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Newspaper Page TextASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS OF THE WORLD FORTY-THIRD YEAR —NO. 59 Militia Aids Officers In Ohio Race Clash PETROGRAD NOW i HELD BY REBELS; 3 DRIVES NIPPED • American Red Cross Food Comes To Sov iet 1-orce 3 WARSAW, March 12.—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —Petrograd is in the hands of the revolutionary forces and the Bolsheviki have been ousted, a wireless dispatch received here to day says. The message, which was confused, owing to the weakness of the send ing' station, was believed to have come from Petrograd. The dispatch said that food sent by Colonel Ryan, American Red Cross commissioner, had arrived, but whether received at Kronstadt or Petrograd was not made dear. THREE SOVIET PRIVES NIPPED BY REVOLT LONDON. March 12 -Through out the winter the Bolsheviks have been rushing military preparations for three conquests. Everything else has'been sacrificed to the military machine. Eood and transportation problems have gone bv the boards. Army discipline has grown more and more rigorous while conscription has increased. Now, partly as the result of, this policy, Lenin and Trotzky face an uprising so serious that it is unlike ly they will risk carrying out their plans for three new continental wars. The offensives planned were: 1. —Against J’oland to crush tn-;. Polish state. 2. —Against the Balkans, to loot the Rumanian oil fields and Hunga i■inn granaries, and to seize Constan, tinople. I!. Against India through the Caucasus, to capitalize Indian unrest and spread Bolshevism in the Near East. Favor Rebels Faced with this menace, Russia's n Labors arc praying for the suc _’ of the revolt. • So. is Western Europe. To France, Bolshevism meqhs re pudiated bonds. England is having enough trouble in Ireland, Egypt and India without fighting a Red army at the Indian border. Russia’s neighbors want an All- Russian government with which they call live, at peace. Half of Poland’s troubles have been dim to Hie Bolshevik wars and threats of war. President Pilsudski of Poland has spent weeks in Paris on a defensive alliance. None of the Balkan states is pre . pared to meet a formidable Red army. Fate of Revolution I he success of this revolt, which is said to be coming under the leader ship of Kerensky, depends on two things: FIRST. The loyalty of Trotzky’s troops. SECOND. The attitude of the peasants. As for the Petrograd region mili tary leaders say the Red army, if loyal, could easily put down the Kronstadt rebels.- Reports, however, are that Red Soldiers are joining the rebels. 1 f that desertion movement grows, good-night, Bolshevik dictators! EVen if the revolt is crushed, mili tary experts here incline to the be lief that it will lead Trotzky and Lenin to abandon their three spring drives. More Appointments Made By Harding WASHINGTON, March 12. Thomas W. Miller, of Delaware, a former member of congress’, was appointed alien property custodian 3utp.lßj{ luopiso.ij Aq A'vpoi appointment doesn’t require senate confirmation. Harry FL Billany, of Maryland, was nominated today to be fourth assistant postmaster-general; Wil liam W. Husband, of Vermont, to be -commissioner-general of imigra tion, and Earl A. Mapes, of Michi gun, to bp solicitor of the bureau of internal revenue. George Harvey, editor of Har vey’s Weekly, is understood to have been definitely selected by the pres • dei.t to be ambassador to - Great Britain. The nomination may gi’ to the senate before the eml of the present extra session. Yorktown, Va.. where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, has a population of less than 200. CO Ji O/O __ C — PRESIDENT HARDING WITH HIS CABINET AT FIRST MEETING AT WHITE HOUSE. IF 1 aM- ffl S SMWa Tat. •'Lesjft # .x' Al r-;. >. jjmw Wzsf*. » x / w xJBiliSiF u* :: hBK • > IMMlfc. ~ .. iSHHMEteTISHHHHy • ■ , - ■ - ■ ■ ■ . ’ . • . h jJrwwkLjMg ■ fo loj'■ S<MUT»U. I . . . ■l - I ' This is the first photograph of President Harding with his cabinet. It was taken in the White House Grounds. Just before the first cabinet meeting, March 8. In the background is the executive mansion. Seated (left to right), Secretaiy Week's. Secretary Mellon, Secretary Hughes, President Harding, Vice-President Coolidge, and Secretary Denby. Stand ing (left to right), Secretaries, Fall. Hays, Daugherty. Wallace, Hoover and Davis. BIG DOUGHBOY STATUE SHOWN Work of E. M. Viques ney Wins Admiration At Home An object of great interest to local citizens during the last week has been the statue, “The Spirit of the American Doughboy,” de signed by E. M. Viquesney, of Americus, which has occupied a con spicuous place in the lobby of the Rylander theater since