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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 201
MILLION PERSONS ARE HOMELESS AT TOKIO
England and Belgium Will Back League in Fight
PBC£ OF EUROPE IS
THPHTENEDBYITIILY
CECIL TELLS LEAGUE
Right of League to Investigate
Declared by British Repre
sentative at Geneva
I
SALANDRA SCORES GREEKS
Italian Representative Says Ath
ens Government Is Seeking
to Escape Responsibilities
GENEVA, Sept. s.—ltaly’s rep
resentative, Signor Salandria, 'told
the council of the League of Na
tions that Italy would regard jn
, tervention of the League in the
Greco-Itailan crisis as unjustified.
The League, he asserted, had no
'competency in an affair which be
longed properly to inter-allied
council of ambassadors.
He also said that Greece, on the
other hand, is trying to escape re
sponsibilities by appealing to the
League, pointing out several na
tions have not yet recognized the
Greek government. His statement
created a sensation.
Lord Robert Cecil, of England,
added to the sensation by ffisisting
that articles 10, 12 and 15 of the
covenant of the League of Nations
be read in both English and French,
and declaring that if they be dis
regarded, the whole settlement of
Eurppe will be shaken. -The ar
ticles stipulate the clear right of
ithfe League to investigate when
there is danger of a rupture be
tween two members of the nations
in the League.
Further discussion of the crisis
will be potsponed until probably to
morrow.
MUSSOLINI TELLS
CABINET HIS POSITION
LONDON, Sept. s.—(By the As
sociated Press.) —An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Rome says
that Premier Mussolini told the
cabinet that if the council of the
League of Nations asserts its com
petency to deal with the Greco-
Italian controversy, Italy will with
draw from the league.
A Central News dispatch from
Rome says that Premier Mussolini
specifically has instructed the Ital
ian delegates to the League of NaX
tions that he has absolutely deter
mined to maintain, his position that
the League is incompetent to deal
with cases in which the honor and
prestige of Italy are concerned.
Italy will make her terms for
evacuation of Corfu enormous if
Greece delays in fulfilling the terms
of his ultimatum, Premier Mussolini
is quoted by the Daily Mail’s Rome
correspondent as declaring.
GREEKS PROPOSE
NEW SETTLEMENT
GENEVA, Sept. s—Representa
tives of the Gseek government
have proposed to the Allied coun
cil of ambassadors, a new settle
ment of the Graeco-Italian contro
versy. This proposal provides:
“First, that the council should
appoint one or more neutral repre
sentatives (A) to superintend in
Greece the judicial inquiry which
the Greek authorities have already
begun and also the trial of those
responsible for the Panina murders;
(B) Assist in the work of the com
mission which Grece has proposed
through the Council of 'Ambassa
dors for investigating in Albania
and Greece the circumstances which
. preceded and accompanied the
crime.
“Secondly, that the council
should instruct a commission com
posed of three high judicial au
thorities, Greek, Italian and neu
tral—for example, the president of
the Swiss federal tribunal, or the
president of the permanent court
of international justice—to meet as
soon as possible at Geneva to settle
the amount of indemnities which is
just what we should pay the fami
lies of the victims.
‘‘Thirdly, that the consul should
agree that the Greek government
> forthwith deposit in a bank in
Switzerland fifty million lire as a
guarantee for the immediate pay
ment of, whatever indemnity may
be decided upon.”
BELGIUM TO
STAND WITH ENGLAND
GENEVA, Sept. 6.—lt is report
ed that Paul Hymans, Belgian dele
gate, has received orders from Brus
sels to stand solidly with Englanl
COL SHIPP TELLS OF
BOARDS LAST'EFFORT
Abolition of On£ Teacher
Schools Praised by Chairman
of Sumter School Board
Col. J. E. D. Shipp, chairriian of
the Sumter county school board, and
one of the Most consistent workers
for the rural schools here today dis
cussed the progress of these schools,
praising the “crowning effort” of
the board which has just been ac
compi rt«ed in the abolition of the
one-teacher school here.
Discussing this feature this morn
ing Col. Shipp declared that “The
Board of Education Monday con
summated the last crowning effort
in behalf of consolidated schools
when the only remaining one r teacher
school in Sumter county was abol
ished. Pennington school district is
now only a memory. It will be known
as the last of all the many one
teacher schools in this section. Yes
terday the Board of Education of
Sumter cohnty divided Pennington'
school district into three parts, car
rying a part each to New Era, Pleas
ant Grove and Andersonville school
districts.
“The law requires a district to be
composed of at least 16 square miles
of territory,’’ said G&. Shipp.
