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N. Y. Futures— Oct. Dec. Jan. Previous Close .. J26.50)26.08'25.78 Open 126.20 26.10 25.80 11 a.m 126.42 26.34 26.02 Close |2&54 26.37)26.08 Spot Cotton ! Strict Middling 26 l-2c FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 203 LIST OF JAP DEAD DECREASES STEADILY Macon Anti-Live Stock Shipping [Order Rescinded BIKI BJCKS DM ON ORDER BINNING LIVESTOCK SHIPPING State Veterinarian Rescinds Or der' Following Action Macon Chamber of Commerce CHOLERA PRESENT, CLAIM Official Also Alleged Tick In fested Cattle Had Been Shipped There MATRON, Sept. 7.—Dr. R F. Bahnsen, state veterinarian, today issued an order rescinding his for mer %rder prohibiting the shipment of livestock tq Macon for immedi ate slaughter. The action was tak en following a meeting of the chamber of commerce yesterday, a quarantine having been placed on the allegation that tick infested cattle and cholera hogs had been shipped into the city. GRADE ITO POT ON TRIAL FOB KILLING NEWNAN, Sept. 7.—The trial of Grady Minter, charged with mur der-in connection with the death of Millard Trouton, his brother-in law, August 14, started closely upon the heels of the conviction of his father, J. W. Minter, yesterday. A jury was quickly selected, and the hearing of the testimony got under way. Judge Roop announced that he would defer sentencing the elder Minter because it might be inimical to the other five defend ants. The case progressed rapidly, and the state rested after producing a statement made by Grady Minter telling how he with his father and three others abducted Trouton and carried him to the creek, where the body was weighted down with rocks and pitched into the water. The defense did not contest the introduction of the statement, even admitting its authorship. EXPECT NOH' LB HILL RET Ml WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—lt is expected here today that as the re sult of a conference held Thurs day between President Coolidge* the secretary of war, and Henry Ford, the atmosphere was so com plete!./ el ■<! of misunderstanding that it is regarded *as altogether probable that every handicap in the way of Ford’s acquiring Muscle Shoals will be eliminated. Thereupon, Ford, it is under stood, askdd for time in which to study the situation. The secretary was left under the impression that Ford, after study, would amend his offep in accordance with the fore . going. In that event, it is known that congress would accept his of fer, inasmuch as the Gorgas con tract last session prevented favor able action. The president and the secretary of war, it was gathered, were hope ful that Ford would amend his of fer so that the government could accept it. Ford came to Washington at the of Secretary* Weeks. When re arrived he was appraised of con tracts between the government and the Alabama Power company, which bind the government to sell its in terest in the Gorgas steam plant to the Alabama Power company or remove its interest in such steam plant off the property of the com pany. within six months after the government had failed to purchase power of the company. It is learned that Mr. Ford, when apprised of the situation, was tem porarily disconcerted but not at all dismayed. It is learned, also, that the secretary intimated that if the Gorgas property was sold to the Alabama Power company for $3,- 000,000, it would be possible for Ford to reduce his offer by a like amount. EVENING PRAYER AT CALVARY CHURCH Evening prayer will be said in Calvary church tonight at eight p’clock. BELEIVE NOW MAN’S NAME IS WILL MOORE What's Going On In The a World The Weeks’ Chief Events Briefly Told JAPAN ITALY— GREECE- RUHR— By CHARLES P. STEWART In loss of lisp the Japanese earth quake seems likely to prove the most appalling disaster in history. The swarming populations of or iental countries lend themselves to almost incredible numbers in such cases. As for property loss, fig ures are deceptive. Except for a comparatively few fine buildings, Japanese structures are mere lath paper and straw bandboxes, worth litjtle more than so many tents and affording about the same shelter. Reconstruction will be rapid. ❖ * * ITALY AND GREECE. Among, the boundaries the World War left unsettled was the Greek- Albanian. An international board was chosen to fix it. Italy had five members Autoing through the disputed district, they were killed from ambush. It’s one of the most lawless bandit-infested regions o earth. The murderers may have been commop brigands—not Greek brigands, either. But Premier Mussolini of Italy decided to blame Greece. He said the Italians opposed the boun dary Greece wanted, so he argued that Greeks killed. He made demands