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Americus Spot Cotton
Strict 'Middling 30c.
N. Y. Futures Dec. Jan. Meh.
Prev. Close . 30.58 30.00 30.01
°Ptn. 30.82 30.22 30.27,
U am 30.91 30.32-80.36
Close 30.67 30.05 30.08
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 254
FORBES DENIES BRIBERY CHARGES
Hum Fleet May Be Abolished Through Agreement
Will ffiPTS II
PHKIPLf PROPOSED
son he ras
British Ships in American Wa
ters May Be Searched With
in Twelve-Mile Limit
CURZON DRAWS UP PLAN
Secretary making Plans Now To
Meet Essential Points In
United States’ Request
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The British
government has accepted in prin
ciple the proposal of the American
government t’hat''vessels in Ameri
can waters be searched for contra
band liquor with in 12 miles of the j
American shore.
The .expor committee of imper
ial conference which has been
setudying the question under the
chairmanship of Secretary Curzon
h?s drawn up plans which are be
lieved to meet the essential points
of the American request.
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MARBLE PLANT BE
Schneider Concern and Adjoin
ing Dwelling Burned With
Loss of $15,000
Fire this afternoon completely
destroyed the Schneider Marble
Works plant here, the blaze having
originated in the garage, where
an automobile was stored. Harry
Schneider, one of the proprietors,
wnu. discovered the fire, tried to
■gefr-4i»e car from the garage be
fore the flames reached it.
All the contents of the office
were saved, with the exception of a
• *arg<j iron safe, which was too
heavy to be removed.
A quantity of marble was de
stroyed by the intense heat, and
large pieces damaged beyond use.
A large drum of oil in the building,
it was said by onlookers at the
fire, exploded, crashing through the
roofs and causing a volume of dense
black smoke to proceed upward.
The damage is estimated at about
$12,000, with a probable insurance
of $6,000, although this couid not
be correctly estimated until after
the .safe has been opened.
A five-room house adjoining the
marble works, belonging to Tom
Cox, Seaboaord engineer, cajaght
fire, the roof and side next to the
marble yard being badly damaged.
All' the furniture in this home w.v
saved, with the house practically
ruined from water .and fire. The
damage to the dwelling is estimated
at about $2,000.
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DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 26.-—Oscar
W. Understood, United States
Senator from Alabama, declared in
an address at the Texas State fair
here Thursday that America has
surrendered leadership in world af
fairs, losing herself in partisan
politics, and the plain ditty that
lies ahead is“rettirn to the princi
ples guilding America in the great
war to have and exercise a definite
governmental policy in Europe.”
Mr. Underwood opened his cam
paign for the democratic presiden
tial nomination'previously at Noc
ona, Texas, when he declared ho
was “going give the south a
chance to select t. southern man to
carry the banner of democracy.”
The south must assert itself, he
said, and expressed belief that the
‘■great democratic north will recog
nise its right to carry the banner.
• DEKALB RED CROSS DRIVE
ATLANTA, Oct. 26.'—DeKalb
red cross chapter is planning a
drive for the relief of the poor to
he launched in the near future. A
meeting of citizens will be hold at
the county couty house to devise
plans and many prominent speak
ers will offer suggestions, accord
ing to Miss Claire Hancock the sec
retary of the local chapter. There
will be no subscriptions taken at
the meeting which is to be a busi-
• n ess meeting to formulate plans
only. One of the principal sub
jects to be considered will be the
proposal that the DeK “lb chapter
take a subscription of sustaining
• menwerships for the advancement
of the work in the county n the
pear future. .
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FRANCE SUGGESTS CONFERENCE PLAN
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
WS REPARATIONS
Desires International Conference
Os Experts To Consider
Question
SEE EARLY” SETTLEMENT
With Encouragement From This
Country, France Sees For
ward Movement
France, Belgium and Italy have
accepted the British invitation 1 for
a reparations conference with the
understanding that it shal take the
form of a committee of experts un
der authority of the present inter
allied reparation commision.
It is understood that Britisn
. members will be the same as those
! who served last year on the bank
er's committee and that Berlin be
chosen as the seat of the confer
ence.
The selection of French, Belgium
and Italian personnel accepted to
be completed shortly.
BARIS, Oct. 26.—The French
government is willing that an in
ternational conference of experts,
to be named by the reparations
commission, be called to consider
the question of reparations in con
formity with the treaty of Ver
sailles.