“Pennington had only six. There
were only eleven pupils at Penning-
Yon and some of them did not live
in the district. The law requires a
minimum of thirteen pupils from the
district in order to draw public
money for support of the school.
Because of a sentiment some of the
inhabitants of Pennington district
have maintained this little school
contrary to the more approved ideas
of the best educators. The surround
ing districts have now absorbed this
little district so that all the inhabi
tants of this section will now be en
abled to have the benefits of a great
consolidated, well graded
This marks one of the happiest
events of Sumter county and puts
Sumter caunty now’ as being fully
gone over to consolidated schools
throughout her whole territory.
“There is not now' in the county
a single school with less than three
teachers and every oneW them are
well graded. All of thd high’ schools
in the county are required to teach
the same books tjiat are taught at
the high school in the city of Amer
icus. The quarterly (examinations
that the board will require from pu
pils will be given from these books
so as to securq proper coordination
and uniform grading of al| the pu
pils in the county. The Board of Ed
ucation has passed a resolution re
fusing to pay any school which re
fuses to conform to thi< ordinance
as to uniformity of text books.
“On Monday of this week all the
school* of the county opened up on
time with the largest attendance
ever known. This is true of ’every
one of the 'ten large consolidated
schools that are doing so much for
the glorification of Sumter.
“The schools are all required to
open daily sessions at 8:30 a.m. and
close at 3:30 p.m. They are re
uqired to hold at least seven hours
each day,” Col. Shipp concluded.
Believe It Or
■ Not
PELHAM, Sept. s.—Much inter
est was. manifested by a number
of citizens of Camilla and vicinity
when it was learned that a crowd
of negroes had been chafing a
large trout in the middle of a 50-
acre cotton field on a plantation
belonging to J. W. JMiddleton.
BEGIN WORK ON BUILDING
FOR WOOLWORTH STORE
VALDOSTA, Sept. s.—Contrac
tor S. W. Booker began today the
work of remodeling the stores on
I'atterson street which to be
occupied by the Woolworth stores.
The building formerly occupied by
Corn’s Barber Shop and the one
just vacated by the Gen Shoppe
Jewelry Store, will be- converted
into one building, with an entirely
new-frontage and extensive changes
in the interior.
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in assuring respect for the League’*!
tact even at the cost of Italy’s
withdrawal from the League,
thetimes|recorder
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asserts mum
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WITH ELECTRIC LINES
<s
Albany Man Savs Comnanv Offi
cials Unable Tp Say What
Causes Interruptions
OPERATE CORDELE PLANT
Fact That Line Is New Gives
• Cordele Power While Ameri
cus Goes Without Energy
While all Americu? was without
electric serviefe this afternoon, the
Times-Recorder talked with L. L.
Ferree, maanger of the South Geor
gia Public Utilities company, which
furnishes the power used here, in
quiring as to. the cause of the sus
pension. Mr. Ferree said that at
that hour (3:20) the company had
a force of men at work on the line
and that—they wore then “near a
solution of the problem.”
Requested to state just why
Americus remained without power
while Cordele was given service
from its auxiliary plant, Mr. Fer-'
ree said that ‘the plant there had
never been entirely shut down since
completion of the hydro-electric
line from Americus into that city,
and that the plant there was ready
to begin operation as soon as
power supnly over the transmission
lines failed.
Mr. Ferree expressed the belief
that the lines between Americus
and Albany were being maliciously
tampered with and stated that his
company was ready to spend money
to cause the arrest conviction
of those implicated in the alleged
malicious mischief. In one of the
Alabama districts served by his com
pany, he asserted, a number of per
sons are now under arrest from
tampering with power transmission
lines, and thes are being prosecut
ed vigorously.
The power supply her was inter
mittent all day, going off more
than once during the morning hours,
and early in the afternoon a sus
tained suspension was experienced.
The suspensions came without
warning, and local officials were
unable, to give any of
the, cause. R. P. Ewing, superin
tendent £or the company here, was
reported over the telephone as be
ing “out of the city.”
MINIATURE SOUTHERN
TRAIN SHOWS SIGNALS
CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 5.
Visitors to the Cincinnati Fall
Festivifl and Industrial Exposition
have been greatly interested by
the exhibit of the Southern Rail
way System, consisting of a min
iature pass/nger train, which
shows how Southern trains are
protected by electrically operated
automatic block signals.
The exhibit shows the train in
operation on an oval track, equip
ped with electric signals working
just as in actual practice pn the
i road. The train consists of three
| coaches, and is driven by elec
tricity, taken from a third rail,
i though the locomotive is a mode)
[of the regular steam type.