on Greece that all diplomats agree she couldn’t have granted without los ing every atom of self-respect. Grece demurred. Italy amlost seiz ed several Greek islands, bombard ing one of them, thus getting con- I trol of the Adriatic Sea, which I she’s long wanted to make an Italian lake of. ♦ * * LEAGUE OF NATIONS Greece appealed to the League of Nations. Under League rules, a mem ber committting an act of war against another member, in de fiance of the rest of the member chipship, thereby commits an act of war against all of of them. Italy denies she’s-committed an act of war, but everybody knows better. But the League’s two big mem bers are England and France. They disagree over France’s Rhur policy. ' Each wants Italy to side with her o nthis question. Query: Will either dare to risk angering Italy" by de fending Greece? I True, the League has pthdr mem bers, but it’s unlikely the ■ smaller ones can do much if England and France fear to act. * * « APT TO SPREAD If Italy pushes hostilities against Greece, she almost automatically involves Jugo-slavia (Greater Ser bia) and then Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary and maybe Rus , sia. After that nobody can tell I where trouble will stop. « * BID FOR POPULARITY Italy not only wants to control the Adriatic. She wants territory on the Ad- I riatic’s eastern shore, too. It was I what she went into the World War I for The peace treaty euchred her out of it. By beating Greece (which will be easy for her if oth ers don’t interefere) she may get it yet. 1 Premier Mussolini may ' have a i pesonal stake, also. When a near- I revolution made him virtual dicta i tors he was very popular. There I tors he was very popular. There | are signs that lately he’s been los ' ing much of this popularity. Jin j goism may restore it. IN THE RUHR A story’s current that Chancellor ; Streseinan has decided to cease j ‘‘passive resistance” in the Rhulrf I and is negotiating secretly, with a i good prospect of ending Franco- German difficulties. This story’s denied, too. It’s too soon to guess who’s telling the truth. ■ ——— _ E Rl| THE TIMESy RECORDER f PUBLISHED, IN THE OR DIXIE i BASCOMSLEMPCALLED QUESTION MARKAMONG ADMINISTRATION MEN New Secretary Is Two Years Old er Than Chief and Well Grounded in Politics PLAYS GOOD POKER GAME Married Young Louisiana Wom an Several Years Ago, But Was Quickly Divorced* By HARRY B. HUNT NEA Ser vice Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. A slender, sallow-skinned, long-faced man of 53, gray hairs at his tem ples, pouches of loose skin under his eyes, celebrates his birthday anniversary Sept. 4 by stepping into a job that /“"smaaKir--• < man y believe may ■ shape the political destiny of the - United States for M ■ the next four ' r years that of ' £ 4B secretary to the • ' J president. E& .. I “Secretary) to —ys / the president’,’ is I x - lifc. the title Campbell Bascom Slemp iISSSB will wear official ly' /Bill ’y- But people ■*" ' ” who know Slemp SLEMP intimately smile at the idea of his being any kind of secretary. A millionaire, a keen business man, an astute politician, a giver not a taker of orders, the idea of Slemp playing a secretarial role even to a president somehow just doesn’t seem to fit. Therefore, his appointment must mean more than appears on the surface, they argue. But what? What? _ A political manager? That sounds more like it! Who better than he, who as a Republican serv ed 14 years in congress from a Democratic southern state, could round up southern delegates behind the Coolidge candidacy in 1924? A laison officer between the White House and congress? His long service on the hill, his ac quaintanceship with members and his knowledge of how the legisla tive wheels go round would make him most helpful on that job. But, after all, who do either of these jobs mean in terms of Slemp? All who know him agree he’s not taking a secretarial job just to be secretary. What has he got his eye on? “Well,” suggests an old-timer here, who has known Slemp inti mately for many years, “maybe it’s just Republican success next year. But even that would cover only part of it. The real explanation must be found in some answer, per sonally. That suggests a cabinet job. Knowing Bascom as I do, and knowing that the job of secre tary can can interest him only as I a stepping stone, here’s my guess: Cabinet Timber? “If Slemp makes a success of the work he really is selected to per form, thereby assisting or insuring the nomination and election of Coolidge next year, you may as well put him down right now for a place in the next cabinet. “Postmaster general, probably. Perhaps secretary of treasury or maybe of commerce. He has quali fications for