Americus Spo( Cotton
Strict Middling 32c,
N. Y. Futures.
Exchanged dose on account of
election in New York.
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 263
KU KLUX EDITOR KILLS KLAN ATTORNEY
Legislators Gather For Extraordinary Session
THIRD HOUSE AGUR
111 SESSION MIIBILL
LOOSE IT MB.
Senators and Representatives
From All Over Georgia Ar
riving For Extra Session
TAX DISCUSSIONS RIFE
Expect Wednesday’s Session To
Be Consumed in Introducing
Tax Scheme Measures
ATLANTA, November 6.—(Spec
ial) —Senators and representatives
from cverv county in Georgia have
been gathering since Monday and
the Kimball House lobby once more
is the center of Georgia politics.
Tax discussion and arguments
are rife, there being as many views
and opinions as there are legisla
tors and others interested in the
forthcoming extraordinarv session
of the legislature which convenes
Wednesday mornin-"
•4t is expected that little will
be accomplished Wednesday' morn
ing other- than the introduction of
bills coming within the limitations
of the governor’s call, bearing on
methods of taxation with the nec
essary machinery to collect, and
free text books.
Governor Walker will deliver his
special message to the lawmakers
at a dinner Wednesday night in one
’of the local cases. No intimation
has been given out regarding his
recommendations other than he will
back to the limit the report and rec
ommendations to be presented, to
the solons by his special tax com
mission.
Regarding the probable length of
„he session, Governor Walker says
“it isn’t a question with me of how
'long or how short the session will
be, First, 1 am approaching it
fro mthe angle of just how well
the session is going to accomplish
the purpose for which it was call
ed.” ‘
An equitable classified tax sys
tem, with an income tax of moder
ate rate for this state, was urged
by Representative Ellis, of Tift
county, a mpmber of the sub-com
mittee that has formulated the re
port of the special tax commission.
Mr. JSllis will be one of the prin
cipal speakers at the dinner ten
dered by the governor to the mem
bers of the legislature tonight.
WIMBERLY WANTS
TAX REFORMS
DUBLIN, Nov. 6.—(By Asso
ciated Press) —Representative
B. Wimberly, ol Laurens county,
stated today he was in favor of tax
reform in Georgia. He ts one of
three representatives of this county
who will attend the extraordinary
session of the general assembly
which convenes in Atlanta next
week.' I
-n sent t" ■: ■' ma- 1
ciuuui-j i.. vne is uuiiiciep - .
in his qpinion, he said.
“It seems’ that free text books
are a necessity if the ‘free school’
is to be i. success,” hfc said when
asked his opinion on free school
books legislation which is t > be con
sidered by the legislators.
LIMITED NET I
INCOME TAX.
GREENSBORO, November C.
(By the Associated Press.)—A lim
ited net income tax and tax col
lection machinery for Georgia ato
favored by Representative F. E.
Boswell, of Greene county, who
will be present at the opening of
the' extraordinary session of the
general assembly in Atlanta tomor
row.
“I feel that our present tax laws
should be amended in some in
stances,” he said. * I think I shall
favor a very limited net income
tax, with smaller exemptions than |
the federal government.
“I lit ve been a member of the
ways and means committee of she
house for three years. During this
time, I have been thoroughly con- j
—vinced that wc need some kind of j
machinery with teeth in it to force ,
everybody to pay the taxes we al- ■
ready have imposed.
“The general tax act, which is |
compiled by the ways and means ,
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LU ANY AT CALVARY CHURCH
The Litany will be said in Cal- ;
vary church tomorrow morning it :
11 o’clock.
Candidates Attention
It was hoped the vote score could again appear in today's
Tjmes-Recorder, but owing to the thousands of votes in coupons
and subscriptions that were cast in the Times-Recorder’s cam
paign Monday, it was impossible to get theny/all double checked
in time for the regular count to appear in today’s paper. The
count is being made and will positively appear in Wednesday’s
Times-Recorder. j •
I . "
THEffMESriREcfiRDER
| fefrJ PUBLISHED IN THfeZ ART
12 BODIES REMOVED FROM MINE'S SHAFT
ROBBERS ENTER BANKI
THEN FLEE WTH LOOT :
Secure $15,000 aryl Speed Away
In Automobiles After Cutting *’•
All Wires *
SPENCER. Ind., Nov. 6.—A band
of robbers, variously estimated in
number from 14 to 20, robbed two
banks here early today of approxi
mately 5,000 and wounded* two
citizens.
