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‘ Strict Middling 29 l-2c.
N. Y. Futures Jan. Oct. Dec.
Prev. Close 29.26 29.80 29.69
Open 29.50 30.00 29.95
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Close 29.80 30.35 30.17
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 252
GERMAN REVOLUTION ALMOST BLOODLESS
U. S. Senate Committee Investigating War Veterans Bureau
DIRECTOR HINES FIKI
DISCREPANCIES EST
IN FIGURE SUBMITTED
Investigating Bureau Is Told
Burael Paid Huge Sum For
Unsuitable Plans
DISALLOWS SECOND CLAIM
When Matthew O’Brien Pre
sented Further Claim Fa-
More, Is Disallowed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Spe
cial senate committee investigat
ing the veterans’ bureau was told
tonay by Director Hines that on
one occasion the bureau paid $64,-
000 for architects for the hospital
at Livermore, California, and then
found drawings submitted were un
suitable.
The director said this 'happened
before he took office and when
Matthew O'Brien, recipient, filed
claim for $13,0*0 more, he disal
lowed it.
yapbrough case is
BEFORE JURY TODAY
Third Trial of Macon Dentist
As Klan Rioter May End
This Afternoon.
MACON, Oct. 23.—The third
trial of Dr. C. A. Yarborough, Ma
con dentist, on charges resulting
from a series of floggings here, is
expected to be concluded and go
to the jury this afternoon.
The morning session Monday was
devoted to the selection of a jury
and the testimony of Barnett, who
was takep from his harness factory
on Popular street, Feb. 27, placed
in an automobile and carried to a
spot near Ocmulgee Park and flog
ged. He positively identified
Yarbrough as the loader of the
gang, which flogged him, and the,
man who applied the lash as. he
lay on the ground handcuffed.
■ solicitor Roy W. Moore assisted
by P. H. Lamb, assistant to the
Solicitor General, represented the
State. Dr. Yarbrough is represent
ed by former City Court Judge
John I 1 Ross., W. A. McClellan and
E. F. Goodrun). Wallace Miller,
former assistant district attorney,
who tppk an active part in the last
trial d, Yarbrough, was not
present morning.
Thirty-eight jurors were called
before twelve men were selected to
try th cate. On account of the
trial receiving a large amount of
publicity there were a number of.
jurors who claimed that they were
either prejudiced or had expressed
opinions and were disqualified
front serving on the jury.
Tl.osc or*
The jury is composed of. B. 1.
Garrett, a clerk; J. H. Moulton, Jr.,
a machinist; George T. Bush,
railroad foreman; R. O. Roland, a
carpenter; C. B. Campbell, a black
smith; M. B. Johnston, a painter;
George W. Barnes, a salesman; A.
D. Sewell, Jr., a grocer;' W. I’J
Woodward, an insurance clerk; IL
T. Bryant, a farmer; J. F. Brice, a
■boilermaker, and C. M. Millitons,
an agent.
FIVE DEAD, TWO HURT
IN ALABAMA CRASH
MEMPHIS, Oct. 23.—Five per
sons were killed and two injured
one perhaps fatally, when an auto
mobile in which, they were riding
was struck by a Frisco railroad
passenger train near Winfield, Ala.
lute Monday, according to advices
received here.
Those killed were Rev. P. F. Lu
clfe, 40; his wife and two-year-old
daughter of Winfield; Rev Wil
liam J. Ottis, 45, of Sulligent, Ala.
tind Rev Max Hankins, of Fulton,
Miss.
B. A. Carter and Rev. Mr. Owens
of Fulton, Miss., were injured. Mr.
Owens was reported in a
critical condition.
8,000 IRISH PRISONERS
START HUNGER STRIKE
—
.DUBLIN, Oct. 28.—At Sinn Fein
headquarters today it was stated
that 8,000 men were in hunger
strike in the various camps* ami
prisoners in Ireland, including
Newbridge, Currag'h, Kilkenny,
Cork and Gormanstown.
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Hypnotic influence instead ot an
rnchetics has been used in den
tal operations in England.