any of these three. Anyway, watch Slemp! He sees something more than being secre tary in this new job.” What sort of man is this south erner, then, who becomes secretary to a Yankee president and already is talked among the wisacres as one of the big forces in the coming political maneuvers? Campbell Bascom Slemp was born at Turkey Cove, Lee County, Virginia, on Sept. 4, 1870. His father was Colonel Campbell Slemp former officer in the Confederate army, and a typical Southern gen tleman of the old school. His grandfather was one of the famous Virginia Cairipbells. Resourceful, both financially and politically, Slemp multiplied his family fortune between times and hold his seat in congress until he tired of it. He told a friend last Continued on page 4.) AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923 ¥ * * i EL PASO council LAYS DISORDER AT DOOR OF KLAN ORGANIZATION Responsibility for Tearing Down Flags in Liberty Hall Placed by City Authorities THE MAYOR’S STATEMENT Executive Says “This Looks Like Disorder to Me,” Referring to Incident EL PASO, Sept. 7.—City council has passed resolutions laying di rectly to the hands of the Ku Klux Klan the responsibility of tearing down the Mexican flag from Liber ty hall. , In a statement made by Mayor Dudley, he said that the city owns a number of foreign flags, these 1 having 'been placed in the hall following the recognition of Mex ico by the United States, to be used in decoration. “Just before the meeting of the Klan in the hall the next night, some one tore down the flags,” Mayor Dudley said. “The city of El Paso boasted that it has a klan but has had no disorder,” he said, “and this looks like disorder to me,” he concluded. SUMMON FIFTEEN WITNESSES AT MACON MACON, Sept. 7.—Approxi mately 15 witnesses were summon ed today by the state for prosecu tion of Dr. C. A. Yarborough, J. D. Patrick and W. *F. Delamar, Held as mainsprings in the recent flog ging case's. Solicitor Moore said the cases would be called by City court Tuesday. MACON FLOGGERS DOUBLY ACCUSED ATLANTA, Sept. 7.—Evidence, that the same parties who directed the Macon floggings are responsi ble for the two invasions of the state training school boys at Mil ledgeville, has been received and forwarded to the city) officials at Macon, it was announced today at the capitol. At the same time it was t an nounced that Governor Walker" will not send the attorney general to Macon, as he is confident that lo cal authorities will be able to suc cessfully prosecute the cases. DUCKWORTH PETITION HELD UP, NOT DENIED The petition of SAm Duckworth so rparole from the Sumter coun ty chaingang, has not been denied, according to Dan Chappell, his at torney, but is merely being held up by Governor Walker. This statement was made today by At torney Chappell, after he had been advised by letter that the petition of Duckworth was being held for further consideration in the office of the governor. The Duckworth case, Attorney Chapptell states, is one in which he is so firmly convinced of the in nocence of the convicted man un til he is serving entirely without compensation in the furtherance of his aplpication for pardon or pa role. All of the facts in the case, he asSerts, indicate that the gover nor would be justified in granting Duckworth a parole or full pardon, and today he expressed grevious disappointment because of the de cision to hold up action on the case as he was prepared to go. before Governor Walker with a full pre sentation of facts at any’ time. He is Hopeful, he says, of secur ing another hearing at some early date, the outcome of which he be lieves will mean freedom for Duck worth. JETER SAYS IT WASN’T HANNON WHO TOLD HIM Clarence Jeter, of the city water department, today corrected a statement made ’ in Thursday’s Times-Recorder quoting him as saying he had' received certain in formation concerning electric cur rent interruptions from. ”a lineman named Mr. Hammond.” The state ment, Mr. Jeter said today was that he had received his informa tion with a lineman with Mr. Han i non, this correction being cheerful ly made in justice to all concerned. * * WHOM IDEI BABY IN BM HDD IS MISSING CHILD Mother of McKenzie Baby Posi tive Foundling Is Not Baby Kidnaped Some Time Ago WORKING ON NSW CLEW Family Physician Besought for Opinion Declines to Be Cer tain in Identification NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—A1l idea that the foundling in the New Brooklyn hospital might be the 3- months-old Lillian McKenzie, kid naped some time ago from her carriage while the mother was shopping, has been abandoned by police today. The athorities are now working on a new clew. The father clung to’ the belief that the child was