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WEATHER FORECAST!
For Georgia: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday. Unsettled on
the coast.
i FORTY-THIRD year.
LABOR BOARD SUMMONS UNION CHIEFS
YOU AND I
' WILL LIVE FOUR YEARS
$ LONGER THAN LAST GEN
ERATION IF WE ARE MEN,
BUT NOT SO WITH WOMEN
VWHITE males, who have reached
the age of 10, can expect on the
average to live 50 years more. A
generation ago, the figure was only
46 years.
The life of man has thus been in
creased four years, in about a gener
ation, says the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co.
Woman’s gain has not been as
great. Her life expectancy is about
52 years, a gain of a trifle more than
a year and a quarter. But she still
leads man.
This prolonging of life, says the
insurance company, is the result of
campaigns of health education and
public health service;
That, and not monkey glands, in
the long run will prove to be the
road to an average lifetime of 150
years.
BOUNDARIES.
Honduras, Guatemala and Salva
dor cease to exist in their old gov
ernmental form. They merge into
the Central American Federation
governed by a provisional federal
council, much as our states are amal
gamated into the United States.
As time goes on, other interna
tional boundaries will disappear. The
world will be united into one country,
a United States of the World. That
is the sure way to end war. You
and I will not live to see it.
RELIGION
The religion of prehistoric man
was, on general lines, not much dif
ferent from that of civilized man of
Otoday, savs Professor Mainage, lec
turer of the French Catholic Insti
tute, Paris.
The difference is largely in expres
sion and in ability to conceive the
tremendous power of the God behind |
all creation. i
When man first grasped the idea of
a God he emerged from the animal '
state. When he casts it off, he re-1
yegts to the animal order, in morals
—which are the foundations of all
civilization.
HEARING
When the unknown soldier is bu
ried at Arlington Cemetery on Arm
istice Day, President Harding will
stand at the grave and voice the na
tion’s tribute.
Simultaneously, in many cities,
memorial gatherings will hear the
president’s voice, carried from the
grave by wires.
Inventors in time will perfect some
compact device by which wireless will
carry important speeches to every
one, no matter where they are.
Later, human speech will be abol
ished. Telepathy will take its place.
HEALTH
Cancer now kills in the United j
States, 37,116 males and 52,884 fe- j
males a year, says the American So-1
ciety for the Control of Cancer. i
Its most important message is:
‘‘Remember, cancer in its beginning >
can be cured.”
“This is true of nearly all diseases, j
At least once a year, every one I
should go to a doctor and dentist for i
a thorough examination. Health I
dangers, nipped in the bud, could be |
eliminated. What day to go? Make j
it your birthday—easy t orcmember.
GAS
An 83-year-pld New York woman
takes a nap. The rubber tube of a i
gas stove in her room becomes dis i
connected. The fire goes out. Ihe !
gas asphyxiates her. New York)
City has an average of 450- such
deaths a year.
Guard against defective
tubing if vou -foolishly use it on a
gas heater. With equal vigilance
guard against the twin peril—never )
4 turn gas up until sure it is lighted. >
INCREMENT
Real estate in the five boroughs of
New York City this year is assessed
for taxation, at a total valuation of
$9,947,323,092. It probably rents on
a basis of at least twice that much.
4. Peter Minuit, first Dutch governor
numeral of New York (then known a.-
X’ew Amsterdam) bought the entire
Manhattan Island, from the Indians
for beads and other forms of barter
worth. $25. • , ,
The land hasn't changed, but
compare the value. That shows you
what toiling humanity does to in
crease the landlord’s wealth.
JOKE
The London Morning Post puh-,
fishes a letter from a reader giving
what the reader considers the best
joke of the year.
Traveling in Scotland, he noticed ,
that talking in barber shops was lim
ited to the few necessary words, such
as “You need a little tonic, and
“Not today!” . , 1
“This is remarkable!” commented,
the visitor, ~ |
“Aye!” explained an old bcot.