The French government it was
said in official circles this morn
ing, would be more happy if the
government of the United States
would name the experts who are to
participate in such a conference.
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MFfT AUGUSTA 1924
Official Announcement Today
Names Georgia City As
Next Meeting Place
AUGUSTA, Oct. 26.—Official
announcement was made today that
that Augusta has been selected for
the 1924 annual meeting of the
executive council of The American
Bankers Association, the meeting
to be held there April 29 to May 1.
BMMES
H MEH HO©
Brush Manufacturer Says He
Was Introduced To Mrs.
Siokes by Gen. Miles
NEW YORK, October 26
Thomas W. Brander, a brush manu
facturer, testified late Thursday at
the trial of W. E. D. Stokes’ divorce
suit, that although he had been in
troduced to Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes by General Nelson A. Miles,"
Mrs. Stokes nevfer had been jn the
Brander homes in this city and Be
thel, Conn.
The photograph of a woman
which hung in the Bethel home, and
which was declared by Janette Car
ter, negress witness for Stokes, to
have been that of Mrs. Stokes, was
the photograph of another woman
long since dead, Brander declared.
He testified that the .Stokes witness,
a domestic in his household, had
been discharged for theft..
General Miles introduced him to
Mis. Stokes at the Waldorf-Asto
ria hotel years ago, said Brander.
He could not recall just when. Since
then he had met Mrs. Stokes only
once, he said. He denied ever hav
ing seen her at the apartment which
he and Edgar T. Wallace, co-respon
dent, formerly shared in this city.
Refuq F. Stillman, former gard
ner at Brander’s Bethel home, who
had originally been subpeonaed as a
witness forth,, plaintiff, was called
to the stand by Mrs. Stokes’ coun
sel. He said th;it after waiting
around the courtroom for several
days he was told by “Stokes’ agent”
that he not nwded any more
and tl at h v should go away or he
would get into trouble.
Stillman testified that Stokes and
Daniel F. Nugent, of Stokes coun
sel, called on him several times,
showed him photographs and asked
him if he could identify Mrs. Stokes
from the pictures as a woman who
visited Bethel while he was working
there. He said he told them he
would be unable to do so unless he
saw Mrs. Stokes personally.
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 26, 1923
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DEM IIIt. HOME
Death Followed Recent Trip To
Pacific Coast on Research
Work
HAD REMARKABLE CAREER
Bom in Germany, He Came To
America At An Early Age,
Earning Wide Renown
NEW YORK, October 26. —Dr.
Chares P. Steinmetz, A. M., Ph. D.,
chief, consulting engineer of the
-General Electric Works, Schnecta
dy, N.Y’ ~ died today at his home in
that city, death following a physical
breakdown attributed to a trip to
the Pacific coast from which he re
cently returned.
The American career of Dr.
Steinmetz had its beginning in New
York in 1889 where, penniless and
able to speak but very little En
glish, he arrived from Zurich, Swit
zerland. He was accompanied by a
young American who had been his
fellow student at the Zurich Poly
technicium.
One side of Steinmetz's face was
badly swollen as the result of a
trifling illness aboard ship and the
immigration authorities at Ellis Is
land refused at first to allow him
to enter the country. He was sent
to the ‘ detention pen,” and was
only released by the eloquence and
persuasion of his American com
} panion. A few years later he be-
Jcame at naturalized citizen.
T At the time of his death Dr.
- Steinmetz .vas regarded not only
as one of the foremost authorities
on electrical engineering, but one
;of the greatest mathematicians in
I . ' Vol 'i4. Strangely enough, one
of his great difficulties as a child
t'lbl 11 t!le multiplication
| Born in the city of Breslau, Ger
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BOY SCOUTS IN COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 26 The large
; numbers of Columbus boy scouts
! that ate now attending the leading
i colleges over the country empha
sizes the fact that the Boy Scout
movement is one that creates ambi
tion in the youth of the epuntry.
she local scouts through various
means arc brought into contact with
the business men of the commun
ity and they are given an oppor
tunity to see just the necessary
qualities required to serve well as
a public spirited man to a commun
ity.
TEACHERS ORGANIZE
DUBLIN, Oct. 26—The teach
ers ot Laurens have organized a
teachers club which is to meet once
a month and is composed! of all the
teachers in the county schools. The
organization is known as the Lau
rens County Teachers Association
and it is thought that it will be
beneficial to the educational system
of the county. A very helpful
meeting wt.s recently held at the
home of Mrs. Edith Ward, the
county home demonstration agent.