Every day during, the exposition,
the Southern’s booth ’— been, sur
round By a crowd of interested
.spectators who were getting froln
it their first demonstration of how
electricity is employed for the
operation of signals and of the
sutnii .ioj a’jojbs jo oa.iSop jbojS
which is afforded by this system.
COLUMBUS BOOSTERS
POSTPONE ROAD TRIP
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Henry P. Everett, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce here, to
day received a letter from Leland
J. Henderson informing him that
the contemplated trip of a party
of Columbus boosters through this
section has been indefinitely post
poned. Recently heavy rains in
many parts of the state, the let
ter said, have put the road in such
condition as to make postponement
of the trip advisable.' Th
from Mr. Henderson indicates that,
in the event of continued fair
weather, the trip may be undertak
en Monday morning, Sept. 17, with
‘the party scheduled' to stop at.
some point approximately 100 miles
or less out- of Columbus, for an
overnight west. The motorcat/e
plans to make the trip via Ameri
cus going, with another route chos- [
en for the return trip, | 1
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1923
GERMANY ft! END OF
TETHER; IS UNABLE TO
FINANCE RESISTANCE
Berlin Believes Ruhr Situation Is
Nearing End, With Germans
Again The Losers
BERLIN TAKES INITIATIVE
Believed Now Discussion With
rance And Belgium Will Be
Undertaken in Few Days
BERLIN, Sept. s.—Germany has
arrived at the end of her tether so
far as her ability to finqjjee pas
sive resistance is concerned. This
is the current impression in bank
ing circles here, and it is expected
that Germany’s course in the next
few days will be to take the initia
tive in the direction of’proposing
that official discussions shall be be
gun with French and Belgian gov
ernments.
BIttSuKHT
stirs nn
Official Circles Perturbed at
Prospect of Leagud of Nations
issue in Next Elections
’ WASHINGTON, Sept. s.—Un
der the surface, official Washing
ton is perturbel by Newton D.
Baker’s announcement tha|t he’ll
bring the League»of Nations is
sue to the front in addresses he
will deliver following his retuyi
from Europe.
Baker is recognized as one of
the most eloquent of Democratic
orators and as perhaps closer to
former President Wilson than any
other member of the old Wilson
cabinet. With Baker trying to
tangle the world court proposal,
sponsored by the Republicans,
with the League of Nations, the
job of Republican spellbinders in
making clear just how far to go
and no farther would be most dif
ficult.
Therein, however, lies the chief
hope of Hi Johnson and his bitter
enders.
“The world coqrt today means
the League of Nations tomorrow.”
Baker will urge. “Therefore why
not make it all at one step?”
The Johnsonites will pound on
the same point. “The world court
today means the league tomorrow.
Therefore defeat the world court!
Incidentally, the. Baker pro
nouncement, despite his declara
tion that he has no political head
gear, leaves the impression here
that he may be fishing for the
support of ardent Wilson pro
league followers as “logical”
Democratic Leagfie of Nations
candidate for president.
WILL GATH ED HUGE
AWDA FOB LEGION
San Francisco Convention to Be
Honored by Presence of
Great Battle' Fleet
* SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—-
Twelve super-dreadnaughts, one
, armored thirty-nine de
stroyers and smaller -craft will
! compose the great armada which
i is to be present in San Francisco
I during the American Legion con
vention, October 15 to 19. The
presence of the fleet, is expected
to add much interest to the prog
ram for the visiting legionnaries.
Admiral R. E. Coontz, commander
in-chief of the fleet, is personal
ly supervising many of the ar
rangements, in addition to that ofi
the great naval review.
The fleet’s contribution to the
legion show will not be confin'-d
to one day’s participation. Eeach
night, the ships will be iHuminated
the 21,100 officers and men will
participate in one of the great,
parades; and the sailors will con
tribute an athletic field day on the
water that will equal anything on
land. Boxing, wrestling, push
ball, water polo, baseball, and
other sports in adition to boat Ji'.a
swimming races, will afford enter
itainment well worth seeing.
AMERICANAMBASSATOR
REPORTSAMERICANS
Ambassador Woods Cables State
Department Situation At
Yokohama Is Grave
KOBE CONSULATE JS LOST
Part of Consulate Staff a9 Yoko
hama Unaccounted For.—
Vice Consul Escaped
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. All
Americans in Tokio are believed
to be safe, Ambassador Woods re
ported to the State Department to
day. His estimate of the dead
in Tokio alone is placed at 10,000.
Communication with Yokohama
has been opened, and it is stated
that some Americans there have
been killed, where the situation
continues exceedingly grave.
