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N. Y. Futures— Oct. Dec. Jan.
Previous Close .. 124.35 24.26 23.92
Open 24.3 R 24.28 23.75
11 a m |24.44 24.37 24.01
Close 125.05j25.02 24.75
Snot Cotton
Strict Middling 25c
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 197
FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS RESUMED
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Riot Stirs New Jersey Town; Authorities Powerless
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STREET FIGHTING IT
PERTH MBIT W
ARE SEVERELY BEATEN
More Than One Hundred Per
sons Reported Injured During
Fighting Last Night
MOB STORMED MEETING
Believed That Further Trouble
Wlil Not Result, With Situa
tion Well in Hand Today
PfiRTHAMBOY, N. J., August
31.—Battling between Klansmen
and mobs was resumed in the
streets this morning as members of
that order tried to escape from the
Odd Fellows hall where they had
sought refuge from an attack on
the Klan meeting last in which
more than 100 persons are report
ed to have been injured.
The mob last night stormed the
meeting place, breaking through
heavy police lines, while firemen
gathered about set upon the Klans
men, beating them unmercifully.
One hundred men armed with
clubs and stones attacked thirty
Klansmen who dashed from the hall
this morning. The Klansmen were
severely beaten before they escap
ed their pursuers, several of whom
wer treated at the hospital for in
juries and later sent to their homes.
The police department stated that
they believed most of the Klans
men who assembled for a meeting
wer from New Jersey cities and
towns. One group of 25, which
refused to try to go to their homes
in automobiles returned on trains
after being sheltered by the police
for several hours.
No further trouble is anticipated.
INK STfflS TO
FIGHT SGDN IT M
Pa Stribling Announces Young
ster Will Go Against Heavy
weight September 10
MACON, Aug. 31—Young Strib
ling, middle weight champion of
the south, will fight either Jack Mid
dleton or Sailor Martin, both heavy
weights, on September 10, in Miami,
Florida, according to an announce
ment made Thursday morning by Pa
Stribling, father-manager of the
Macon flash. Another fight has also
been arranged for the local boy with
Jimmy Conway, middle weight, of
Savannah, the bout being set for
September 13, in Rome, Ga.
Several weeks ago Young Strib
ling received a compound fracture
in his right arm near the elbow, and
since that time he has been out of
the ring. The Macon boy’ has just
returned from a short vacation at
French Broad, a summer camp in
North Carolina, and he states that
his arm seems to be in the best con
dition since it was broken.
Physicians will examine W. L.’s
arm on Labor Day and at that time
will say whether he can take on the
two battles wit'h the men mentioned
above. Pa Stribling stated that he
believed that Young Stribling would
be ready to go immediately follow
ing the examination, which means
that he will fight a couple of melees
before his engagement with Mike
MvTigue on October 4 in Columbus.
COOLIDGE STARTS
PONY EXPRESS RACE
WASHINGTON, August 31.
Stepping from the office of the
White House to the telegraph room
irt the executive offices, President
Coolidge at 11 o’clock today pressed
the gold key and flashed the sig
nal St. Joseph Mo-, starting off
the first horseman in his westward
journey toward San Francisco in
the revival of the old pony ex
press. ; „
NEwTaST FREIGHT
SERVICE INAUGURATED
COLUMBUS, August 31.—An
other fast through freight train
from Chicago and St. Louis to
Jacksonville, Fla., has been put in
to service by’ the Illinois Central,
Central of Georgia, and Atlantic
Coast Line, according to T. P.
Wade, division freight agent of the
Central of Georgia. Four-day de
livery’ between St. Louis and Jack
sonville will be made possible by
the now service, according to
Agens Wade,
GOVERNI
ifflwfiMl
MB LH CUP
IT IMF BEET
Forty-Two Members of Club
Come to Americus in Private
Car Over Central of Ga.
JOHN SHEFFIELD PRESIDES
' Banquet at Windsor Featured by
Talks From Many Visiting
Rotarians
Macon Rotarians carried home
( last night the silver loving cup
awarded to the visiting clubs by
Americus Rotarians on a basis of
numbers present, miles traveled
( and the worth and excellence of
a Rotary message brought by a.
member of each club.