■They’re both thinking hard about I
the tip.”
K. K. K. J
Russell K. Trimble, king.kleagle of
the Ku Klux Klan in southern New
Jersey, gets orders from the wizard s |
palace in Atlanta, forbidding use of .
regajia outside lodge rooms.' |
The best way to curb the K. K. K..
10. 227.
NEWSPAPER OF
TOMORROW TO
BESMALLER
So Herbert L. Bridgman Tells
\ for Id Press Congress, Look
ing To Future
HONOLULU, Oct. 18.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Herbert L. Bridg
man, business manager of the Brook
lyn Standard Union, told the Press
Congress of the World today he be
lieved the newpspaper of tomorrow
would be smaller than those of th?
present. On that point he asked:
“Why, in blind competition to print
everything which everybody wants,
print so much that nobody wants?”
Mr. Bridgman asked. He expressed
flic opinion that the size of the news
paper would resovle itself largely in
to a commercial and mechanical prob
lem, saying: “If the space can be
scld for more than it costs it will
be. Otherwise curtailment will fol
low, depending upon price of news
print, labor and other materials of
■ production.
“The retail selling price will doubt
! ies sfollow the same laws but both
. size and price are the body, not the
j sou] of the newspaper of tomorrow.
“Whatever may happen, it is my
I belief that if they were smaller they
would be better, though this thing
must be pressed to the vanishing
point. But ho wrnany features, sup
plementaries, insets, juniors and oth
er appendages we discard with
resignation and advantage.
“The New York ercury reported
the miraculous retreat of the Ameri
can army after the battle of Long
1 Island which saved the Revolution,
in three lines; the London Times cov
ered the battle of Waterloo m two
sticks. We print first page tele
graphed columns of the bcastiy~orgy
of beastly men and women in a San I
Francisco hotel.’
Mr. Bridgman said he would not:
admit that the newspapers have lost I
thei rpower nor outlived their in
fluence ev«n though the era of per- |
sonal journalism of which Greely,
Bennett and Raymond were the “sig- )
nal lights.”
Mr. Bridgman declared that in ad- I
vertising the future was bright, j
speaking not of qauntity but of qual- j
ity. “The newspapers of their own I
accord and by common consent, long :
before laggard legislators awoke to I
the situation, cleaned house and I
it thoroughly, and if the business of
fice can secure response and co-op
eration from the editorial rooms the
job is finally and effectively complet
ed, he confirmed.
“As to the advertising rates, those
of the newspapers of tomorrow will ‘
be higher than those of today «nd
they ought to be. Not only will the
service be more valuable in respect
to quantity but its quality and prest
ige will be sensibly advanced.”
In this connection Mr. Bridgman
suggested that the newspaper estab-1
lish a unit of value.
“Rates,” Mr. Bridgman affirmed,i
“will be maintained. Here there is I
no middle ground. Integrity of rates, I
all things to all men, is to a news- I
paper as credit to the banker, virtue i
to a woman and the newspaper which •
trifles with it is doomed.”
J. C. TULLIS
RICHLAND, Oct. 18.—J. C. Tullis,
a well known and highly esteemed
eitizeh of this city, passed away
at the home of his daughter, rs. W.
L. Chappell, Wednesday afternoon,
after an illness of several months.
He was one of Webster county’s
most prosperous farmers for many
years.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished bv Rexall Pharmacy)
4 pm 80 4 am.6l :
6 pm 75 6 am 60 ‘
8 pm 72 8 am 63
10 pm 69 10 am 72
Midnight 68 Noon 78
2 am 64 1 pm -...79
would be to make the wearing of
masks illegal.
Few people have the courage to
defy the law, or take it into their
own hands, unless they have a mask ’
to hide behind.
GERMANY
Germany is the first country to .
publish full details of the effects of
the war on population. The census ;
shows that Germany in October, 1919, |
had 60,412,084 inhabitants.
On the basis of normal increase in .
population. Germane would have hail i
an additional 11,014,909 people, had]
there been no war, says the analysis ;
made in Berlin.