A dispatch from the American
consul at Kobe dated yesterday sai<|
that refugees from Yokohama con
firmed the report that the consulate
there was completely destroyed and
that Consul Kirjassoff and his wife
were killed but their'two children
were
Vice-Consul Sam J. Wardell is
also reported safe at Yokohama, the
report said, but other members of
the staff art not yet accounted for.
The dispatch added that the naval
hospital at Yokohama has collapsed
with Commander Webb injured,
while some of the staff was killed.
Reports from Consul Dnckov|er
at Kobe said that several members
of the Yokohama consular staff, are
safe, these being Miss Martin, Mr.
Mdson. Vice-Consul Sturgeon and
Vice-Consul Sam J. Wardell. Vice-
Consul Jenks is reported to have
been killed, the reports said)
ALLEGED WHIPPING
BOSS' IS UMSTED
Dr. C. A, Yarbrough, Macon
Dentist, Acccused in Conner-.
tion with Floggings There
MACON, Sept. s—Dr. C. A. Yar
borough, prominent dentist, with of
fices in the "Citizens and Southern
Bank building, was arrested late yes
terday evening by deputies charged
with rioting and assault and battery
in connection with recent flogging
activities in Bibb county, in which
more than ten men have been se
verely beaten and the county has
been terrorized. The warrants were
sworn out by members of the sher
iff’s force, but the specific flogging
case on which the warrants were
based could not be learned. Dr.
Yarbrough has been suspected for
several months and frequently he
has been referred to as the “whip
ping boss.”
J. D. Patrick, an official of the
Municipal Court, and W. F. DeLa
mar, a salesman of Progress street,
were also arrested on similar
charges to those against Yarbrough.
Patrick was arrested shortly after
Yarbrough and DeLamar was taken
at 8:30 o’clock. Their bonds were
assessed at $2,500 on each charge
or a total of $5,000 for each man.
Trials of the three men' arrested
last night, the three Hudson broth
ci's, arrested on the night of August
19, and J. F. Alexander, arrested
Friday, will begin in City Court
on Tuesday morning, it was an
nounced last night.
bibbWyW
FOLLOWING APREST
J. D. Patrick, Accused of Com
plicity in Macon Floggings
Hands in Resignation
MACON, Sept, ik— J. D. Patrick,
deputy sheriff of the municipal
court, who with Dr. C. A Yar
boruogh, a dentist, was arrested
yesterday in connection with recent
floggings, has resigned hie position,
saying that he did not desire to
embarrass the court by retaining
office after his arrest.
• The police claim both men are
members of the Ku Klux Klan, but
J. D. Durkee, Klan organizer, re
fuses to deny or affirm this.
CONTINUE CMfiH
FOR IDISARMAMENT
t ,
American Legion Has Taken
National Poll Ascertaining
-Public Sentiment
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 5.
The American Legion’s national
campaign to promote the con
vocation of an international air
disarmament conference will be
continued, it has been announc
ed at national headquarters in
Indianapolis. Legiin officials as
sert that the results of a national
poll taken by the organization in
dicate that public sentiment fav
ors she conference.
They point out that from a total
of 252 replies to a referendum
taken a'mong United* States sena
tors, congressmen, governors, edi
tors, college presidents and other
prominent citizens, 2£5 have voted
for the conference. Included
among the favorable replies are
letters from a number of experts
in intenational relations. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, who was ■ a
member of the American delega
tion at the naval limitations con
ference in 1921, has expressed ap
proval. Ne'wton D. Baker, former
secretary of wm, also has indors
ed the proposal.
The receht statement of Presi
dent Coolidge in which he said that
he was in favor of the proposed
copfernce but doubted that the
time was opportune for its convo
cation because of the situation in
Europe has not dampened the Le
gion’s ardor. The assertion is
made by the veterans that the peo
ple of the world do not believe
that civilized nations can refuse
to participate. If certain Euro
pean governments are unfavorably
disposed, the legion believes that
the American people have the
right to know why they refuse'to
co-operate toward world jjeaee ahd
what substitute proposal they de
sire to advance to end the mad
race for military .air supremacy, it
has been announced.
The United States must" take
steps to protects itself from possi
ble attacks from the air, if the
present contest in building planes
continues among France, England,
Italy and Russia, according to the
legion’s view. It js pointed out
that this country could save bil
lions of dollars, necessary for con
struction of an adequate air
force, if a basis for sane limita
tion of military air equipment
could be agreed upon by the lead
, ing nations of the world.
PUKHMLK
ENROLLMENTOF2CO
PLAINS, Sept. s.—Plains Con
solidated school opened Monday
morning for the fall term with an
enrollment of two hundred pupils.