last Tues day. The statue, which is of bronze and slightly largm; than life size, is such a remarkable pieec of art, and so true a portrayal ol’ the American soldier in the late war, that it has met with general admi ration, as well as praise for its de signer. Men who served in France are unanimous in declaring it to be ! a perfect representation of the sol- ; dier in every respect, including | equipment. The statute was designed to snr- i mount a memorial monument to the i soldiers of Berrien county, to be i erected at Nashville, Ga., by the, Schneider Marble Company, of Americus. The base, of marble, is now being finished at the marble works here and will shortly be shipped tlo Nashville for placing. The entire piece of work will repre- I sent the expenditure oi $5,000 by the people of Berrien ccunSy, Dra, Cato And Smith New S. A. L. Surgeons Announcement is made by the j Seaboard Air Line Railroad shat | Drs. Frank L. Cato and Wilbur C. ; Smith have been appointed local ; surgeons for the road, succeeding! Dr, W. S. Prather, resigned. The ■ change is already effective. Drs. Cato and Smith have been 1 associated’in the practice of modi-J cine and surgery since the latter gave up the chair- of surgery in -Tu lane University at New Orleans to come here two yeaqs ago. 3 Dead, Heavv Damage, i In Louisiana Windstorm SHREVEPORT. La.. March 12.-- Three persons are dyad, about 30 injured and property damage esti- ■ mated at between half million and I a million dollars is the report as the . result of a windstorm which swept northwestern Louisiana, especially Caddo and Claiborne parishes, late yesterday. X Military experts believe Russia has enough munitions to continue her wars for five years. Kia PUBLISHED IN THE JmTwL HEART OF DIXiE CARESSED HAMON WITH ONE HAND, FIRED GUN WITH OTHER Business Associate Os Slain Republican National Committeeman On Stand Against Girl ARDMORE, Olda., Match 12. Jake . Hamon, millionaire Republican leader of Oklahoma, on bis death bed accused Clara Smith Hamon, now on trial; charged with his murder, of having fired the bullet into him with a pistol held in her right hand while she stood at his bedside stroking his head with her left hand, according to the statement on the witness stand today by W. B. Nichols, business as sociate of Hamon. The prosecution has succeeded in keeping a mystery the principal points on which it will try to send Clara Smith Hamon to the peniten tiary for the murder of Jake Harnon. But three features are expected to develop at the trial. First: That Hamon was being blackmailed on the day he was shot, Sunday, Nov. 21. Second: That Hamon .after giv ing the world his word that the shoot ing was an accident, changed his version. Third: That tiara Hamon only two weeks before the shooting bought the fatal revolver in Okla homa City. Blackmail Charge The story common in Ardmore is that during the afternoon preceding the evening of the shooting, Hamon was in his offices opposite the Hoiei Randil, where he and Clara Hamon were living. Friend' were with him, and fre quently he was called the tele phone. The conversation indicated that several of these calls came from the same person—but not Clara Ha ‘mon. Once Hamon is said to have shouted: . “You damned blackmailer; I know why you are in town!” Then he slammed the receiver on the hook in great anger. Little has been hinted as to the possible identity of the telephone caller,, but it is believed the state may attempt to show that Clara Ha mon, facing a parting forever . with the man who had decided to go back to his wife and children, mjght have been inspired by this mysterious caller to shoot Hamon. After the shooting Hamon walked several blocks intervening between the Ramiol Hotel and the Hardy san itarium. where, he .died. “I’m Going To Die.” As he entered the hospital, he said to his old* friend, Dr. Walter Hardy, “Doc, I’m going to die.” • The word was given out at the -hos pital and later by Hamon's- friends who called on him there, including AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1921. Frank Ketch, his general manager, that Hamon said he had shat himself accidentally. u.