Forty-two Macon members came |
in at 2:14 in a private car over I
the Central. W. T. Anderson, of |
i the Telegraph, spoke for his club. I
Others present were Rotarians
from Columbus, Quitman, Albany,
( Moultrie and Americus. Delega
tions from Valdosta and Thomas
ville were unable to attend because ,
of bad road conditions.
From 3 to 4:30 the Country club
was crowded with delegates, enter-!
taining themselves with golf and
other games. Sandwiches and!
punch wer served by the ladiesj
I of the Americus club, all of whom 1
i i I
were present.
Several hundred Rotarians and I
I others witnessed a swimming and ■
j diving contest at the Playground ■
I from 4:30 to 5:30. Under th« |
management of Miss Jewel Lane, I
a number of young ladies and boys ’
entertained the visitors with their
skill in the water.
Four entrants competed for the '
prizes offered for the best swim- ■
ming and diving displayed, and the .
winners were graded according to
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HOW TO RESIGN
Reports of Two Committees Sus
taining Charges cf Unethical
Conduct Are Adopted
ATLANTA, August 31—The Bar J
association at a stormy’ session to
day adopted reports of its two I
committees which sustained chargen ■
of unethical conduct brought Iby' '
Attorney Edgar Latham against I
Judge G. H. Howard of Fulton Su- ■
perior court. The resolution calls ;
upon Judge Howard to resign.
THREE HUGE STILLS ARE
LOCATED IN HARRIS CO.
COLUMBUS, August 31. On !
a liquor raid recently, George R. I
Kincaid, local fedral dry agent, ac
companied by five other official.', j
I located three stills, two of them
of 400 gallons capacity, and one
. of 250 gallon capacity. All were
found in Harris county. They were
destroyed . About 2,000 gallons of
beer v/is poured, also seven or
eight gallons of whisky. A small
motor truck was siezed and three
men were arrested.
MRS. VAIDEN WINNER
LN KNITTING CONTEST
AUGUSTA, August 31. Mrs.
I Dora Vaiden, of this city, was an
nounced as the winner of the first
' prize for the State of Georgia and
I SIOO in cash in a recent national
knitting contest conducted under
! the auspices of a large yarn manu
facturing concern. Miss Vaiden’s I
i entry was “Miss Dixie,” a white I
sweater set which she designed :
herself.
EXPECT ENROLLMENT
WILL BE ENLARGED
J AUGUSTA, August 31. lndi !
, ( cations point to an enlarged en
•, rollment at the Georgia Medical
. | College this year, according to the j
> I school authorities. The fall term
. I convenes September 19. ‘t he stu- !
-1 dent body last year numbered 102. i
■ i There were in the 1923 graduating!
class. The senior class this year
will number 30, . i
GOVERNMENT REPORT SENDS STAPLE UP
THE TIMES RECORDER,
SHED IN* THE HEART OF DIXIE |
ITALIAN TROOPS
OCCUPY CORFU
CAREFUL MING
IS BASIS OF PLEA BY
JONES BEFORE CLUB
Kiwanis Members Hear Optimis
tic Talk by Prominent
Wholesaler at Luncheon
URGESPAYING UP DEBTS
! Points Out Where Economy May
Be Practiced Without Injury
to Business
Making an intense plea for con-
I seivative living, close economy and
careful spending, W. M. Jones, of
the Moreland-Jones Co., spoke with
the utmost feeling to the Kiwan
ians at club luncheon Friday.
“This is a matter in which every
j one is interested,” Mr. Jones said,
I “a matter that comes home to all
■of us. Kiwanis means build, to
b'oost, to serve. There are those
I who say we are in for hard times. |
i Why, we have seen hard times be
‘ fore and we have come through
I all right. In 1873 and 1903 and
11907 we went through panics the
like of which we shall probably
I not see again.
| “In 1911 cotton was not worth
I th’e ginning and bagging cost, but
'we came through. We Kiwanians
must preach the sermon of cour
; age. We must not allow the pessi- '
1 mist to go unchallenged.
“Things may be a bit hard this !
I year, but if we economize and put j
our shoulders to the whel all will !
be well. Our debts must be paid.
That’s our first duty, but we can,
pay what we owe by close, con
servative living, by not wasting
that which we have, by hating
courage.
I “This talk about the boll wee
i vil having eaten all the cotton rs
i wrong. The lowest estimate I have
I heard is 11,000 bales for this year.
