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’S A HARD, HARD WORLD. It’s tough to be a heavy champ, In training for a fight. You have to rise each morn at six And go to bed at night. FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 130. U. S. READY TO OUTLINE POSITION ON MEXICO MOTHERS START MOVE TO CHECK 3 ■ 4 A. M. DANCES Atlanta Mass Meeting 1 akes Up Dangers lo Young ATLANTA, June 7.—Mothers of Atlanta’s younger social set, aroused to action by dances and other enter tainments which last until 3 or 4 0 clock in the morning and by reports that liquor is being brought to the dances by some of the boys, will gather in mass meeting this after noon at 4 o’clock at the Atlanta Wo man’s club on Peachtree street to dis cuss and formulate plans to abolish the late dances and that their sons and daughters are in bed at a reas onable hour. Formal call for this meeting was issued by Mrs. B. M. Boykin, presi dent of the Atlanta Woman’s club, and Mrs. Alonzo Richardson, vice president of this organization, after consultation with'Nnembers of the ex ecutive board, following urgent calls to Mrs. Boykin from a number of club women whose sons and daugh ters are members of the college set. In addition to the invitation to the women, Mrs. Boykin extended an in vitation to representatives of the col lege clubs and fraternaties of col leges in and around Atlanta, who have given dances during the past year and have issued invitations for commencement dances during the present season, to (send represent atives to the mass meeting, who will be qualified to give the younger set’s side of the situation. This is the first time iri the history of Atlanta that a mass meeting has been called for such a purnose and a large crowd is expected there. Started By MntJ’iers. This meeting, to which every wo man in the citv is invited, was call ed by Mrs. Boykin and Mrs. Richard son after a number of mothers of members of the younger set had call ed the former and asked her to do something about the late hours that the voting people of the “teen” age are keening in Atlanta. At the meetings ways and means will be considered of nutting a stop to all-night parties and dances from which the young folks do not start home until 3 o’clock tn the morn ing. Early morning automobile rides are also to come under the ma ternal taboo. ♦ In calling the meeting Mrs. Boy kin stated that for the past three or four weeks mothers of the members of the school and college set have been calling her, and have asked her to call a meeting. Mrs. Boykin stat ed that she was afraid that some of the mothers did not realize the dan gers their sons and daughters were subject to at these late parties. She further pointed out that it was the , consensus of opinion among the mothers, that if they trot together and formulated some definite plans, an nounced to their sons and daughters that the dances would have to close at a reasonable time, and then take the matter up with those in charge of the dances or other entertain ments, the mothers’ organization would get results. Must Talk In Homes. “While we. as mothers and citi zens. are talking law and order in our city and state, we, as mothers and citizens, must talk law and order in our homes, must teach our chil dren to respect laws and maintain order, no matter where they go. “If we go about ft in the right way, make it our business to find out more about th eparties and dances to which our children go,- we can soon Incompetence and Corruption In Atlanta Police, Probers Report ATLANTA, June 7.—Police Chief Beavers, Detective Chief Poole and seven others, including Detectives Shaw and Waggoner, were found guilty of incompetence by the “bun co” investigating committee of city council, in its report to council Mon day afternoon. After the report was read, coun cil voted unanimously to postpone its consideration for two weeks. A summary of the report follows: That the police and detective de partments are “seething with poli tics” and the police board, therefore, should be abolished. That the police force be under- im mediate control and supervision of a a chief of police elected by city coun cil “from within or without” the ranks of the force. That the detective department be abolished and officers in plain clothes from the police department assigned to this work. That an assistant: chief of police be elected on merit tfroni the ranks. That the practice of allowing cash bond to be put up at police station be discontinued and all cases be heard by the recorder and either found guilty or discharged. That no rewards be permitted po licemen, but go into the city treas ury instead. That three police sub-stations be i established. , j That an up-to-date filing system be established at police station. DEATH’S PLAYGROUND! % JT c wteJSMr O' ® ' Mia r 3 MILLION GIFT TO VANDERBILT NASHVILLE, June 7.