That is Germany actual war -loss.
Money losses and indemnity do not
count for a great deal? viewed with
the perspective of centuries. What
really counts is war’s death toll—in ■
THETIME&tEC&RDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
THE NUMASKING
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W/J -
CONGRESS DROPS PROBE
OF KLAN AFTER HEARING
Simmons Grilled On Big Pay
Received By Kleagle
Clarke
i
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—The pro- ;
posed investigation of the Ku Klux '
Klan by congress blew up late Mon-.
day. i
After a ten minute session behind'
closed dors, the house rules com- I
mittee which at the morning and as-:
ternocn sessions put William J. Sim- :
mens, the Klan’s imperial wizard, ,
through a rigid examination, voted'
unanimously not to call any more ;
witnesses, certainly at this time.
Announcement of the committee’s [
action was made by Chairman Camp- '
bell, and while the chairman and 1
members refused later to make any !
comment beyond the bare statement '
as to witnesses, it is expected that
an adverse report will be submitted ;
to the house on a number of resolu- |
tions providing for an investigation. I
Final action, .however, will be taken I
until several absent members return j
to Washington, but house members I
accepted it as settled that they were |
done with the Ku Klux Klan, unless:
the Department of Justice, conduct
ing inquiry of its own, comes for
ward with unexpected evidence.
Colonel Simmons was questioned
on the stand about a found of
$171,432.67 shown as Klan receipts I
from initiations. He was asked who I
TREATY TO PASS ■
SENATE TODAY
Watson And Reed Attack Peace
Pact—Georgian Is
Bitter
Washington:' Oct is.—final;
vote on ratification of the German ■
peace treaty was expected by both
Republican and Democratic leaders
in the senate today. If necessary, it
was said, a night session will be
held to assure action.
All effirts to amend the treaty,
were defeated in the senate Monday. |
Attacks against the treaty were
dlivered.by Senators Rbed and Wat
son. of Georgia. The former declar-|
ed the new treaty would take thi.fna-i
tion into the League “through the
back door,’’ while Senator Watson ■
asserted that it would bring the coutr-;
tt y no nearer technical peace than
the Knox resolution.
“It involves using all kinds of com
plications* that may involve us in,
war,’’ Said Senator Watson. Touching
on German property transferred to
American citizens by the alien prop-j
eity costudian, he declared that he
wculd “like to hiJve a front seat
when A. Mitchell Palmer (former at-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 18, 1921?
i had authority to draw checks on this
I fund, and named 11. < . Montgomery,
I supreme treasurer.
I Chairman Cavpbcll wanted to
I know the purpose of the contract
i between the Klan and Edward Y.
■Clarke, head of the Klan's publicity
I bureau. Simmons said it was purely
i for propoganda.
Simmons admitted that Clarke’s
; organization received for its use $8
out of every $lO initiation fee.
Simmons said, he could not say
iiov. much of the Klan’s $171,432.67
I fund was left in the treasury.
Simmons said he knew nothing
about how Edward Young Clarke
and Mrs. Tyler, his assistant, divided
a sll 1,000 fund said to have accrued
to them under their contract with
the Klan. He said “for cause” he
could terminate the Clarke contract
at any time, but he had no informa
tion upon which to base a conclusion
that Clarke and Mrs. Tyle^ - did not
measure up to the “high ideals” of
the order.
He said the fact that they re
ceived $225,568.84 for their work in
one year did- not appear to him as
improper and that they appeared to
him to be doing “a pretty good piece
of work.”
Simmons was asked what assets
the Klan had to show for its re
ceipts and work, and he named the
home office at Atlanta, partially
paid for.
MARKETS
,
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 18. Market,
opened easy 56-69 down. Quotations,!
fuliys, 12.27. Sales, 8,000 bales. Re-■
ceipts 2,215 bales, of which 2,015'
are American.