Yet there are others who say we
will gte 18,000 bales. 1 want Ki
wanis to do its part toward stop
ping pessimistic talk. Let’s help to
I put courage into the heart of every
man,” said Mr. Jones.
Mr. Jones declared that we are
in no shape for careless spending,
for recklessness in disbursing our
| incomes thia fall.
■ “Suppose there are 3,000 auto
mobiles in the county,” Mr. Jones
■ said, “there may be that many, or
jit may be less, but let’s figure
on a basis of 3,000. If each car
: used only one gallone of gas a day
j for pleasure, that’s 3000 gallons,
' which at 20 cents per gallon,
■ amounts to S6OO a day, or $21,9,-
■ 000 a year.
“A set of cheap tires all around
I would cost $200,000 a year. Re
j pairs conservatively estimated
| would be $75,000.
I "Roughly there is half a million
' dollars spent.
"One gallon of gas per day fop
i pleasure is costing after it is fig-
■ ured about 5,000 bales of cotton,
I with cotton figured at 20c. Now
when we come down to expressing
our pleasure bill in terms of bales
of cotton-—one-third or thereabouts
of our crop, we comprehend what it
I means. We would be giving up one
third of our 1923 crop just to ride
around.
I “Now that is a place we can econ
omize,” said Mr. Jones. “Times like
this, when we have debts to pay, we
should use our cars for necessity
! only. Let us, stop purposeless riding
I put our shoulders to the wheel, saVe
I our money, pay pur debts, and we
I will all come through and not real
-1 ize that things have been a bit hard.
“The figures I have quoted may
not be accurate, but they give us
I something to think about,” conclud
i cd Mr. Jones amid a goodly round
of applause from his fellow Kiwan
j ians.
Little Miss Raby Horne, the
I adopted daughter of Dr. and Mrs
, Thurmon, who has had less than six
i months training in piano, played for
I the Kiwanis cluu.
i Miss Katherine Smith read an
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31. 1923
LONDON, August 3.1.—1ta1-. 9
ians have occupied Corfu in
G r ee. The Italian legation here
also says Italy will deliver thier
ultimatum to Greece this after
noon, giving her five hours to
respond. (
RONE ISMSFIED
WITH GFEFK REPLY:
TROOPS BEGIN HOI/ING
Running Down Assassins and
Payment of Indemnity to Rel- ;
atives of Dead Insufficient
ITALIAN PAPERS WARNED
Government Threatens Heavy
Penalties if Troon Movements
Become Public •
ROME, Agusut 31. The
Italian government, meeting in
council, found the Greek reply
to its ultimatum will be unac
ceptable, according to news ad- i
vise. The advices state that cer- |
..tain decisions were not reached- |
in the council meeting of a na
’..ture which has not been disclos-..
ed.
ROME, August 31. The news
paper Messagero said today that
it has been reliably informed that
Greek's refusal to pay indemnity of !
50 million lire for slaying the Ital- |
ian boundary commissioners and
her request for a modification of
the Itailan demands regarding the
salutation of the Italian flag are
absolutely unsatisfactory.
Greece accepts four of Italy’s
demands with modifications, and re
jects three of them.
The commandant of the place
where the murders were committed,
it is specified, shall express the
Greek government’s sorrow to Sig
nor Montagna, the Italian minister
to Greece. A memorial service
shall be held in th’e presence of |
the members of the Greek govern-:
ment. On the same day a detach- j
men of the guard shall salute the I
Italian flag at the legation at
Tresveza shall render honors to the
bodies of the victims while they
are being transferred to an Italian
warship.
, The fourth, fifth and sixth de
i mands are rejected on the ground
. that they infringe the sovereignty
and honor of Greece.
The fourth demand provides for
the severest inquiry by the Greek
authorities at the scene of the mas
sacre, at which the Italian military
attache will be present. The fifth
demands capital punishment for all
the guilty, while the sixth demand
seeks an indemnity of fifty million
Italian lire to be paid within five
days from the presentation of the
note.
The first demand covers apolo
gies of the most sweeping and of
ficial nature; the second relates to
funeral ceremonies; the third to
honors to the Italian flag by Greek
warships, and the seventh to mili
tary honors to the victims.