Traveling in foitr automobiles,
the robbers first isolated the tow n
by cutting all telephone and tele
graph wires and then posted guards
to prevent interruption while thej >
opened the bank vaults.
ST. PAUL BANK
ROBBED OF $5,000
ST. PAUL, Minn., November 6.
wo masked men entered the Grand
Avenue State Bank ,here Monday,
forced two employees and a cus
tomer into a rear room, scooped up
$5,000 in currency and silver and
escaped in' an automobile. The
bank, which is in the residential
section, opened a month ago.
rpeWpitoi
OF JOSOH LBP. CO.
Valdosta Fire Truck Called To
Augment Meagr.i Apparatus
Kept at Big Saw Mill
VALDOSTA, Nov. 6.—The saw
mill of the Jackson Lumber compa
ny, 20 miles from here, valued at
SIOO,OOO, w'as burning at noon. ,
The fire truck of th-j local de
partment went to the aid of the
meager fire-fighting facilities' at
Ray City.
EOIMHT BELIEF
IB BE DELAYED
Program of Relief Work For
Geimany Must Await Con
venisyj of Congress
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - Any
progrim for extension of govern
, ment relief to the poplatiop of
Germany must in the opinion of
President Coolidge, await the con
vening of congress.
mtoblfimlls,
SESPO NEAR MH
Eavis, Resisting Arrest, Is Shot.
By Special Deputy Near
His Home
i i
MACON, Nov. 6. —Carson Davis, 1
negro, was shot and almost instant
ly killed Monday afiernbci.i, whenj
he resisted arrest at the hand of j
Earl Mosely, county motorcycle of"
ficef. The shooting took pk-c: near
I Hardy’s ersasing and the negro died
while bn the way to the Macon hos
pital in an automobile.
Mosely was at the sheriff’s of
fice when he received a telephone
call from M. E. Carswell, justioj
of the peace in tr.e Liz'ella district,
and a request that he come i >
Hardy’s crossing and go with the
justice to arrest the negro who had
threatened him and had refused to
move from a farmer’s place. The
I motorcycle officer went alone and
after meeting Mr. Carswell started
towards the negro who was stand
ing near a wagon.
The negro seeing the officer, ran
i to his wagon and drew out a shot
j gun, witnesses said. He was at
| tempting to shoot the officer when
fhot him twice in the side,
.ill' negro whirled and ran around
| the. wagon and Mqseloy shot him
i again. This time the negro leaped
I a small ditch and fell, still clutching
i the shot gun. He . was not dead
i When the officers got to him. He
I was brought tu Macon in Carswell’s
i automobile.
I
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 6, 1923
KWPELL STARTS'
'MOVE TO PROBE TAXi
IlWmi HERE
Says City With Low Tax Rate
Apt to Take • ‘-ead In
March of Progress.
AMERICUS NEEDS BOOST
Suggests Auditors and Efficiency
Experts Aid in Solving Tax
j Problem for Municipality
J Dan Chappell, well known Amer-
Titris attorney, in an interesting talk
j before the Lions club of Americus
| today suggested the need of citi
jzens getting behind Mayor Poole
land the members of city council,
in an effort to provide the highest
type of efficient municipal govern
ment* possible. to the end of reduc
ing the tax burden, and giving
Americus an equal chance in the
march of progress now lead by other
Georgia cities.