CONGRESSMAN WISE ILL
ATLANTA, Oct. 26.—Telephonic
information received by relatives
from Fayetteville this afternoon
is that Songressman J. Walter
Wise has suffered a stroke of apo
plexy and is quite ill at his home.
DEATH IN STREETS UTi
DEATH IN STEETS U.T '
PULASKI'S CAPITAL
Man Attacked by Pool Room
Manager Dies From Wounds
Inflicted
SLAYER USED SHOTGUN
' Second Man Said To Have Fired
From Behind Building Col
umn With Big Revolver
HAWKINSVILLE, . Oct. 26
Aaron Manneheim who was shot
last night by Hollis M. Pollock, pool
room proprietor, diqd this morning.
Pollock has not been arrested.
FRANKLE RESTING
EASY TODAY.
i MACON, Oct. 26.—1 Frankie, a
i salesman from Brooklyn, N. Y. an
innocent bystander of, the shooting
1 last night, was resting easy in a
; Macon hospital today. His condi-
I tion is serious, but his recovery is
expected.
Five men were wounded during
the shooting, which occurred here
last night in front of a nool room,
and started whep Hollis M. Pollock
opened fire on Aaron Mannheim, us
ing a shotgun loaded with buck
shot.
The shooting, which was led up
to by a previous quarrel between
Pollock and Mannheim, resulted in
the serious injury of a salesman
named Frankie, traveling for a
New York house, who chanced to be
near the scene of shooting. He is
now at a hospital in Macon, where
he was carried 4a«t. n-ghtt.
Isadore Mirskey, of Hawkins
ville, a bystander, was shot in the
foot by a stray bullet; Joe Coley
of this place, and Julian Berg, of
Eastman, two other bystanders
each received flesh wounds during
the shooting.
Police are investigating an angle
of the case that promises to de
velop a feature that may lead to an
arrest. Pollock, who shot twice,
disappeared immediately following
the shooting, while bystanders as
serted that some unknown person,
hiding behind a column of the
Hawkinsville Band and Trust build
ing fired four shots from a large
calibre revolver into the crowd. At
least two bullets from this revolver
found victims, it is declared.
The difficulty that led up to the
shooting is said to have had its be
ginning when George Grinstead,
went into the poolroom during
Thursday afternoon, beginning to
swear. He was cautioned, it is al
leged, by Pollock who is interested
in operating the establishment. He
went from the poolroom to a vul
i eanizing shop operated by Mann
heim, where he told his story of
.the quarrel.
Pollock, it is said, armed himself
with a shotgun following his quar
rel wjth Grinstead, and when he
saw Mannheim and Grinstead ap
proaching his place together, he
commanded them to stop.
Reports at this point differ, but
Pollock is said by some to have
commenced firing. Mannheim was
struck' near the heart, while Grin
stead was not wounded.
Mannheim is prominently con
nected here, being a brother of Is
rael Mannheim, clerk of the Supe
rior court of Pulaski county.
ALLEGED ROBBERS FACE
BUNCH OF CHARGES
SAVANNAH, Oct. 26.—Robbery
charges against a sextette of Sa
vannah men by D. W. Howell, a
roofing expert of Atlanta, bred a
multiplicity of charges and invoked
several courts here Thursday.
Howell complained to the police
that in a store on West Broad street
he was knocked down and robbed
of a considerable sum.
M. Wilkinsan, John Riehbourg,
!J. L. Dixon, Raymond Lovett, Tom
Murphy and Joe Simms were bound
over to to the superior court on
rotAbery charges, their bonds being
fixed at $2,000. The men denied
the charges.
lom Murphy, whom Howell de
clared had wihskey in his place,
also denied that charge, but pro
hibition ofrants for Murphy, Dixon
and Simms, charging violation of
the prohibition laws. They wll ap
peal- before the U. S. commission
er. .
Howell charged that men robbed
seven bottles of Iquor *which he de
him when he declined to pay for
ckres he did receive.