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THEIM®H«KrDER;
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COTTON REACHES HIGH POINT FOR YEAR
OCTOBER CONTRACTS'
SOB 1811! 30 CENTS
ANO CLOSE STRONG
Brisk Trading Feature of Day’s
Session, With Bulls In Con
trol of Market
DECEMBER IS ALSO ACTIVE
Net Gain of Nearly a Cent a
Pound Is Recorded By Ac
tive Contract Positions
Trading was active today in the
cotton contract market, with
new high levels atteined by active
months, and a net gain of approxi
mately a cent a pound or $5 a bale
scored by October and December
deliveries
The spieedid demand for con
tracts in New York found its re
flection here in spot quotations,
which were advanced to 29 l-2c
for strict '.riddling, nad buyers all
eager for the staple.
Recent unfavorable weather con
ditions in the West, coupled with
a growing belief in cotton circles
that the crop this year will be much
shorter than government estimates
indicate, probably accounts for the
bull coup which sent prices sky
ward on the New York exchange
today.
IM KLoF
RESOLUTION PASSES
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 23.
An anti-Ku klux Klan resolution
without mention of the Klan was
passed Monday by the national
council of engregational churches.
The resolution said:
‘‘The national council views with
deep concern and disapproval the
growth of organizations which,
however sincere in their profies-.
sion of patriotism, really foster so
cial and religious suspicion and
give opportunity for lawlessness
and brutality.”
The resolution urged congrega
tionalists to refuse to join such or
ganizations and to treat them as a
menace to both religion and patriot
ism.
An amendment, which would in
corporate the words “such as the
Ku Klux Klan” in the opening sen
tence of the resolution, was re
jected.
LIBERTY UNION OPPOSING
KLAN PROTESTS BAN.
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 23.—A
letter to Mayor Curley protesting
against hk order barring Ku Klux
Klan meetings in Boston, and sign
ed by Norman Hapgood, the Rev.
John Haynes Holmes, Prof Robert
Morse Lovett and -Dr. Henry F.
Ward was made public Monday
night. The letter sent on behalf
of the American Civil LibertieiJ
union, asserted that ‘‘the legal
right of the klan to hold meet
ings on private property and to
discuss in private, is clear and
should be maintained.”
While the letter declared that
the activities of the klan were ab
horrent to the writers, they con
tend that the civil rights “of the
enemies of civil liberty as of its
friends must be protected.*’
John S. Codman, chairman of
the New England .blanch of the
union had previously protested
that the constitutional rights oj
'.he klau had been encroached upon
by the order.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
MAKE QUARTERLY REPORT
The third quarterly report of the
Hospital Association which was
submitted to the president, Mrs.
C. C. Hawkins, at the las* regular
meeting of the organization and
which was approved, has just been
made public by the secretary and
treasurer. The report shows the
affairs of the association to be in
plendid condition, with much work
accomplished.
The detailed report is as follows:
July groceries, $15.05; railroad
fare for the poor, $3; August,
needy Confederate veteran, $5;
groceries, $21.75; wood, $7 Sep
tember, groceries, $21.60 total ex
penditure, $72,50. Balance in
bank September 7, $92.71.
With the coming of cold weath
er the call for wood and coal will
increase, these being two of the
most expensive items to be reckon
ed with during the cold season.
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1923
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HE'S IMPRESSED WITH
CAROLINA TAX SYSTEM
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After Discussing Taxation Ques
tion, Executive Finds Good
Points To Recommend
MAY ASK ITS ADOPTION
While He Has Not Fully Decid
ed Question He’s Expected
To Take Action
ATLANTA, Oct. 23.—Discuss
ing a statement given out at
Raleigh, yesterday, Governor
Waiker, who returned to the capi
tol today, said he had not decided
to recommend the North Carolina
system of taxation for adoption ■
by his state, but had been favor
ably impressed with some of the
features of the Carolina’s system.
Governor Walker also stated that
he expected to tell the tax commis
sion of the good points in that
state’s system.