Greece’s reply urges that com
munications be continued and of
fers modified in the form of satis
factory indemnity to relatives of
the slain men, and points out that
the military is now running down
the assassins.
The Italian government warns
newspapers agaifist publishing
i troop movements, threatening
I heavy penalties in the event! »f
' publications.
LONDON SEES SIGNS
OF EUROPEAN WAR
LONDON, August 31.—The Eng
lish newspapers appear today ex
hibiting the familiar signs and
symptoms of a rapidly rising Euro-
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original poem / nd told two good sto
ries to the Kii’anians. Several other
guests were pi ?sent.
BULGE OF $5 BALE IN
COTTON.PRICESCORED
IN NEW YORK MARKET
Government Condition Report
Shoves Options Up Rapidly
With Spots Rising
ESTIMATE 10,788,000 BALES
Condition as of August 25 Placed
at 54.1 With Yield Less
Than 11,000,000 Bales
NEW ORLEANS, August 31.
A bulge of $5 a bale, constituting
the most important rise in weeks,
was recorded in the local cotton
market here on announcement of
government reports showing the
crop condition to be 54.1 normal
August 25, which report indicates
a yield of only 10,788,000 bales.
'OPTIONS LEAP
UP 100 POINTS .
NEW YORK, August 31.—Cot
ton options jumped about 100
points in the local market here to
day as a result of the government
condition report.
TWOWIfTEN
HURT WHFN.NAPHTHA
LINE EXPLODED TODAY
Dye and Chemical Works cf Bar
rett Co., of Philadelphia Is
Scene of atal Accident
NEIGHBORHOOD IS ROCKED
Two of Those Injured Expected
to Die as Result of Injuries
Sustained
PHILADELPHIA, August 31.
Tow workmen wer killed and 10
others injured whe na large naptha
line still exploded in the dye and
chemical works of the Barrett com
pany. The blasts rocked the neigh
borhood, and fire following the ex
plosion destroyed the building in
which the still was housed. Two
| of the injured may die as a result
: of their injuries.
SUMTER BEPUfYIN
JEPIIIUSCONDITION
Cy Carey Picked Up Unconscious
on Roadside Near Sale City,
Where He was on Business
Cy Carey, a Sumter county
! deputy sheriff, is in a seriouscondi
■ tion at Sale City, where he went
; a day or two ago on official busi
j ness, according to information re-
I ceived in Americus last night. His
; sister, Mrs. Stover, left here this
! morning to attend his bedside, and
jh e will be moved to Americus as
■ {soon as his condition will permit.
> I Deputy Garey left Americus
i j Tuesday en .'route to Sale City,
where he went on a mission for
Will Bradley, a farmer living hear
Americus. The same day he was
. found beside his car in a bog near
. Sale City, with evidence of having
. worked to get his car out. That he
’ became overheated, is believed here
to account for his condition.
Parties who carried Carey into
I Sale City, ascertaining he was a
Sumter county deputy sheriff,
phoned Sheriff Harvey regarding
his condition, and steps were taken
■ ■to care for him during his illness.
! Bill Harden, a relative of Carey,
I telephoned Sale City Thursday and
| was to’d that his condition was
j then considered critical, and that
| proper medical attention was be-
’ [ ing given the stricken man.
Mr. Carey, who was reared in
Sumter county, is ’ about forty
years of age and of unimpeachable
habits. He has been connected with
Sumter county courts and Sheriff
Harvey’s office during many years
serving at different times in nu
merous capacities, always with sat
isfaction to . his superiors,
AMERICO-MEXICAN
COMMISSIONERS
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Charles Beecher Warren (top),
former U. S. ambassador to Japan,
and John Barton Payne, who repre
sented the United State’s at a jo.int
conference with two Mexican con
ferees on the matter of arriving at
a basis of conciliation whereby for
mal recognition of Mexico by Uncle
Sam might be brought about.
MINERS ACCEPT BASIS
OF WTIIW HID
DOWN BI ffi. PINCBBT
Heady, Say Their Representa
tives, to Forego Suspension
of Mining for Present
OPERATORS HOLD ANSWER
Reply of Mine Owners Withheld,
With Settlement of Matter
Looked For Immediately
HARRISBURG, Pa., August 31.
i Miners’ representatives handed
■ Governor Picnot .their answer for
settling the anthracite labor con
troversy without a suspension of
mining, in which they declared
themselves willing to negotiate on
further basis of his suggestions, al
though expressing dissatisfaction
with the some of the particulars.
