73 6 am 67
10 pm 72 10 am ~.71
Midnight .71 Noon 74
2am 68 2pm 64
maTke"ts .
AMERICAS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling, 11 3-4 c.
YORK FUTURES
Pc Open 11am Ipm Closo
May 11.71 1 1.95 11.90 11.90 11.89
July 12.13 12.44 12.36 12.34 12.30
Oct. 12.73 13.05 12.90 12.89.12.86
MONTGOMERY LIVESTOCK
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 9.
HAg market, tbps $9.00] lights $8.25;
pigs $8.25; light pigs’s7.2s; roughs
$6.. r 4).
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The provincial authoritie-i were in
all night puttin’ a farmer’s wagon
jip on his barn would now charge
eight a day l’ hehj take it down,
an’ conies to work in “a well
known make." The “last word”
ought to be spoke early.