Futures Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
Prev. Close 11.84 1 1.56 11.43
Open ... ...11.52 11.39 11.10
Close .12.06 11.95 11.80 11.65 i
NEW YORK FUTURES
Dec. Jan. Meh. May
Prev. Close 18.34 18.13 18.03 17.65
Open .18.25 18.10 17.90 17.50 j
10:15 am .. .18.31 18.10 17.97 17.60 |
10:30 18.52 18.34 18.15 17.75
10:45 18.59 18.37 18.18 17.84 1
11:00 18.58 18.32 -8.14 17.75
11:15 18.62 18.26 18.17 17.80
11:30 18.56 18.30 18.10 17.73
11:45 18.65 18.40 18.21 1183 I
12:00 18.58 19.37 19.19 17.80 j
12:30 18.63 11W8 18.19'17.81;
12:15 pm 18.62 18.35 18.23 17.80 i
12:45 18.56 18.29 18.08 17.72}
1:00 .... 18.48 18.24 18.03 17.76 [
1:15 18.38 18.13 17.94 17.58'
Connecticut was the first state to
—lop’; a constitution.
custodian) disgorges.” Senator Wat
son said he also would like to be pres
ent when “accomplices of Mr. Pal- i
mer, some of them in ..Georgia, are'
DAUGHTER OF
SLAYER HIDING
. 1
Mrs. Gussman Fails To Answer
Witness Summons In Priest
Murder Case
■| BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 18.—Taking
| of testimony in the trial of Rev. Ed
win Stephenson, charged with sec-
■ ond degree murder in connection
i with the killing of Father James
I Coyle, Catholic priest, was begun to
! day. The jury was secured late yes-
I terday.
■ The defense has entered a denial
of guilt and an additional plea of
“not guilty by reason of insanity.”
Mrs. Ruth Stephenson Gussman,
daughter of the minister, whose mar-’
riage to Pietro Gussman wa ssaid
1 to have led directly to the killing, has
! j not yet appealed in response to a
I witness summons.
Punch is said to have originated in
the East Inlies.
Haiti has no navigable rivers.
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The presidents of the four great railroad brotherhoodc: Left to right,
■top, Warren Stone, Locomotive Engineers; W. G. Lee, Railroad Trainmen;
; Bottom, W. S, Carter, Railroad Firemen, and A. B. Garretson, Railway I
PRICE FIVE CENT
Heads of‘Big" Five are
Called to Chicago to
Hear New Proposals
Conference of Brotherhood Leaders At Cleveland
To Lay Plans For Strike Cancelled—Both
Sides Issue Statement.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 18. — (By Associated Press.) —The scheduled
meeting here today of the “Big Five” transportation brotherhoods was
cancelled this morning when the five executives of the brotherhoods wcie
] requited by th Railroad Labor board to meet with the board in Chjcagoi
■ ThuiMlay Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, announced. ,
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.— (By Associated Press.)— Telegrams summoning
the chairmen of the four big brotherhoods and the Switchmen’s Union to
a conference with the Railroad Labor board in an endeavor to forestall an
actual walkout on the railroads were dispatched to the Ibor leaders today.
The conference is called for Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. No outline
of what the conference would discuss was announced, but it was said new
proposals would be presented to the labor men in an effort to prevent actual
j cessation of work.
MOVE A TEST OF
POWER OF BOARD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—The ac- ■
| tion of the Railroad Labor board in ■
i summoning the railroad union chiefs!
to Chicago for a conference was de-I
I scribed in high official circles today ,
' as the first step to determine whether
i the board is to be regarded as an es-
I ficient government agency pr a fail-
; ure.
I RAILWAY EXECUTIVVES
TURN DOWN PROPOSAL
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—Presidents of i
I (he leading Middle Western railroads!
I in a joint statement last night, turned !
I down as “impossible” the proposal of ■
j the Railroad Labor board, jublic j
: group, that freight rates be reduced |
i immediately as a possible means of I
' avertirfg a general rail strike, and ■
I charged that the proposed walkout
i “would be a strike against the gov-1
eminent, called by the unions pri-1
j marily for the purpose of nullifying
‘ the transportation act creating the 1
I Labor Board.”