—Announce ments of a gift of $3,000,000 com ing in equal parts from the General Education Board of the Rockefeller corporation and of the removal of the Vanderbilt School- of Medicine from South Nashville to the west campus featured the meeting of the university board of trustees today. put a stop to late hours, which un dermine the health of our sons and daughters. “Take, for instance, what has been done in Athens by the efforts of mothers and authorities in that city,” stated Mrs. Boykin. “If a boy who has been drinking is found on the floor, the management immediately closes the dance. In that event one boy has disregarded the laws of his city and state by taking a drink of whisky, breaks up the entire dance, and if the same boy is guilty of such an offense a second time, the boys and girls who enjoy dancing will see that "he is not asked. Another plan now' in effect in Athens is this: If 1 a boy has taken a drink in the after noon, he cannot go on the dance floor at night. He is either barred at the door or put off the floor in the event the drink is detected in any way. “This is, indeed, a forward move for Athens, and I think the town and those who worked such a plan are to be congratulated. “Another thing that I would like to call to the attention of the moth ers is the large number of automo bile accidents since Christmas, in which young men and women under -20 years of age, have been serious ly injured. It is appalling.” f That the civil service be abolished j in favor of the merit system. s That the fee system be abolished and county officers be paid salaries. 1 That no proceeds from the sale of - “whisky cars” go to officers, but into / the city treasury instead. That policemen be paid a living i wage and their present salaries sub stantially increased. Chief Incompetent. i Specific findings follow: That Chief Beavers, while an “up right, Christian gentleman, whose honestly and integrity is unquestioni able,” is not competent to be chief of police. That Chief of Detectives Poole has! been negligent, incompetent and “in discreet” in associating with Floyd Woodward. That the close relations between Floyd Woodward, “his attorney” and the police department were “very pe culiar.” That while the committee did not believe the evidence of Nat McWhort er, they were “forced to believe the graft charge” against Detective •Payne because he could not explain his big bank deposits. That Detective West was incompe tent. i That Detective Shaw in to ’ find the “bunco exchange” on West Peachtree street, was incompetent, i That Officers Jones and Whatley, in their conduct of the case of Lamar : and Holley seeking to arrest Abe ( Powers, were “grossly incompetent.” 1 That Detective Waggoner’s con- < THE SgfLPUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF British Coal Miner Delegates Summoned LONDON, June 7. (By Associat ed Press.) —-The executive body of the coal miners union today issued a call to delegates of the organiza tion to meet in conference Friday to consider the strike situation. HOUSEfOVOTE ON PEACE FRIDAY WASHINGTON, June 7.—After a conference today with President Harding, Republican Leader Mon dell said the Porter resolution to terminate the state of war with Ger many and Austria would be called in the house Thursday and voted on Friday. Tinnlate Plant Loss Is Put At $3,000,000 PITTSBURG, June 7. Loss by fire which partially destroyed the plant of the McKeesport Tinplate company late last night, was estimat ed at nearly $3,000,000 by officials of the company today. Approxi mately 1500 men were thrown out of work temporarily. WALTER RYLANDER BACK. Walter Rylander, who went to New York a couple of weeks ago to inspect and book legitimate plays for the coming theatrical season at the Rylander theater, returned home early this morning. Mrs. Rylander remained in the East visiting. Mr. Rylander will have some announce ments to make shortly concerning the success of his trip. It duct, in making affidavit in the I Strossnider case, was “not proper.” I That Officer E. L. Arthur also| • was “incompetent” and that both him and Waggoner, in the Strossnider • case, were “entirely too close to Floyd Woodward and his attorney.” : That in the Nick Carter case Chief I ■ Beavers “demonstrated his absolute incompetency.” That Henry Smith, principal wit ness against Councilman Al H. Mar tin, was successfully impeached, and the evidence,was not suf dent to sustain charges against .the council | man. The committee recommends i that, if Solicitor Boykin has more I evidence along this line, he take it before the grand jury and have Mr. Martin indicted. For Continuation. In