Jacksonville, Fla., hall clock
weights fell. Couldn’t be a Florida
girl looked at it,
UNKNOWN Ml KILLED
INSTANTLY II AUTO
CWII ■WON
High-Powered Machine Crashed
Into Telephone Pole, Kill
ing Driver instantly
j BODY IS TOSSED 60 FEET
Com Liquor Found Trickling
Down Road in Wake of Car
By Sheriff
AUGUSTA, Oct. 26.—A man
whose coat bore the name of S. L.
Suggs, of Columbia, S. C. was in
stantly killed this morning, when .a
new high-jowered automobile driv
en by him collided with a telegraph
pole just outside the city. His body
1 was thrown 60 feet.
. Sheriff Plunkett said that corn
liquor trickled odnw the roadway
irorn the wreckage for a distance
of 9,00 feet.
WEIcBSS;
KILLEDHISBfIOTHER
Wanted Brother’s Wife, Accord
ing To Confession Made To
Sheriff
i ' DOUGLAS, Oct. 26—John Al
ton Rogers, held in the Coffee
county jail o n charges of murder in
connection with the death Nov. 28,
1922, of his brother, Love S.
| Rogers, has confessed to Sheriff
fanngr that he killed his brother
because he wanted his. brother’s
wife, according to announcement at
the county jail Thursday night.
Rogers is said to have signed a
previous confession that he killed
, Love in self-defense, and the wo
man corroborated the story.
' Mrs. Love Rogers and John
John Alton Rogers were arrested
- in Avon Park, Fla., several days
ago and charged with the murder
of the other Rogers, whose skele-
■ ton was dug’Up in a cornfield. Rog
ers is charged with shooting the
! brother to death, burying him un
clothed in the cornfield and rais
| ing a crop over the remains. About
a month ago he and Mrs. Rogers
went to Florida.
AUTOWRECKED 7-
10EAI15 INJURED
Wilkes County Car Turns Tur
tle and Dewey Jones Is
Killed
ELBERTON, Oct. 26.—Dewey
Jones, of Norman, Ga., was killed
outright, W. H. Gunter and Jeff
Brake, were seriously injured and
three other young men from
Wilkes County were slightly injur
ed Thursday near here on the Wash
ington-Elberton State highway,
when the large Studebaker touring
car in which they were riding turn
ed turtle.
The car belonged to Gunter, who
is said to have been driving at a
high rate of speed just above Fort
sonia station. It is said the car
overtook a wagon in the road and
as an attempt was made to go
around the vehicle, the car skidded
, of the graded road, and turned over, i
The car was a complete (wreck. I
-Jones, who was killed, was a son of
W Hey Jones, a prominent farmer
of Norman. Gunter received num
erous flesh wounds and had one eye
badly injured, which will very likely
have to be taken out, and had one
finger mashed off. Jeff Drake who
is an engineer on the Washington
Lincolnton Railroad was practically
scalped and it is feared that -he re-!
ceived internal injuries also. There
were three other occupants of the
car who were slightly injured but
were picked up by a passing car
and carried to Washingtoif before
their names could be ascertained
Dr. George Ward, of Fortsonia
j was the first to reach the scene.
! Soon afterwards he was joined by
! Drs. Matthews, Bailey, Thompson
and Johnson, of Elberton, and Dr.
Ellis <?f Washington,
Sec. Denby Out
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Secretary of Navy Deqby, his
friends are glad to know, is again
out of the hospital. He suffered
with a torn tendon in one heel, and
still must use the crutch, as the
photo shows. Snapped as he came
from the Orthopedic Hospital, at
New York.
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VOTES 1 ADDITIONAL
CHARGES DURING W
Charge That Klan Official Is
Boss of Assembly Creates
Uproar in Chamber
GOVERNOR LOSES IN FIGHT
Lieut.-Governor Declared By
Court To Be Acting Execu
tive In Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 26
The Lower House of the Oklfl ioma
legislature voted two more charges
ag: inst Governor Walton in its im
-I'cachment proceedings.
OKLAHOMA SOLONS
EJECT ONE MEMBER.
, OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 26
I A dozen or more members forcibly
i attacked Representative Callahan
of Latimer, smashed a chair and
threw Callahan out of the room
when he declared in a bitter ar
raignment of the Ku Klux Klan
I hursday that N. C. Jewett, grand
dragon of the Oklahoma realm of
the klan was dictating the kind of
legislation to be enacted in Okla
homa.