^ J But Clara Hamon since tlien has admitted she shot Hamon, claiming it was done in self defense. Clara Hamon, in an interview giv ien while she was in Mexico, was : quoted as saying that the gun with whifh she shot Jake Hamon had been given to her by Hamon himself. That the prosecution will seek to prove that Clara, not Hamon, bought the. gun in an Oklahoma City hard, ware store is one probable angle of the trial. The Okalhoma law requires that every sale of firearms must be regis tered on the books of the concern that sells. It is said that the state will at tempt to show that the revolver I which figured in the Hamon tragedy ! was purchased about a fortnight be- I fore the shooting. Previous Gun Episode i Also it is expected the state may I attempt to prave that Clara Hamon ! on one previous occasion drew a gun on Hamon. The lory, whish so far has not been positively ’ established, is that a friend of Hamon’s entered hi:; room suddenly just at the nio- i ment the girl was -pointing a gun at ■ Hamon. “I beg your pardon; do I intrude?” the visitor is reported to have asked, whereupon Hamon knocked the wea- I pon from the surprised girl’s hand. I The state, also, is expected to sum . mon- as a witness a reporter who ' claimed’ Clara Hajnon told him after I she had decided to surrender and : stand trial: “Jake was always cruel and snarl j ing with me. That bullet which kill jed him should have been fired 10 j years ago. I was advised to kill him J —yes. by several of the biggest men- I in Oklahoma.” ! But Clara Hamon, taking the stand in her own defense. - counted pn to • deny each and every one of these points by the prosecution. MA R K E T S . AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Good Middling, It l-2c. NEW YORK FUTURES Pc Open Hain Close May 11.60 11.52 11.43 1 1.50 (July 12.07 11.08 11.90 -11.94 | Oct. ... 12.58 12.53 12.43 12.50 [Dec. .1.2.85 12.75 12.70 A. K. ROYAL MADE STORE MANAGER To Take Charge Os Church well’s At Cordele Announcement was made Satur day that A. R. Royal, who for some time has been assistant manager of the Churchwell store here, had been promoted to the. position of manager of the home store at Cor dele and that he would take up his duties there March 15. Mr. Royal, besides being an in telligent and efficient young busi ness man, has enjoyed wide popu larity in Americus, and he will be missed by a wide circle of friends. He has been a resident of Americus for seven years, all of this time being connected with the Church well store year, afid previously spent tlree. years in the Churchwell or ganization elsewhere. Although, the Cordele store is not the largest in the chain of Church well stores, it is the original, and the Messrs. Churchwell Brothers, owners of the chain, make it their headquarters. Americus Woman Dies i In Macon Hospital Mrs. Annie Bowles Stubbs, died, Saturday morning at 1 I o’clock in ! Williams Sanitarium ,Macon, where she had been taken Monday for [ special treatment. The body, was brought to Americus on the Central lof Georgia at 7:30 o’clock last night, i and carried to her home on North Lee street. Funeral arrangements had noli been - complete Saturday night,] awaiting the arrival of relatives from Macon. ■ . Surviving relatives arc her hus band, O. P. Stubbs, and one daugh - ter, Mrs. Alfred Holloway, both of Americus. Mrs. Stubbs had resided in Amer icus for the past twelve years, where she was well known and greatly be loved -by a wide circle of friends. She was formerly a resident of Doo ly county, where her early married life was spent. Live Wires Down, Lad’s Hand Burned A young man named Roberts war I slightly injured early Saturday morning by a fallen electric wire in East Americus. The high .wind Friday night blew down three pole and in the darkness of early niorm ing the young man touched one of I the live wires and his hands were •slightly burned. The 1921 American rice crop :.- i one-fourth larger than ever before. Egypt imported 2,000' bicycles in j 1920. In the last 10 years wages of farm laborers have more than doubled. The 1920 output of long-rtaple cot ton in Arizona and Southern Cali fornia was 100,000 bales. BUGS PROMISES NORMAL SERVICE Passenger J raffic On A. B. & A. Increasing, Statement Sava ATLANTA, March 12.—Increased passenger service on the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic road was announced for today, with the pos sibility of practically normal sched ules within a week, in a statement by Receiver B. L. Bugg. The federal mediators were on their way to Washington after the receiver’s refusal yesterday to enter into negotiations. REGULAR SERVICE OUT OF BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, March 12. -Reg ular passenger service was re-estab lished today on the Birmingham di vision of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic road, according to an nouncement by Superintendent Whitaker. Regular local freight service also has been inaugurated on this division. RECENT WAGE RESTORE BY ERH 7 . ROAD. NEW YORK, March 12.—The re duction of wages of common labor, put into effect by the Erie Railroad January 31, has been wiped out and the former wage schedule restored, it was announced today at the gen eral offices of the company. The statement said that the slightly im proved condition ol business permit ted the payment of the old scale and that the road now will formally sub i itiit the whole question of wages to | the Railroad Labor Board. I BOSTON AND MAINE CUT EFFECTIVE APRIL 16. ’ BOSTON, March 12.