At the present time the operators
temporarily are withholding their
response for publication, although
a settlement of the matter is look
ed SBr immediately.
Tffl DETECTIVES AND
ONFWOMHILLEB
Riot in Negro Section of Johns
town, Pa., Results in Fifteen
Blacks Being Arrested
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 31—
Two detectives and one unidentified
negro wcr<* shot to death and three
police officers were probably fatal
ly wounded early this morning v. hen
three automobile loads of policemen
wore answering a riot call to Rose
dale, a negro section of this city,
where the coke ovens of the Bethle
hem Stee] Corporation are located.
All available Johnstown police were
rushed to the scene of the ambush
and a call for aid was sent to state
police. The rioting which grew out
of a quarrel among the negroes, was
quelled and 15 negroes were arrest
ed. The assailants of the officers are
believed to have escaped to the near
by hills, ,
For .Georgia Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday;- probably
showers on the coast.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
UNITED STITES 110
WO CWPLFTt
FINAL NEGOTIATIONS
Diplomatic Relations, Off Since
1920, Formally Resumed Be
tween Two Governments
U. S. WINS~CONTENTIONS
Provisions in Mexican Constitu
tion Held Not to Be Retro
active by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, August 31.
The United States has resumed
diplomatic relations with Mexico, it
is announced by the state depart
inent today.
of relations carries a
full recognition of Mexico by the
United States. The Mexican em
bassy here and the American em
bassy in Mexico City are to be re
stored to official standing immedi
ately for the first time since the
collapse of the Carranza*regime in
1920.
On February 5, 1917, Mexico
promulgated a new constitution re
placing the constitution of 1857.
In it was incorporated article 27
affirming that title to mineral and
other subsoil deposits were vested
in Mexican subjects, and that only
Mexicans and Mexican companies
had the right to acquire conces
sions and develop mineral fuel
within the republic.
A foreigner might acquire the
l ight only if he renounced the privi
lege of recourse for redress to his
government through diplomatic
channels. Whether or not the ar
ticle was retroactive has been the
stickling point for a basis of arbi
tration upon which recognition
could be based.
President Obregon, however, in
September, 1922, following decis
ions of the Mexican Supreme court,
held the act to be nonretroactive.
But following capital felt that the
intent of article 27 was confisca
tory. These fears, however, have
now been dispersed, and final de
tails for 'the re-establishment of;
diplomatic relations were settled to-,
day by the execution by Mexico
of the “treaty of amity and com
merce,” which matter has been at
tendde to by the American-Mexi-i
can Commission Composed of Chas.
Beecher Warren and John Barton
Payne, representing the United
States, and Gonzales Roa and Ra
mon Ross for Mexico.
SOUTH Os HERE
in bid cmrm no*
Thomasville Center of Flooded
Area With Roads in All Di
rections There Torn Up
THOMASVILLE, August 31.
The road from Americus south to
Thomasville was in very poor con
dition last night and also roads
leading to North Georgia from oth
er cities are reported very much
cut up and badly washed.
The flood which visited the vi
cinity of Camilla was reported at
anywhere from five to twelve
inches of rain and it has put most
of that section under water.
The Ochlocknee river is on a
rampage and while still very high it
is believed that it will soon go
down and normal will be restored.
It is higher than it has been in
some years, according to those who
have visited both the Jones bridge
and the Dixie Highway bridge.
The report that Jones bridge had
gone was untrue as the structure
is said to be still intact and can
be used as soon as the adjacent
water goes down.
The Mitchell county roads are in
an awful shape and tlje detours
near Albany where the gravel road
is being re-surfaced are not very
comfortable at a time like this,
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FELL FROM CAR TO
PAVEMENT; UNHURT
C. Williams, an employe of the
Loving filling station at Church
and Lee stret, fell from a car at
that point early today and sustain
ed a dislocated finger and a bump
on the head but was not seriously
hurt. K'e was coming into the city
on a car driven by Julius Schroed
er, and the accident was caused by
his alighting before the car came
to a full stop. O After receiving
medical attention he returned to
j his accustomed duties, and later
j said that in a day or two he ex
-1 pected to feel all right again.