Callahan’s words hardly fell in
the house qhamber before one
member shouted ‘‘that’s a black
lie.” One member sprang at Cal
lahan’s throat and both fell on the
floor in a scuffle. Twelve or fif
teen other members rushed toward
Callahan, most of them endeavor
ing to place their hands on him. I
Sergeant at arms and virtually j
all other members of the house
rushed 1 , to the corner where the
scuttle was taking place. Clench
(Continued on Page 8.)
THIVES GETTING THOMAS
PECANS; PATROLS USED
THOMASVILLE, Oct.' 26.—JLo
-1 cal peepn growers are patrolling
| their groves at night in this section
following the action of thieves who
are reported to have stolen large
quantities of the nuts from some
orchards. The loss of several hun
dred pounds of pecans is no small
one and the growers are determined
to protect themselves.
HOSPITALS APPROVED.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 26.—Local
hospitals are working hard to meet
the requirements of the American
College of Surgeons following their
approval in a recent announcement.
The requirements of the college it is
said result in the most scientific
care of patients and jt is quite an
honor and distinction to be placed
on the approval list. Several lo
cal institutions are expecting to
meet the requirements of the col
lege in the immediate future, A
WEATHER.
Fair tonjght and Saturday. Veri
little change in temperaur#y.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DM OF VETERANS'
EITEFIS BIFOAOCAST
DENIAL OE CHARGES
Breaks Silence at Insistence Os
Friends That He Make
Statement
‘CHARGE IS GROUNDLESS’
Any Accusation Against Per
sonal or Official integrity,
False, Says Forbes
; WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—From
his place of seclusion here, Chatles
R. Forbes, former director of th*
Veterans Bureau, issued ai state
ment denying astutely and absolute
ly the false story of Elias H. Mor
timer before the senate investiga
ting committee of his alleged (brib
ery and corruption in connection
with contracts for veteran’s hos
pitals.
Forbes said that although he did
not feel tljat he ought to make any
statement in advance of “his full
and complete testimony he will give
under oath to the committee, tut at
the insistent urging of his friends
and inquiries .from the press, he
could not refrain from saying that
every charge brought by Mortimer
involving his personal or official
integrity is without the slightest
foundation.
BANKS AND BUSINESS
MEN WAGE WEEVIL WAR
JACKSON,, Oct. 26,—Banks and
business men of this county are
adding county agent Henry, G.-
Wilky in his campaign against the
the boll weevil. Mr. Wilky is ad
vocating the early plowing u> of
the _ cotton stalks as a means of
getting rid of the pest. The last
season witnessed the most system
atic campaign that has been wag
ed in this county and the results
show great improvement over otiher
years. The bulk of the cotton crop
has been picked.
GA. AD MEN PLAN
WORLD CONVENTION
ATLANTA, Oct, 28.-—PUns are
now being made by the advertising
clubs of Atlanta to attend the
world convention to be held in
London next summer. Blanks ar£
being mailed to advertising clubs'
all “ver the South to be filled in
saying whether they are planning
to attend the convention as a spec
ial train from Atlanta to New York
is being considertd for the use of
Southern advertising men who will
attend. Plans for the world
vention are rapidly taking sharpe
and many Atlanta an dother South
ern ad men are expected to attend.
FRANK BATLLIJGG
NAMED AMBASSADOR
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Will Replace Col. Harvey, Who
Resigned Recently At Court
Os St. Janies
Oct. 26.
trank B. Kellogg, former United
States senator from Minnesota,
has been selected for the American
ambassador to London.
He will succeed Ambassador Har
vey who has resigned.
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HALF R. R. FARE FOR
CONFEDERATE VETS
ATLANTA, Oct. 26—Half fare
on railroads in the State of Geor
gia for confederate veterans may
soon become a reality. The Geor
gia Public Service Commission has
recently authorized at in a circular
giving permission to all comnson .
earners to do it. While not manda
tory it is thought that the roads will
respond and make the reduction.
The action of the public service
commission was simular to a resolu
tion adopted during the 1923 legis
lature.
CANADA TO MEXICO
IN TWELVE HOURS
SAN DIEGO, Cah, Oct. 26-
Captain Lowell Smith and Lieuten
ant John Richter, in their border
to bordeder flight, passed Rockell
Field here going south at 6:36
twelve hours flat, Thursday,
from Sumas, Washington.
They circled over Tijuana, across
the Mexican line, and returned tq
Rockwell Field, he flight official
ly ended when they crossed th<
Mexican line, R M ...