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Americus Spot Cotton Strict Middling -35e. N. Y. Futures Jan. Meh. May Prev. Close 345.62 36.70 36.82 Ogen 37.00 37.00 37.14 11 am 36.65 66.83 36.98 Close 36.01 36.20 26.42 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 265 FAKERS DIG UP NEW BAIT TO CATCH SUCKERS LOSING BILLIONS ° ° O o O O O O O O O O i o o o o o o o o o o GERMANS FORM THREE-PARTY CABINET ooOOOOO3O'Ooo o o o o o o o o’o o ACTRESS BURNED TO DEATH WHILE MAKING PICTURE ■THI ■FIELD. NOTED FILI AI’TIST DIES HFJRFDBLE DEATH Fatally Burned Thanksgiving Day While Making Film On ‘Location SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Nev. 30.—- (By Associated Press.) Martha Mansifield, motion picture star, died here today as the result of burns received while she was film ing a picture yesterday afternoon. The flimsy dress which she was wearing is thought to have taken fire from a match which was on ‘he ground. Her injures were thought not to be serious at first, hut members of. the company became concerned as she grew steadily worse after reaching the hospital. Her injuries were known to be exceedingly serious and physicians held out litle hope for her recov ery. Members of the company ex tinguished the flames and rushed her to the hospital. CHAPUSCRiSPIF FOP COI® MEET To Fight For Reduction oi Cal c;um Arsenate Prices; Mem ber Important Committees Charles R. Crisp, representative from the third congressional dis trict, has returned to Washington to attend the opening of that body December 3, and in leaving ex pressed himself as being in favor of a reduction of the price of cal cium arsenate. He will fight for the lower price of the commodity <luring the next session. Mr. Crisp is a member of the ways and means committee of the house before which much legisla tion will come. While enroute to Washington, he made a visit to state legislature ex tra-session in Atlanta. Ke is in terested in Georgia tax problems, and it is said that he advised with legislators concerning propositions of taxation. He was accompanied to Washington by Mrs. Crisp. planlchool>ange IN SO, Gft CONFERENCE Ministers Arranging For Scries Os Educational Institution Changes SAVANNAH, Nov. 30. (By As sociated Press) The. South Geor gia Methodist conference, if it adopts the unanimous report of its board of education, which will be made tomorrow, will provide three strong junior accredited collegs for South Georgia. The college at Sparks now eo-educational, will be moved to Valdosta as a college for boys. Other changes include that the Andrew Female college will be 'en dowed and enlarged as a school for girls and the school at Mcßtie, which the conference is to support, will be made co-educational. Influential members of the con ference have expressed themselves as being in favor of the proposed changes, and it would appear that they will be adopted as recom mended. THIEVES TAKE 5 AUTOS IN 3 HOURS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, November 30. —Au- to thieves went on a rampage here recently stealing five cars in the space of three hours, during a per iod of bad weather, which they evi dently took advantage of to cover their activities. Plain clothes offi eers who were immediately dis patched to various points in the city to look out for stolen cars fail ed to make any arrests or to find any other indications of the ur.us ual activities of the thieves. Judge Hathcock, who had recently scored bootleggers heavily as auto thives iid declared that “this class of thief should have heavy punishment evidently failed to impress the per petrators of the crimes. Officers have been given orders to double their efforts to watch for the thives and to also guard against further activities of the gang, which is be lieved to be operating in the city. ffep PUBLISHED IN THE HEART" OF QIXIEL"fec? WHERE THE SUCKERS BITE O\ / yd&wl ' pfyV-vT 7(/ M ACHiXe I Y < * \ J 3 / _ fl FORT WOATM g J E X A 5 \ Y 0 1 - F COR IDA 'V LAND SCHEMES V V It’s good fishing all year ’round ’most anywhere in the United States for the fa'.e stock promoters who make a million Americans part with -a billion or two every yeer. But some grounds saem to be the favorites for certain kinds of bait. This “sucker map” shows where they are: New York and Illi- nois—everything goes; New Jersey—perpetual motion machine among numerous get-rich-quick schemes; Florida, Oklahoma and Alabama —land schemes on huge scale; Ohio —land schemes on smaller scal e rang ing down to 25x100 lots given away ‘ frea”; Indiana—tiros; Texas, California and Montana—oil frauds; and Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico—mining. This, according to Edward A. Schwab (inset). EIILMIK IN DISPUTE OVED. CRASH BULK One Dead, 35 Injured In Train I Wreck Seat of Dispute; Be- | gin Rigid Probe NAHUNTA, Ga., November 30— Two different versions are being given tonight as to the cause of. the rear-end collision between the ; Kansas City Special of the South-j ern Railway and the Southland, of the Central of Georgia Railway, at this point late V ednesday night, which cost the life of John H. Evans and injury to over thi.