UTILITiESCOMNIISSION
TH HEAR PETinON
Mutual Light and Water Plant
Will Go Before Body
Wednesday
ATLANTA, Oct.. 23—The peti
tion of the Mutual Light & Water
Plant of Brunswick to establish a
special schedule of heating rates
will be argued before the utilities
commission tomorrow, it was an
nounced.
SONORA COMPANY
RECEIVER NAMED
NEW YORK. Oct. 23—Federal
Judge Garvin in Brooklyn today
appointed former Congressman
John B. Johnston as receiver for
the Sonora Phonograph company,
Inc.; of Oyster Bay, on applica
tion of Mrs. Susan V. Ketcem of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Florence
Rum bough, of Hot Springs, N. C.,
stockholders in the corporation.
$150,000 FIRE AT
NEW ORLEANS MONDAY
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23
Fire of undetermined origin Mon
day damaged the merchandise and
building occupied by theLoubas
Glassware compapny on Bienville
street, near the river front, to the*
extent of approximately $150,000. <
JUDGE LINDSEY WON'T
BETRAY (MENGES
OE WOMEN IN COURT
Called To Appear Before Grand
Jury With Records, Juvenile
Judge Firmly Refuses
| SAYS HAS EARNED TRUST
j Declares Women and Girls
Who Confided in Him Will
Not Be Betrayed
DENVER, Oct. 23.—Summoned
to appear before the grand jury
wi„h alj the books and papers from
his office which might throw light
on the cases of women in his court,
i Judge Ben Lindsey, of the Juvenile
j court will refuse to reveal any
confidences given him by women
and girls, he announced.
Judge Lidsey said that he had
every respect for the grand jury
summoning him to testify what he
knew concerning- illegal opera
tions, of which he believed there
■ were 1,000 in Denver last year,
' but he would refuse to betray con
| fidences.
GASTON B. MEANS
AGAIN IN TOILS
I NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Gaston
B. Means, a former agent of the
department of justice, has been in
dicted with Elmer W. Jarnecke,
described a;# his secretary, on four
counts involving alleged conspiracy
to violate the country’s laws and
using the mails in a scheme to de
fraud.
Lhe indictments charge a series
of conspiracies to violate the na
tional prohibition act, the liquor
tax law and the internal revenue
laws of illegally removing liquor
from bonded warehouses and of
using the mails to . defraud Sam
Shmidt, of Chicago, in a whiskey , 1
selling deal.
One of the schemes of tjre con-j
spirutors, it was said, involved
500,Q00 cases of whiskey and an
other l?,000 cases and 12,0000 bar'
rels of Kentucky and Pennsylvan- ;
ia liquors. From November I,'
1921, to March, 1923. Means, the
(indictment changed, conspired to
violate the prohibition act and
other federal laws more than 100 i
times.
Airplane is being used in Cana
da to help prospecting. i
’ FIRE DESTROYS BARN
1 MED HUMBERS
•ONOLDJENKINSPLACE
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I Was Filled With Feedstuff and
Farm Implements; 22 Mules
Burned to Death
r FIRE SEEN "BY” OVERSEER
s i When Aroused at 10 O’clock
i Barn Was Mass of Roaring
Flames
j News reached hei*e early today of
the destruction last night by fire
( of the fine barn located on the
Jenkins place adjoining the H*ue
-1 huenin plantation, 20 miles south
, of Americus, and owned by R. T.
e Humber, of Lumpkin, and W. M.
( . i Humber, of Americus. Besides the
1 j barn 22 fine mules, 1600 bushels
jof corn, 9 tons of hay, 32 tons
; of cotton seed and 250 bushels of
i I peas were burned. The total loss
; | is estimated at $15,600, with only
>! $3,200 insurance carried by the
owners. W. M. Humber when in
formed of the burning, left Amer
icus immediately for the scene of
> ’ the fire and has not yet return
- ed here. According to information
; given Mr. Humber, the fire was
‘discovered last night about 10
; o’clock by an overseer on the place,
i who was roused from sleep by the
5 roar of the flames. There is no in
j dieation as to how the barn was
I fired, but a thorough investiga
‘ tion will be made into every prob
a able cause, and it is probable the
. state fire marshall may be asked
to come to Americus and investi-
’ gate ‘he origin of the fire.