A number of friends and patrons
were present and a brief program
was given. This program was Its
followed:
Scripture Reading and Prayer,
Rev. J. E. O’Quinn.
Remarks by Superintendent E. B.
Bridges, followed by Col. J. E. D.
Shipp.
Miss Julia Coleman concluded
the exercises, making an urgen re
quest for books for the school Ip
brary.
Friday, August 7, has been desig
nated as “Book Day” and former
pupils, friends and patrons are ask
ed to donat ea book or a coin.
Supt? Bridges announced that
four prizes will be given during
the year, one each by the Parent-
Teacher association, the Teachers,
Plains Literary club and the Board
of Trustees, the studies for which
the prizes are to be- given to be
decided at an early date.
The same faculty has been re
tained with the exception of three
teachers w-ho are Miss Mabel Car
ter, of Commerce, mathematics;
Miss Elsie Kennedy, of»Plains, first
grade and J. C. Bell, of Tifton, vo
cational agriculture.
FLORIDA AGRICULTURE
COMMISSIONER QPITS
TALLAHASSEE, Sept. s.—Com
missioner of Agriculture Mcßae has
resigned his office after. 12 years’
service. Nathan Mayo, of Marion,
county, has been appointed to sue-
WEATHER
, For Georgia: Partly cloudy
night and Thursday; no change in
temperature.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
TEN THOUSBND IRE
BURNED TO BEITH
FLEEING EBB TOM
Vast Horde Fleeing From Falling
Walls in Jap Capital Meet'
Horrible Death
TOKIO PROVISIONS SCARCE
One Hundred Foreigners Among
Dead at Yokohama, Includ-
U. S., British Consuls
NEW YORK, Sept. ’s.—Two
official messages received/at the
offices of the Japanese consul
general today estimated the cas
ualties' in the Tokio vicinity to be
160,000, with one million per
sons homeless.
One message was relayed to the
Japanese consul to San Francisco
who received his information
from Shanghai.
Another Message dated Sept.l,
originally sent by the keeper of
the Imperial palace, wae received
at Paris from Tokio, relayed to
the Japanese embassy at WKsh
' ington and thence sent here.
OSAKA, Sept. s.—Approximate
ly 10,000 refugees fleeing from the
ruins of Tokio were burned to death
irf the yard of the military cloth
ing factory in the industrial suburb
of K'onke.
Three persons were sharing a
single piece of bread in Tokio,
where water and provisions are still
scarce.
‘•PEKING, Sept. s.—One hundred
foreigners are believed to have
perished in Yokohama, says a
Reuters dispatch from Osaka. The
dead (include the American /and
British consuls.
TOFffIMBIM
REPORTS DE BIG FIGHT
Times-Recorder Will Co-Oper
ate With Rylander Manage
ment in Fistic Enterprise
» '
Ringside reports from the Demp
sey-Firpo fight in New York Sept.
14, .will be furnished' by The Times-
Recorder for the fistic fans of
Americus. These reports will be se
cured through the Associated Press
of which organization this paper is
a .member, and the very best service
obtainable has been contracted for.
The fight between these two
heavyweights, which will be for the
championship of world and is sched
uled to begin in,New'York at 10
o’clock, standard Eastern time, with
the first preliminary starting at* 8
o’clock, Eastern time, and a number
of fast lightweights will be on the
card. The results of these prelimi
naries will be furnished the fans
here, along with the detailed report
of the big championship fight.
In order to accommodate the large
crowd that is expected to attend the
fight matinee, The Times-Recorder
has arranged with Manager Herbert
Kincey to have these returns read
from the stage of the Rylander the
ter oiuthe night of the fight. This
will eliminate the crowded condit
ions which detracted so much from
the Dempsey-Gibbons Tight when
fans completely filled Times-Re
cordcr office, with many unable to
dnter the building or get within
easy hearing distance of the an
nouncer. At the Rylander there will
be comfortable chairs for all who
attend the matinee and the services
6f an experienced announcer have
been secured, insuring that each
bulletin from the ringside can be
heard clearly in all parts of the
house as these are read from the
stage, just as rapidly as events
transpire at the ringside.
PASTOR RETURNS AFTER
TOUR THROUGH EUROPE
VALDOSTA, Sept. 4. Rev.
Hansford D. Johnson, of the First
Baptist church, has returned from
i Europe, where he spent the greater
part of the past two months. He
went there to attend the Interna
tional gathering of Baptists at
Stockholm, where much of the
greatestfpreaching was done by
American Baptist ministers. After
the meeting at Stockholm, which
was inspiring all the way through,
Mr. Johnson toured southern and
central Europe, visiting many of
the historic places, including the