t In this talk Mr. Chappell, who
states he, is deeply interested in at
taining a solution of the problems
; that now confront Americus, said
I “The city which offers the lowest
I tax rate with th.e most efficient
i progressive city administration will
! take the leadership in the growth of
> American cities. Believing this to
I be a fundamental truth. I believe a
' conscientious effort should De made
to give the citizens of Americus* the
lowest tax rate possible and 'the
idkst efficient government. Our
mayor and city council are doing
all within their power to give us a
clean and efficient government, but
I they need and must hav e the help
j and assistance of the citizens of
i this town. •
I “Within the last few months
around one hundred of our citizens |
have left Americus and gone else
where .to reside. This condition”
came about because Americus could
not offer opportunities as attractive
ias other cities. Most of these men
who- left were raised and educated
here in Americus and had just
reached the point in life where they
' should have been of service to this
' community. I believe the first thing
Americus needs is a boosting spirit
! for Americus. We need a citizens’
i organization to try and prevent any
■ more of oar citizens leaving.
| “It has for years been the custom
of taxpayers, everywhere to com
plain about their tax bills. They
pay the bills and that ends their
connection with the whole tax sys
) tern. We have in Americus a num
ber of splesdid auditors and effic
iency experts working for the dif
ferent firrQs in the city. I believe
if we would lay aside petty politics
1 and if the mayor and city council
of Americus would request several
of these experts to check over the
departments of the city and sen if
they could find anv leaks, that a
great saving could be had by the
| city. This identical plan was put
in operation by Mayor Howard Jack
, son, of Baltimore, and it gave won
' derful results. z
I “Taxes, whether local, state or
federal, have reached a point where
they are in some eases slowly
I strangling business, and if Amerj
| cus is to compete with other Geor
gia cities for development, it must
Ido all within its power to lower the
tax rate and keep the city effic
ient.”
NAVY DEPARTBENT GIVES
CHRISTMAS MAIL ORDERS
WASHINGTON, November 6.
Directions for sending Christmas
mail and express packages for na
val vessels in European waters, the
West Indian and the Pacific were
‘ issued Mondy by the Navy De
partment. Mail for vessels in -Fu-
■ | ropean waters must be at the naval
operating base at Hampton Roads,
■ Va., not later than Nov. 28. Mail
-for Pearl Harbor, Guam and Cavite
• must reach San Francisco bv Nov.
i 28.
I TWO WHITE MEN HELD
[ ON BURGLARY CHARGE,
! MACON, November 6.—William
I K ing and Tony Murphy, wanted in
■ Chattanooga, Tenn., for burglary
i of a clothing stork, and arrested on
Poplar street by city detectives Fri
day, hav,, been turned over to City
Dr .e<t : \' Frank Burns. ,;f Cmilt-i
--nooga. I
.According to Detective Burrs, the
me" secured clothing valued at
close to S4OO, all of which was re
covered by Macon officers. After
the theft,"the loot was shipped by
express to Tony Murphy here and
the officers seized th" shipment
when it was turned over to the eon
-signee.
The Tenr.i .-see officer left with
his prisoners late Monday aftr-r-
• ‘ noon. ..
BANDIT JESSE HER |
GRANDDAD
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Remember Jesse James£ the
robber? Well, just a moment-x
hH granddaughter, Jose
phine Frances James. She’s a
i private secretary in Kenosha,
' Wis. Her father, Jesse James,
Jr., is a retired lawyer.
wlSm"
BY MISSION
Germany Liable For American
Claims Resulting From War
Damages
J
WASHINGTON, November 6.-
Four decisions determining German
liability for American claims result
ing from the war, including those
growing out of the Lusitania s tor-
were announced late Mon
day by the mixed commission.
While upholding, broadly, the
Lusitania claims numbering 278
and aggregating approximately
$22,800,000 - the commission dis
missed 3,190 claims totaling $345,-
000,000 for the recovery of insur
ance premiums paid l y Americans
for protection againsx war hazards
General principles governing the
assessment of the American claims
were laid down by .he commission.
Three of the decisions, ir.?lnß:r ( g
that on the Lusitania -.-laims, were
vnanimous, but in th.’ other inter
preting treaty obligations, Edwin
B. Parker, umpire, concurred with
Shandies F. Anderson, the American
commissioner, over the dissent M
the German commissioner, Dr. Wil
liam Kiesselbach.