I VESSEL ASHORE; ALL
PASSENGERS ARE SAFE
s PANAMA, Oct. 23.—-All the
. pasengers of the United Fruit
• Company's steamship San Gil,
• which is ashore off the Nicaraguan
• coast, are safely on board the same
‘ company’s steamship Pastores.
J The San Gil lies on a reef, and
1 not a sand bank, and the salvaging
I of the vessel is problematical if the
I heavy seas continue.
DENBY ON CRUTCHES;
LEAVES HIS HOSPITAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 23—Secre
i tary of the Navy Denby, who was
t operated upon recently for a strain-
I ed achiles tendon of his left foot.
I was discharged from the hospital
Monday and left immediately for |
Washington. He was using;
I crutches, *
Klim LEAVES TO
VISIT [IST ISO IM
millions
President Winburn, of Central,
Predict* Success For Effort
To Bring Mill Here
MEETS COMMITTEE HERE
Good Money in Mill Business,
He Says, Provided
enced Men In Charge
With a doer, engagements in the
East, Uobb Milner, special repre
sentative oi the Chamber of Com
merce leaves the city tonight for a
ten-day trip in an effort to “sell”
Americus in the East.
Mr. Milner’s engagements will
carry him into Pittsburg, Philadel
phia, New York and the New Eng
land States.
At noon today a committee com
posed of L. G. Council. Frank La
nier, J. E. Hightower, Cobb Milner
and Lovelace Eve, were granted an
interview by W. A. Winburn, presi
dent of the Central of Georgia rail
way. Mr. Winburn, traveling in a
cr >eciai train, stopped over ten min
utes to meet the committee.
Mr. Winburn was requested to
send J. M. Mallory, industrial agent
of the Central of Georgia, with Mr.
Milner. However, because of a re
cent illness. Mr. Mallory is unable
to make the trip. Mr. Winburn stat
ed that the Eastern representatives
of his road would be placed at the
command of Mr. Milner, to aid him
in every possible way.
“There are some mighty good mill
people, and there are some we do
not want,” Mr. Winburn said. “The
good ones, those among many who
are seeking locations in the South,
you should go after, but look out
for the fellows with broken-down
machinery who may try to rope you
in.
“With the old Souther Field site
soon to be sold, and the other ad
vantages you have here,, succtss
should eventually crown your ef
forts.
“There is money in the cotton
mill business—good money-—pro
vided the right men are in control
and experienced management in
charge.’’
Mr. Winburn assured the com
mittee that the Central would co
operate to the fullest with the city’s
efforts.
Mr. Winburn was accompanied
by a number of road officials. He
passed through the city early this
morning en route to Albany.' The
party returned here at noon, stop
ped a few minutes and then left for
Columbus and Birmingham.
Mr. Milner’s engagements with
'n'.crc. ted parties will compel his
absence for ten days or two weeks.
Primarily, his trip is to tell a
number of financiers what Ameri
cus has to offer, and io find out
what Americus must do to secure
industrial plants.
For a year or more Mr. Milner
has studied the industrial question,
as chairman of a Chamber of Com-
He has written
and distributed several hundred
copies of a survey prepared by him
and has had much correspondence
with financiers, mill engineers and
others.
Mr. Milner was granted a leave
of two weeks from hi; duties in the
division office of th" highway de
partment in older to make the trip
for the local commerce body.
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MEET IT DEARBORN
National Organization Call Is
Made For Ford-For-Presi
dent Clubs To Meet
DETROIT, Oct. 23.—A call for
national organization of a confer- I
ence of all Ford-for-President I
clubs to be held in Dearborn the I
home of Henry Ford, December 12,
13, and 14, was decided upon at a
meeting of several local Ford
clubs here last night.