The statement said in part:
“The thing it is proposed to strike!
' against is the decision of the Rail
road Labor board authorizing the re-’
' duetion of 12 per cent in wages which)
the railways put into effect on July 1, ■
j 1921. There is at present no other
' possible ground for a strrike by the
railway labor brotherhoods.
“The wage reduction put into ef—
' feet on July 1 was authorized by the
, Railroad Labor board. Therefore, the
i strike, if it occurs, will be against a |
j decision made by a government body:
’ acting in accordance with a federal'
' | law.
“While the railways complied with )
the decision in 19220 for an advance
in wages, the labor brotherhoods now
; propose to defy the law and strike I
rather than accept a much smaller
i reduction in wages.
; “The railway executives decided to-
I ask the Railroad Labor board for a '
SHU
further reduction in wages and to
tions in ictcs all the benefits of any
give the pumlic in the form of reduc
fHither reduction in wages granted.
This, however, afforded the brother-*
hoows no reason for ordering a
strike. The strike vote was taaken on
the question of accepting the wage
reduction already authorizzed by the
Labor board, not on the quqestion of
a future reduction.
“The railway employes have no
more legal right to strike against it
than the railways would have had to /
refuse to grant the advance in wages I
authorizzed in. 1920 by the Labor
board.”
Comerning the Labor board public
group proposal to cut rates inuno
diat.ely, the statement said:
“In a king for a further reduction
in wage; in order that they may ba
able to grant the public reductions in *
rates, the railroads are acting only
in accordance with the laws and in
obedience to an insistent public de
mand that they shall create condi
tions which will enable them to re
duce rates. y—
"A general reduction in rates with
out a further reduction in wages
would be ruinous to many railroads.
Thus far in the year 19221, the rail- t
ways have earned a net return of
only 2.6 per cent, and although the
net earnings have increased recently,
owing largely to the recent reduction
in wages, a general reduction of rates
without a further reduction in wages
would put the railways back in a very
precarious position financially."
BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS ’
HOLD FIRST CONFERENCE.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 18.—(By As
sociated Press.) —The chiefs of the
“Big Five” railroad organizations
convened here today for their first
conference since authorizing the na
tion-wide strike in Chicago last Sat
urday. It was announced that gen
eral plan for conducting the strike *
would be discussed, but whether any
question of outstanding importance
has presented itself was not stated.
The strike, scheduled to begin Oc
tober 30, can be settled by the Fail
roads or prevented by the govern
ment, Warren S. Stone, president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, said when asked his opinion of
the situation.
Mr. Stone said the cause of the
strike is largely because of the action
of the railroad managers in request
ing a further 10 per cent wage reduc
tion and the elimination of favorable
working agreements on upwards of
seventy-five roads, in additiop to the
12 per cent wage reduction, which
went into effect July 1. The rail
road: can settle the strike by the
elimination of these conditions Mr.
Stone said.
“The government can prevent the
trike by taking ever the railroads,-
and this is what will happen even
tually,” Mr. Stone said. He also is
ued a formal statement covering the
men's position ami their reasons for
striking. ‘ AaaM
In a signed statement, Mr. Stone
set forth the reasons for the “Big
Five” transportation organizations
authorizing a strike of their member
hip. Mr. Stone’s statement follows:
‘The men’s position-and their rea
sons for striking are in part as
follows:
The M-n’s Poaition.
“When t e transportation act of
1923 became a law it was hoped by
the employees that all disputes would
be adjusted, and decisions rendered
by the board would be complied 'with
by the carriers and employees. Tn
stead of complying with the decisions J
of the labor board, the railroads soon
began to disregard or flout its de
cisions. Flagrant cases of this be
ing the action of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic, thp Erie, the
Pennrj-ivania railroad and many o h
iei use: thm quid be cited.
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