his, but the mother finally convinced him the contrary. Family physicians besought for their opinion said they had treated too many babies and could not definitely say. PROPOSED NDWTAX ON AUTOS STIRS OWNERS Recommendation of City Asses sors That Tag Tax Be Levied Lively Topic The proposed new methods of taxing automobiles recommended by P. B. Williford, Bradley Hogg and Charles Lingo, city tax asses sors is being generally discussed among motorists here. At the last meeting of city council, this rec ommendation was discussed among the members when the ordinance committee, of which J. W. Harris, Jr., is chairman, was asked to make a report on the matter. When the report of the assessors was read before council, Mayor J. E. Poole expressed the opinion that such a change would be “a good thing,” which precipitated consid erable discussion, wit han evident leaning upon the part of council members towards inaugurating the new taxation method. During the discussion it was brought out that approximately 100 cars are now re turned for ad' vajorem taxation, this information being given coun cil by City Clerk Dudley Gatewood, who furnished the figure from memory and gave the total as an approximate one. It was also shown that few cars are valued by their owners at more than $250 when they go to put these on the tax books, and rhat a majority of those returned get j past the assessors as a figure in the neighborhood of $l5O. It was suggested that the proposed new method of taxation would ibdßg in considerable new revtfue through the bringing onto thlFtax books of many cars that now es cape, taxation altogether, while no proposition was advanced to relieve the man who pays taxes on his car already from added taxation with the introduction of the tag tax. • < v The motion to refer the matter to the ordinance committee was made by Aiderman Allison, and it was the understanding that the committee would thresh out the ( matter thoroughly before making a final report. This report may be made at the next meeting of coun cil, though it is not expected that the new method of taxation will be put' into effect before Jan. 1. Motorists who have discussed the proposed change in taxation meth ods on the streets generally appear opposed to the proposition altogeth er, and it is probable that spirited protest will be entered should the committee decide to hold hearings j before making a report on the mat ter. The raise is water rates is also being discussed in many quar ters with some protest against this move being heard, and a general indication that people here are “fed up” in the mutter taxes. HERE IM BE MISSING ATLANTA REPAIRMAN Chief Beavers Wires Description of “Will Moore,” Believed to Have Died in Americus BELIEVE MAN HAD MONEY Dr. Chambliss and Chief John T. Bragg Continuing Efforts to Locate Relatives The unknown man buried in Americus several days ago as “John Howard,” may be Will Moore, miss ing Atlanta umbrella repairman, whose relatives are now seeking to locate him through the police de partment of that city. This was indicated today in the receipt of a message from Chief James L. Beavers transmitting a description of Moore, and suggesting that he might be the unknown man who died here. According to the message receiv ed from Chief Beavers, Moore is about the same age as the man known as “John Howard” who was found unconscious and helpless on the right of way of the Seaboard Air Line railway here, and who was never able to tell anything concerning himself before he died. Moore, it is believed, had a hoard of money which he kept either upon his person or in some bank, the location of whch is unknown to his relatives, and Chief Beavers made especial inquiry concerning this. Upon the body of “Howard” no money was found, nor was there evidence of any being deposited to his credit in any bank, while in his bag the only things found were a number of umbrella repair parts and some pieces of wrappers in which such paits had been for warded to “John Howard” from various points. If the unfortunate man had any money this was never found here. Dr. Chambliss and Chief Bragg have transmitted a very accurate description of “Howard' 'to Chief Beavers in Atlanta, PROMINENT BANKER SEES PROSPERITY MACON, Sept.