$15,000 DAMAGE IN
BLAZE AT MAYSVILLE I
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•MAYVILLE, Ga., Oct. 23.—Loss |
from tire which Monday destroyed)
one building and damaged four j
others was estimated at $15,006 by I
owners of the structures. Black’-
weil’s drug stere was razed by the 1
flames, which was discovered i-i
the building at 5:20 o’clock this i
morning. Other Buildings dam
aged before the fire was brought
under control are: J. E. Hitchock )
Grocery company; L. M. Ferguson;
store, postoffice and the local I
garage. Loss is partially covered j
by insurance.
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WEATHE .
For Georgia: Cloudy in east and
fair in west portion tonight. Proba-.
bly light frost in northwest por
tion. Wednesday fair; fresh to
strong north and northwest winds.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SEPARATISTS GAINING
GROUND IN BHUMB
mom m tricolor
Movement Steadily Gaining
Ground, Without Bloodshed
Reported Thus Far
BONN CAPTURE EXPECTED
Republicans Expelled From Aix
La Chapelle, Muenchen and
Gladbach
LONDON, Oct. 23 TM Separa
extemr''"' 1 ? 11 I” th<? Rhi *
U e " d ' n !; Readdy with almost no
to'tV a Berlin Dis Patch
, to the Exchange Telegraph
The green, white and red fla„
, <>f the secessionists now fH es ove r
Wiesbaden, Erklenn, and Beims
erg, while the capture of Bonn is
expected momentarily.
'l’he correspondent says an at
tempt to extend the movement to
1 reves has failed.
COMMUNISTS ATTACK
HAMBURG STATION.
LONDON, Oct. 23—Bands of
Communists have made concerted
attacks on police stations of Ham
berg, says a Berlin correspondent
of the Central News,.
Communists occupied all except
three of the stations which, at the
lime the dispatch was filed about
noon, was still holding out.
REPUBLICANS
OUSTED.
LONDON, Oct . 23—A Berlin
message to the Central News this
afternoon says a telegram from Aix
La Chappelle says police succeed
ed this morning in expelling Re
publicans from the town and re
gaining complete mastery of the
situation.
It is not known if any casualties
occurred.
BRITAIN TO '
PRESERVE ORDER.
LONDON, Oct. 23—A Central
News dispatch states that with tha
assistance of loyal worker's, Ger
man police have ejected the Re
publican from Muenchen and Glad
bach. It is reported that the in
thorities roughly handM the invad
ers.
If the Separatists movement exr
tends to Cologne, which is tbs
bridgehead of the British Rhine
land army, Great Britain will pre
serve an attitude of reserve, but
will take every measure to main
tain order and prevent bloodshed
and insurrection.
REPUBLIC IN
DUISBURG.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 23—A Belgian
official news agency telegram from
Duisberg states that a repbulic has
been proclaimed there and public
buildings are occupied by the Sep
aratists.
GEIBCTiIDIK
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Death Ensued at Noon Today>
Following Courageous Fight
For Life J
George B. Turpin, prominent
Americus cotton factor and busi
ness man, died at his residence o«
Lee and Church streets about
noon today. Death followed an
illness of several weeks of pneu
monia and jaundice, and was not
unexpected.
His wife, Mrs. Ida Ellen Turpia,
his daughter, Mrs. Robert Oirkla,
winder, and three sons, George
A. Turpin, of Miami, Fla., WiM
lard Turpin, a student at Georgia
Tech, and Dean A. Turpin, who re
sides with his parents, were at his
bedside when death ensued.
Other survivors are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Turpin, of
Americus; three sisters, Mrs. J. L.
Wooten, of Americus; Mrs. J. R.
Wakefield, and Mrs. Milton Fulleu
wider, of Shelbyville, Ky; three
brothers, W, G. Turpin, F. H. Tur
pin and. A. B. Turpin, of Americus,
also survive.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon from the
family residence at 3 o’clock, Revs
John M. Out'er, pastor of the First
Methodist church, of which de
ceased was a member, conducting
the obsequies. Interment will be
in Oak Grove cemetery.
One-fourtl\ of the chewing gum
made in the United States comes
from New York City.
No serious earthquake has been
felt in England since 1350,