An important feature of tlje Lusi
tania decision was the refusal of the
commission, to assess exemplary or
punitive damages. It held that such
damages wpre penal in their na
ture, not compensation, and there
fore, unauthorized "by the treaty of
Berlin. "
POLICE LIEUTENANT
STARTS SCANDAL
ATLANTA, November , 6.—The
Atlanta police department is again
in the midst of a scandal, or nggr
scandal. A year and a half ago the
talk of .he city was the accusation
of protection to bootleggers and the
appropriation to their own use of
captured liquor by certain members
of the department.
Now comes the charge by Lieut.
T. D. Shaw that the proposition was
made to him by Ljeut. W. A. Chewn
ing to jointly rob gambling deyiees
which are being held by the de
partment as evidence.
EARTH SHOCKS FELT
IN PART OF CALIFORNIA
CALEXICO, Cal., Nov. 6.—The
most pronounced earthquake shock
felt jn recent years in the Imperial
Valley \vas recorded Monday. The
Virginia Hotel here was shifted sev
er? 1 inches cn its foundations and
damage was done to other build
ings.
The earthquake’struck the Im
perial Valley shortly after 2
o’clock in the afternoon and left a
trail of dislodged building founda
tions,* twisted concrete pillars and
broken glass.-
The first tremor, the stiffest of
the three recorded here, lasted five
second*.
A portion of the ceiling in the
United States, immigration station
fell, but no one was reported as
injured. j
PPDSPEPITYDFNM!O*I
mwcuM
r
Thanksgiving Proclamation Is
sued Today, Calls Attention
To Many Blessings
WASHINGTON, Nov. (5.—-Presi
dent Coolidge's 1 nanksgiving day
proclamation issued today calls to
mind that the year of 1923 has
brought to American people two
tragic experiences, the death os’
President Harding and the Japanese
earthquake disaster.
The president says that such ex
periences serve to test and refine
men and -nation.s
During the year, the president
adds, the .nation has been blessed
with much IM'osperity.
pivot Seed by
VERY DISASTROUS FIRE
Hardware Store, Theatre and
Offrces All Damaged Before
Flames Are Subdued
MOULTRIE, Nov. 6.— J. A. Ken
nedy's,hardware store, moving pic
ture theater and offices of two
physicians, all located in the same
building, were destroyed by firg,
at Pavo last night.
The loss is estimated at approxi
mately $40,000.
POBBINGIOW
CONTINUE IN BEM
Food and Clothing As Well As
Many Automobiles Stolen In
Residential Districts
BERLIN, Nov. 6’.—’Looting of
food and clothing shops continued
throughout the night in the north
■ern district of Berlin, whi|e in the
fashionable west end of the city nu -
merous automobiles were held up,
the occupantts of the cars being
robbed of their personal belongings.
DDLGJPSSTERNHOTE
Demands Apology hor Attack
On Military AttacKe At Bel
grade Last Friday
BELGRADE, Nov. 6. Jugo
Slavia, in a note presented at Sofia
gave Bulgaria forty-eight hours in
which to fulfil\ three demands for
reparation in consequence of the
attack on the Jugo Slav military
attache in Sofia last Friday.
The conditions are: First, the
Blugarian government must present”
its excuse and regrets to the Jugo
Slav representative in Sofia; sec
ond, the Bulgarian minister of w>-
must express his personal regrets
and third, a deiachment of 250
Bulgarian soldiers with a flag must
render honors before the Jugo Slav
legation.
Two additional demands are for
an energetic • invetsigation to find
to the. Jugo Slav military attache
and punish those guilty of the at
tack, and for indemnity, to be de
termined by the international court
at The Hague.
The nite states that the attack
is regarded as a political crime.
TWO DEAD AND\TWO
OTHERS FATALLY INJURED
NEW, ORLEANS, Nov. 6.—Two
men are dead and two probably fa
tally injured as the result of an
automobile accident on the New
Basin shell road near here, when
two machines collided h<>ad-on.
The dead: Eaul 'Carroll, 20, chauf
feur; Richard Mormon, 21, Glazier
Those fatally injured: Frank
Mayeur, 35; Charles Werner, a 19-
year-old bell boy.