conclusion, the committee’s re-; port stated that it might have heard , more evidence and that it hoped fu- 1 ture grand juries will continue in-; vestigations against various individ uals involved in the bunco probe. j The report, describing of! the prohibition law in Atlanta, said that members of the committee have; been solicited to buy whisky at Broad ; and Forsyth streets, and that such conditions, together with the opera tions of the bunco ring here for three years; were due largely to lack of | • diligence by police and detectives. | ; If the departments are pruned up I i and the “bad and faulty branches I cut away,” states the report, the coin* ( mittpe is confident the rest of the' . departtnelitwillflouriSh. • i -.dt ■ ■ i AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 7, 1921 INDICT TWENTY DOOLY NEGROES Trials Growing Out Os Riots To Begin Wed nesday VIENNA, June 7 Twenty ne groes, including two women, were indicted Tuesday at a special term of the Dooly county Superior court on the charge of murder in connection with the racial clash at Byromville on the night of May 17, in which one white man and one negro were killed, and four other blacks wound ed. Four no-bills were rturned. ! Trial will begin Wednesday. County officers do not deny the report that they have secured confes sions from several of the blacks to the effect that Fate Chapman, the I negro ring leader, who was wounded in the fight, plotted it is said, with them to barricade themselves in his house, located in the negro section of Byromville, in an effort to trap Po liceman Cunningham, shoot him down and then “shoot up” the small peach city. The negroes will face the charge of slaying L. C. Davis, Jr., of Somer ville, N. J., a member of the depu-' tized posse organized by Sheriff Vin son, Davis being killed when he rush ed the house of Chapman’s under heavy fire in an effort to break through the barricade and drive the blacks out into the open. A load of buckshot almost severed his right leg from his body. He died the'following day in a Cordele hospital. xThe trouble began over an attempt of Policeman Cunningham to collect city taxes from Fate Chapman. The hegro, it is said, refused to make any settlement. In the scuffle that fol lowed the negro was slightly wound ed by the officer. During the night Chapman called his followers togeth er to get revenge on the officer and the riot started. The negroes had sufficient ammunition stored in the house, besides a number of shot guns, pistols and rifles, it is said, to last about three days. The fight lasted for several hours before they sur rendered. The state will be represented by Solicitor General Joe Wall, Watt Powell, Henderson and Davis, and E. B. Dyse. The des<ndants will be represented by William Harvard and I Gilbert Robinton. Fatal Feud Results From Children’s Fight > VIDALIA, June 7.—W. M. Gal brath, aged 45, is dead, and his son in-law, Tom Tippets; Cicero Mat thews and his son, Fred Matthews, are not expected to live as the result of a shooting melee Monday at Cen ter church, near Vidalia, in Toombs county. A brother of the dead man, Tom Galbraith , and the latter’s son i in-law, Manning Booth, disappeared after the shooting. They were short | ly afterward arrested in Lyons and held in jail there in connection with the affair. Trouble between the two families had been brewing for several weeks as the result of a fight staged be tween the two small grandchildren of Cicero Matthews and the children of William Galbraith. The fracas, it is said, occurred at a nearby district school and it was a typical school boy affair with no injuries done to any of the combatants. Dr. C. P. Davis left Tuesday for Atlanta to attend the annual state convention of dentists. COUNTY BOARD NOT WILLING TO DROP TREASURER Otherwise It Concurs In Grand Jury Recom mendations The county board concurs in the recommendations of the recent grand jury concerning all county offices being put on salary basis instead of kept on fees, in its recommendation for a combination of the offices of county tax receiver and tax collector, but dissents from the grand jury's recommendation that the office of county treasurer be abolished. The board was in its regular monthly session at the court housq/ Monday and among other things adopted a resolution to that effect. As at first drawn the resolution contained provision favoring abolish ing the ofiL-e of county treasurer as recommended by the grand jury, but lengthy discussion of the proposal resulted in elimination of this pro vision. It was stated Tuesday by a member of the board that it was decided that, should the fee system be abolished in other offices as rec ommended, more work would entail upon the treasurer by