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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 ******* ************ ****** ********** Riot Stirs New Jersey Town; Authorities Powerless - I ****** * ******* * * « * * ***** ***** 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 (Continued on Page Two.) 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- (Continued on Page There ) ■ y , I- J 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 i ft vv I few * I " I > * J 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, — r J a 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.