—The Boston & Maine Railroad today posted no tices of prospective wage reductions to-. 4,900 rem ployeq including chirk". i and mechanics of classes corres-- pondir.g in general to those affected by the similar action of other New England roads. The reductions is effective April 16- Trw crops destroyed by small ro dents and insects in America would feed the people of Belgium. I . .California’s rice cron last year amounted to I >O,QOO tons on soil formerly tholight worthless. Priest Comes From N, Y. To Baptize Syrian Baby Mr. and Mrs. DI A. Salibg entertained this week their bishop and a priest from New York City, who came to baptize their son, who is now two weeks old. * Mr. ami Mrs. Mike Thomas en tertained at dinner for the dis tinguished guests, who were shown -about the city of Ameri cus during their stay. These families are leaders of the local Syrian Colony. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SHERIFF STOPS STREETCARSAND AUTOS AT 7 P.M. All Public Gatherings . Also Banned Satur day Evening SPRINGFIELD, 0., March 12. This city was quiet this morning fol lowing a night of disorders-in which Patrolman Joseph Ryan and a negro were wounded in an exchange of shots between the police and ne- ■ gri-es. Three companies of state militia were on duty today with headquar ters at the city hall, aiding the local authorities to maintain order. The trouble was the outcome of an attack on the eleven-year-old girl by. an unknown negro Monday night. An <-rder was issued today by Sheriff Jones who is in charge of the situation forbidding all public gatherings sifter G o’clock this eve ning and ordering the stoppage of street ea l, service and automobile traffic after 7 o’clock. Jamre White, a yi-ung negro cap tured shortly after a running fight, confessed to the police that he was guilty of shooting Policeman Ryan in last night’s disorders, it was an nounced this afternoon. Lawyers’ Court Fines 2 Tale-Telling Members At Saturday’s nmetin; of the Americus bar, following the assign ment by Judge Harper i;f civil cases for the first week of city court, be ginning week from Monday, W. A. Dodson and R. L. Maynard, two members who had recently made trips away from Americus, were placed on trial before the “masol ory’’ court, Judge Hixon presiding. Colonel Dodson was accused of fall ing short <>f the truth in a recent published interview in which ho stated that he found Savannah dry, and Colonel Maynard w?: charged with overstating the truth in hia assertion that on his trip to Florida he had seen a cow with mos? grow ing from one horn. After an hil arious session, the court found both guilty and gave them the “usual” sentence ■of cigars and drinks at the soda fountain for the entire bar. Hightower Newest Member Os Kiwanis Rolla Hightower, ticket agent at the Central of Georgia passenger station, and brother of J. E. High tower, president of the Americus Rotary Club, was inducted into the Kiwanis Chib at the regular Friday luncheon' as its newest member. He was christened with- the club name of “Central.” “Sal” Calhoun, Co lumbus Kiwanian and Seaboard traveling representative, and R. M. Sellars, local Seaboard agent'and Kiwanis member, a sisted in naming him. * -The entertainer: for the day in cluded Mrs. Dan O’Connell in vocal solos, accompanied by Miss Louise Marshall and Mi. Elizabeth Harris, in reading:'. Kiwanian Rogers, manager of the Windsor, delighted the members with a country ham and red gravy dinner. Harding Appeals For Starving Chinese WASHINGTON, Match 12. —Am appeal to the American people to “do everything in their power” tow ard the relief of famine conditions in China Was issued today by Preg ide’nt Harding. He declared than although the iialioti already ha’ given liberally to .the relief tommit •tee, the fund still is inadequate for the task. WE A THE R . Forecast for Georgia—Sunday fair and colder. Its thfi j Human ‘ J Interest \ THAT MAKES PEOPIE READ THE v CLASSIFIED. ADS I Consider yourself. Nearly pvU ery day you turn to ibc classified columns in The T’mes-Rucorder, ; just to see what’s'there, i’erhap.i ■< you have nothing in mind when ? you do so. but the. 'ittrnmi Inter- j ? egt draws you. It is so wito e\ery ; ■ l i;> one. People will read t-QC alassi- Tied column:'. .More than 2eoo ( families see these little Human j : Interest itenis of things wanted, i things: for sale. ' THERE’S SOMETHING THE ; i , LITTLE ADS CAN DO FOR YOU .

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, March 13, 1921, Image 1