reason of his receiving the flood of fees that would come in from the various offices, keeping the the receipts from all these sources properly tabulated, and checking up on the various of fices, making it undesirable to at tempt to do without a man for this .duty. It was conceded that in small counties the duties of treasurer might be handled satisfactorily by a bank, but it was thought entirely improbable that such an arrangement would be satisfactory in a county of this size and importance. The resolution, which included a proposal to .return to the city a strip of land joining the city on the west of Spring street, originally placed in the county by the city to secure construction of two bridges by the county, follows: “We endorse the recommendation of the grand jury requesting our rep resentatives to have an act passed putting all • our county officers on salary basis, and to consolidate the office of tax receiver and tax col lector. “We also ask our representatives to have an act passed putting strip of land from Central railroad west over Muckalee creek to top of hill back into the incorporate limits of Americus, Ga.” The county board took from the table the request made last month by members of the Carnegie Library board for an increase of monthly donation for maintenance of the li brary and granted an additional al lowance of $25 monthly, making the j total now SSO. 1 The board also voted to do certain ! repair work on the city hospital by i use of convict forces. Wanted: 10,000 Men 16 to 35 to Take Vacation at U. S. Expense Want to spend 30 glorious days this summer as the guest of the Unit- States War Department, with every expense paid? Want a new khaki uniform, ex cellent food and living accommoda tions, medical and dental treatment —all free? In short, do you want to be a min ute man, 1921 model? If you do, here is the chance: Congress has erected a Citizens Mil itary Training Camp in each of nine different states. Operating under the auspices of the War Department, these constitute part of a na tional system of training for the na tional defense. It is planned to bring together young men of all types, both native and foreign born; to develop closer national and social unity; to teach the privileges, duties and responsi bilities of American citizenship, and while teaching them, to give them a thoroughly good time. The War Department plans to show the public that camp instruc tion during the 30 days this summer will not only be to the liking of younger brothers, but that it will de velop them physically, mentally and morally. The camps are the direct out growth of the Plattsburg, New York, camps of 1913-14-15. Now, as then, the government announces that it is a patriotic privilege to train in these camps. A certificate of character is neces sary. This may be given the appli cant by a schoolmaster, clergyman, priest ol rabbi. Only physically fit young men will be accepted, and they must have passed their sixteenth birthday. The age limit is 35 . . Applicants must have average gen | era! intelligence, but no educational; qualifications are prescribed or re-j quircd Each .ani idate must file a ce’/ifi-; catefrom a qualified physician set ting forth that his health and stientgh are adequate. Candidates will be required to sub mit to vaccination unless they can present a doctor’s certificate show ing that such vaccination and inocu lation has been administered within the last three years. . To enlist fill sjcqpnapany-, ing coupon. Then send it to the Mil- CARTOONETTE BsZ > GOODBYE! MILLION FLOOD RELIEF STARTED Resolutions In Both Houses of Congress— -52 Known Dead WASHINGTON, June 7—One mil lion dollars would be made immed iately available for relief work in the flood district of Colorado under reso lutions introduced simultaneously to day in the senate and house. KNOWN DEAD AT PUEBLO ONLY 52. PUEBLO, June 7.- The known dead from Friday’s flood in Pueblo totalled fifty-five today when three additional bodies were recovered. No burials will be held for several days because of impassible conditions of the roads to the cemeteries. With plans made for a complete census of the destitute, the establish ment of a refugee camp and the in stallation of a complete field hospital systemization and centralization of relief work in the flood district 1 e gan in earnest tyday. 