—Pointing to the estimated production of cotton in the State of Georgia this year with the prevailing prices, Mills B. Lane, president of the Citizens and Southern banks of Savannah, Ma con, Atlanta and Augusta, said yesterday that the farmers of Geor gia were never in better condition than they are today if they are liv ing conservatively. Mr. Lane was in Macon to at tend a meeting of the directors of the Bibb Manufacturing company and the Citizens & Southern Bank, at which W. D. Anderson, president of the Bibb Dfanufacturing compa ny, was elected a director. The present cotton estimate, said Mr. Lane, is 700,000 bales for Georgia this year, and marketed at the present price of $l3O a bale the crop will bring $91,000,000, he pointed out. Conditions like these, he said, are better than 2,000,000 bales of cotton were produced in the state and sold at SSO a bale or a total for the crop of $100,000,- 000. TREASURER WATTS HAS GLASS TRAY FOR OWNER Capt. H. D. Watts, county treas urer, has a handsome crystal tray, bound in silver that isn’t his, and which he wants to return to its owner. The trouble is, he doesn’t know who owns the tray. It all came about in this way. Several months ago Mrs. Watts was injur ed in a fall, and numbers of friends sent flowers during her ill ness. The tray was received then filled with exquisite zinnias, but the accompanying card was lost. Consequently Capt. Watts and members of the family have been unable to return the handsome tray. He is advertising today for the owner of the tray and in this way hopes to locate the unknown friend who sent in such beautiful flowers during’ the illness of his faithful helpmeet, For Georiga Partly cloudy; local thundershowers tonight and Saturday. PRICEFIVE CENTS ’ EARLY EARTHQUAKE LIFE TOLL EXCESSIVE, REPORTS TODAY SHOW Casualties at Tokio Put at 50,• 000 By Associated Press Correspondent MORATORIUM DECLARED Much Difficulty Being Experi enced in Securing Correct Es timate of Actual Losses SHANGHAI, Sept. 7.—A1l of to day’s reports from Japan indicate that the first estimates of the loss of life by damage from eartit quake and fire and tidal wave are greatly exaggerated. The Associated Press radiograms intercepted here estimated the casualties at Yokohama at 50,000 Reuters states that all banks are reopening, with the Bank of Japafl intact, according to dispatches re ceived. It is reported that much diffi culty is being experienced in get ting a correct picture of the scene of the ruined zone because of the varying reports. METHODIST MISSIONARIES IN JAPAN ALL SAFE NASHVILLE, Sept. 7—-All mis sionaries of the Southern Methodist ihuich at HiroMiimi, Japan, are safe according to a cablegram to Dr, R. H. Bennett, from his sister. Miss Nellie Bennett. This is the first word the church has received from the stricken field. The Methodist church has a large school in Hiroshima. GOVERNMENT DECLARES , 30-DAY MORATORIUM OSAKA, Sept. 7.—The Japanese government has proclaimed a 30- day moratorium for the payment of debts falling due from Septem ber 1 to September 30. The mora torium is inapplicable outside of the gone of th®.. disaster. Heavy fines are provided for profiteers. GEN. M’COY TO DIRECT RELIEF WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Brig- Gen. Frank McCoy has been select ed to act as director general of American relief in Japan. Secretary Weeks has approved a request for General McCoy’s serv ices, made by the American Red Cross. He will be assisted by a comittee of citizens in Tokio and Yokohama. General McCoy went to Japan re cently on leave from duty in the Philippines, where he is assigned as a member of Gov.-Gen. Leonard Wood’s staff. Rescue work is well in hand and the food, medical and situation as to foreigners is satisfiactory, the State Department was advised In a radio message forwarded by Consul Davis at Shanghai from the British cruiser Dispatch at Yokohama. Yokohama was completely de stroyed, the message said and Tokio was two-thirds devastated. The for eign casualties were said to num ber about seventy at Yokohama, three at Hakone and none at To kio. EXPECT TO DECLARE 10-DAY MORATORIUM NAKASAKI, Sept. 7—The Jap anese finance minister probably will declare a ten days’ moratorium, according to advices from Tokio. The banks, however, will con tinue to permit withdrawal, these to be in sums not exceeding 100 yen each. About half of the army has been mobilized to assist in relief and reconstruction work and to keep peace and order, while the entire navy is engaged in the transporta tion of foodstuffs and building ma terial. A relief fund totalling mil lions of yen has ben raised and the residences of the wealthy are to be thrown open to the homeless. Army engineers have been charged with the task of building barracks in the open spaces in front of the main palace an din the Shinjyuku imperial gardens in Tokio. petepWtvßied STATE GAME WARDEN ATLANTA, Sept. 7—Peter S. Tw’itty, of Dublin, has been appoint ed state game and fish warden by Governor Walker, whose private sec retary Twitty has been. Twitty is succeeded as private sec retary by M. C. Bennett, warrant clerk, who in turn is succeeded by Mrs. C. H. Seals, *