NEGROES ARRESTED
ON.DISORDERLY CHARGE
MACON,'November 6. —Four ne
gro men and two negro women were
arrested by Patrolmen Peavy, Bow
den and McGee, of the motorcycle
squad, and Patrolman Arnold when
they raided a poolroom on Broad
wajY yesteiflav. They ga.’e their
names as Willie Singleton, Joe Wal
ton, Ed King, Lewis Nealy, Gussie
Bostwick and Bessie Nealy. They
i were charged with loitering, except
.iKing, against whom a charge of be
ing drunk was made. _
EWSION ENTOMBS
HALF HUNDRED IN
IN GLEN ROGERS MINE
' -
Details of Accident Lacking, But 1
Believed 75 Workers In
Shaft
MANY ESCAPE UNINJURED
Near Victoms Are
Brought Out Before Gas
Fumes Spread
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 6.
Twelve bodies bebn take i
from the shaft of ilie mine of the
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal company, of
Wyoming county, in which an ex
plosion occurred this morning, and
little hope is entertained fit the
3Q men stjll within the walkings,
the Department of Mines reported
at noon.
Sixty-fiye men were in- .he mine
at the time of the explosion and 23
.were brought out uninju>-a I.
i BECKLEY, W. Va.. Nov. 6.
Between 35 and 50 miners were
reported to be Cintuiniied in Glen
Rogers mine of the Kaieigk-Wyom
ing Coal coinpany at Glen Rogers
by an explosion this morpipg.
The first reports were lacking in
details, but it was said at the time
of the explosion between fill and 75
men wore in tne m .;ie and that 2ii
had ben brought out unitijlired.
imimT
OPUIffIACCEPTS
R. Ci Lane, commander of John
D.. Mathis Post, No. American
Legion, announced todav that Rev.
Walter Pope Binns, of Moultrie, had
accepted the invitation ten4ered
him by the post to deliver a mem
rial address here in connection with I
the observance of Armistice Day in
Amerjcus this year. While here he
will be a guest of the-dnembers qf
the post, and it is expected that’
hundreds of citizens, ex-service men I
and those who served their country
in other than military? capacities
during the World War, will be here
to hear him.
Dr. Binns, who Js an orator of
note, and man of deep learnino- who
especially familiar with the his
tory of the recent war, formerly re
sided in Louisville, Ky., and also
at Atlanta, being widely known
throughout this entire section both
for his eloquence and learning. He
recently accepted a pastorate at
Moultrie, of which city he has been
a resident only a short time.
Other features of the Armistice
Day celebration are to be announc
ed later, it is stated today.
MACON NEGRO HELD
UNDER NARCOTIC ACT
MACON, November 6.—Harrojd
Greer, negro charged with violating
the Harrison narcotic act, was
bound over to United Spates district
court yesterday by United States I
Commissioner W. E. Martin, who I
placed the negro’s bond at SSOO.
The bond was not made. I
The ease against the negro lyas
handled by Charles Moseley, Unit
ed States marshal, who testified
that the negro who was formerly
employed by Mitchell, Williams and
Mack, was suspected of taking a
number of tablets of morphine from
the store. Approximately 1,500
quarter grain tablets of the drug
arg missing from the store, it was
said.
MINISTER ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF KIDNAPING
FORT SMITH, Ark., Nov. 5.—A
minister named Corey and his son
were arrested late yesterday by
Sheriff Alien, of Scott county, in
a warrant charging them with the
kidnaping of little Pearl Turner, 3-
year-old daughter of Lem Turner,
mountaineer, who has been missing
for more than two weeks.
The warrants were sworn out by
Chalmers Ferguson, mountaineer
hermit, who claims to have seen the
child in the custody, <»f the minister
and his son.
The minister and his son w'ere
carried to Waldron Sunday, accord
ing to Sheriff Allen.
Plans for the most rigid search
of the mountains yet made, for to
; day were practially abandoned
I when it became known that the
| roads and by-ways to the White Oak
Mountains from Waldron were prac
l tically impassable.
• WEATHER.
For Georgia Generally fair to
night and Wednesday; no change in
temperature..