10 Indicted For Big Fraud In Oil Stock PHILADELPHIA, June 7—lndict ments charging ten men with obtain ing between $600,000 and $750,000 by selling stock in the Penn Burk Burnett Oil Co., of Fort Worth, Tex., on promises of dividends yielding 24 per cent yearly, were returned yes terday by the Federal grand jury here. They are alleged to have op erated under the name similar to an other concern, the Burk Burnett Oil Co., with a view of deceiving the investing public. ’APPLICATION FOR COURSE IN CITIZENS’ MILITARY TRAINING CAMP ,< * Fill out and address Headquarters, Fourth Corps Area, Fort j McPherson, Ga. \ NAME *- ? (Print your name on this line) I STREET -' CITY AND STATE .C, AGE RACE PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE ~ ' CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES? -, : \ OCCUPATION : ; date-.».—: (Signature.) tary Training Camp Association, No. 19, West 44th Street, New York, or to the same association in the Mail ers’ Building, Chicago. After receiving the coupon the camp association, acting under direc tion of the War Department, will send the applicant an official applica tion blank, containing six qeustions. On the blank will appear a space for I the certificate of character to be fill- I ed in, as well as a space for the doc | tor’s certificate. This blank quickly filled and dis patched the candidate will be advis ed whether or not he accepted. If accepted, the applicant will be fur nished firstclass transportation to the camp site, or, if the candidate pre fers to pay his own fare, he will be reimbursed in cash upon his arrival al headquarters. Ten thousand young men are ex pected this year. The course will be known as the “Red Course.” It is announced that next year two oth er courses.’will be open, known as the “Blue” and the “White,” which will enable the young man to graduate from one to the other, thus giving him 90 days for real fun and joy. I THAT WAS SIMPLE—TRY THIS. ***’ A square island is 21 feet, on all four sides, from 1 the square land surrounding it. How can a man < get to the island with two boards! one 19 feet long, < and the other 18 feet long and both one-half foot ; wide? Answer to yesterday’s: 9. (Example: 9x2 equals 18 and the sum of 1 and 8 is 9. OBREGONREPLY TO RECENT NOTE BEFORE CABINET Mexican President Calls It Mere Exchange Os Ideas WASHINGTON, June 7. For mal announcement of the policy of the American government in regards to Mexico is expected to be made late today by the State Department on a basis of the cabinet’s discus sion t<»day of the reply of President Obregon to the American communi cation. . 4 gg, The cabinet meeting was devoted largely to discussion of Obregon’s re ply and relations with the Dominican republic. It was indicated develop ments in regard to San Domingo might be expected shortly. OBREGON REFUSES TO GIVE OUT NdTE. MEXICO, CITY, June 7—Mexico’s answer to the United States’ com munication relative to recognition has been delivered to Charge Sum merlin, President Obregon stated last night. He added that the notes pass ed between Washington and this city constituted a “mere exchange of ideas on international topics.” He de clined. however, to make public the text of Mexico’s answer. Fire Insurance Firms Agree To Regulations NEW YORK, June 7.—The Lock wood investigating committee today suspended its investigation into Fire insurance companies after Samuel Untermyer, committee counsel, an nounced that forty-three leading companies had agreed to certain rec ommendations for legislation which would eradicate objectionable prac tices. Zionists Repudiate Officials; Many Quit CLEVELAND, Jui’ie 7.—Repudia tion of the administration of the officers of the Ametican Zionist or ganization by the annual convention early today resulted in the resigna tion of the president. Judge Julian Mack, of Chicago, six other officers and thirty-five to fifty members of the national executiye committee. Peter Schweitzer, treasurer, was the only incumbent to retain his posi tion. T ranscontinental Melon Rates Down CHICAGO, June 7.—Transconti nental railways announced today re duction in rates on carload shipments of vegetables, melons and apples. The country is divided into nine corps areas and the camp in each will accommodate approximately 1100 men. Their locations and the dates of their opening follow: FIRST ARMY CORPS AREA, for New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa cusetts, Rhode Lsland and Connecti cut, at Camp Devens, Mass., open ing Aug. 1. „ SECOND ARMY CORPS AREA, for New York, New Jersey and Dela ware, at Plattsburg barracks, N. Y., opening August 7. THIRD ARMY CORPS AREA, for Pennsylvania, Maryland and District of Columbia, at Camp Meade, Md., opening August 1. FOURTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississip pi, Tennesaeee and Louisiana, at Camp Jackson, S. C., opening July 18. FIFTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for Ohio, Indiana. West Virginia and Kentucky, at Camp Knox, Ky., open ing Julv 21. SIXTH ARMY CORPS AREA, for Michigan, Wisconsin and* Illinois, at Camp Grant, 111., opening July 21. (Continued On Page Two.) PRICE FIVE CENTS.