PRICfi FIVE CENTS
101REFUSIS TH ISO
TO EIPST STATEREIT
ON SLAYING COBURN
Claims False Affidavits Were
Made Against His
Character
ASK murderlndictment
Solicitor Boykin Draws True Bill
Charging Capital Crime To
Present Grand Jury
ATLANTA, Nov. 6.—Philip E.
Fox, editor of “The Nighthawk,” of
ficial organ of the Ku Klux Klan,
refused to add to his statement that
he killed Captain W. S. Coburn,
klansman and attorney for the Sfm
inons faction, last night because
Coburn had false affidavits attack
ing his character and 'planned to
publish them
In the meantime Solicitor Ger
eral Boykin asked the grand jury
for a murder m'd’ct.ncnt against
Fox.
At the prisoner’s iin.ne his wife
was reported prostrated and unable
to see newspaper men. A small boy
Fox’s appeared at door in an
swer to a summons.
FOX SHOOTS
FOUR TIMES
ATLANTA. Nov. o.—William S.
Cobunn, attorney for the Simmons
faction of the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, and prominent figure in
a series of sensational events in
volving that organization, was shot
four times acid almost instantly
killed while he sat in his office im
the Atlanta Trust company build
ing at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon
by ‘Philip E. Fox, publicity repre
sentative for the imperial palace
and editor of “The Nighthawk,” of
ficial Organ of the Evans faction.
After hurling his revolver to the
floor of Hie attorney’s office, Fox
ran to the floor below, where he
was caught by Attorney George C.
Spence and held until Officer C.
O. Coehnaji arrived frayi. his seat
on the street below to take him un
custody.
Accordj-ig to Officer Cochran,
Fox declared that he was glad Co
burn was dead. "I may hang for
this, but he was planning to- ruin
me, and I had just as soon be
hanged as for him to have ruined
me.”
Fox was held at police station on
a charge of murder. x
ifirs. M. A. Holbrook, of 2,25
Stewart avenue, stenographer for
Coburn, and Mrs. Oscar Heyman
a client, were eye-witnesses to th-j
shooting. They were closely ques
tion by the police.
Fox came to Coburn’s office
shortly before 4 o’clock, and find
ing Caburn engaged in converse
Cion w;ith W. T, Rogers, said tx be
an attache of the office 'of Henry
J. Norton, head of Atlanta Klan
No. 1, stated that he would return
in about an hour, “when we can
talk business in private,” accord
ing to Mrs. Holbrook’s statement.
‘‘ He had just about time to reach
the hall and turn around wheif he
re-entered the office, and without
a word, began firing at Mr. Coburn,
who sat at his desk,” Airs. Holbrook
said. > 1
“I was so excited I didn’t look
around until the firing eeased.
There were four or five shots fire !.
Mr. Coburn screamed after each
shot. After the last shot Was fired
[ Fox left the office, throwing his
I gun to the floor as he passed
I through the door.
“When I looked at Mr. Cobpr:i
lie was lying on the floor, scream
ing, and blood was spurting from
a wound in his face. Mrs. Hey
man and myself ran down the hall
to the office of the Fulton Finance
company.”
W. T. Rogers, who was in Co
burn's office when Fox first enter
ed, told the police that Fox had
asked to speak to Coburn, saying:
“I am through with it all, and I
am going home tonight.”
j Rogers said that Coburn was
busy c,n the telephone, so he wrote
him a note, saying, “Talk to him,”
indicating Fox. On the same scrap
of paper, Rogers said, Coburn
wrote this reply:
“I will. _You wait outside.**
Rogers said he went into the ad
joining office,' occupied by A. E.
Wilson, Coburn’s laW partner, and
shortly five pistol shots racig out.
Opening the door, he said, he saw
Fox leaving Coburn’s office -by the
door to the hall and throw a pis
tol back into the office. Fox rail
down the steps to the next floor,
i Ragers following.
As Fox reached the floor beneath
i police were told by Attorneys Geo.
C. and Nat Spence, Fox told them
that “a man has been shot,” ip a
casual way, in an apparent effort
:to divert suspicion frof himself)
I the lawyers said.
Attorney Spence, supecting Fox,
icommanded him to halt and Fox'
surrendered. Officer Cochran, pa-
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