- ty-five other persons. The preliminary investigation shows that there was a heavy fog at the time of the accident. One version says that the South land had pulled into a siding, the two rear cars hanging over onto ue main line, when the Kansas City Special plowed into the rear tend •with such force as to knock the on gineer of tlte Southland, J. M. respman, of Waycross trdm his cab. Tiie other version given by I Cb irles Jordan negro fireman on ]’ cue Southern Railway train, indi-: cates that the entire Southkitid :j train was standing on the main j uno. the neggro stated today that;, the Kansas City Special had a eleac ; board al Folkston, Wanuka t.ri Nahunta and saw nothing until he ’ suddenly discovered three red lights only a few yards ahead. “I yelled to Engineer Evans, ■ 'lookout,’” said the negro today. “As the engineer jumped from his side j of the cab, I jumped from my side.’ I The controversy to the cause of . the wreck is between the Atlantic j Coast Line Railroad and the Soul n-1 ern Railway, for the Atlantic Coast; Line’s own crew was operating the ) Centra! of Georgia’s Southland- 1 , train at the time of thu crash. The nbgi-o fireman, in his state- i ment tonight, says that the Kan sas City Special was given a clear I board at the stations from Folkst.o.-i: to the scene of the wrack, and he - also states that the tower just he-1 fore they reached NaliUnta Igave! tthem a clear board, otherwise the. ■ train would have been automatical-1 ly derailed. The Atlantic Coast Line on the i other hand, claims that (usees and I the usual signals of danger hau 1 been placed on the track, by the -row of. the Southland. A thorough investigation will he made of the accident it is stated by railroad officials. That only one person. Engineer J. IL Evans, was killed, appears to have been almost miraculous, ac-! cording to railroad men. Mr. Evans, according to his negro fireman, was trapped without warn’ ig—without even seeing a danger signal until too late . He then applied the -emergency brakes and leaped through the window. . His head struck a cross tie that was ; lying at the side of the track, frac-' tuiing his skull and nroduc.'ing' death within a few minutes. All but five of the more than | two-score persons who were in- I jured, haVe been taken on to their destination. The five are in the hos pital in Waycross, and their names AME.RICUS, GA-, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 30, 1923 SILK STOCKINGS FORM < LARGE PART WORKING i j GIRLS' CLOTHES BUDGET j NEW 5 YORK, Nov. 28.—-A S2O a week working girl should spend 22 per cent of hsr income or $228.80 a year for her wardrobe which should include lots of silk stockings but no fur coats, according to an exhibit arranged by the Plymouth Church Institute of Brooklyn. There are wardrobes for $29, $35 and SSO a wek salaries, com shoes to handkerchiefs. No fur eoats are included, but even the S2O budget provides a fur-collared winter coat, a sport coat, three dresses, a skirt, a sweater, blouses and three hats. When one gets to SSO a suit is included and the underwear is silk. The exhibit, which was originat ed by Mrs. Newell Dwight Hills, wife of the pastor of ‘the church, was planned with the modern busi ness girl strictly in mind. The silk stocking allowance is especial ly large. FRANCE FORNIS BOW TO 'W GEPIW ABILITI TO PAY GOLD To Estimate Resource* of That Country in Effort To As certain Basic Wealth PARIS, November 30. (By As sociated Press.) Allied repara tions commission today decided to name a committee of experts to study Germany’s capacity to pay along general lines proposed by President Poincare. Two bodi’-s are to be formed, the duties which wiil be defined later. » AHTIfIUM BUREAU IS PLANNED B* SOLON — ■ Reui osentative To ; Propose Enforcement Body To Treasury Department , WASHINGTON, November 30. i (By Associated Press.) —A pro- I posal that a separate bureau be - created in the treasury depart ment to take care of prohibition en forcement was v'J;cn up with Pres ident Coolidge I -day by Repreren tatrv c- ’ilon. republican, of Min nesota, wh> plans L> ’utroduee a • bill creating -ueh ‘. . ?r»ice al the o>uiiii-, session of :bc congress The representative is j-eti-.ated to present the bill by the seeming flagrant violation of the prohibi tion laws. This paszagr of his pro posal, he believes, will facilitate the I enforcement of the laws ' are as follows; Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Owens, Co i lumbus, Ohio. | Mrs. H. Owens,- Seanesville, Ohio. i Mrs. W. O. Dafter, St. Augustine > Fla. ‘ Willie Lqi; Brown negro fireman, AMERICUS OBSERVES WITH DllkWi !| ' >/ 1 ; Pelting Rains Fail To Dampen Thanksgiving Spirit at Joint . \ , Meeting ' Despite the drizzling pains, a larger number of Americus citi- ■ zeins Thursday attended the union ■ Thanksgiving service the First - Baptist church than have been in at tendance in tiie last five years', con gregation members stated. Dr. M , H. Massey, pastor of the Central : Baptist church, delivered the ser mon. ‘The American public has more to be thankful this year than ever before,” Dr. Massey declared. “There is no other nation in the world where God has showered his blessings more abundantly. “We have the greatest respon sibility because we have the great est resouces, and are- therefore bet ter able to shoulder the burdens ol our brother. Let us not let mater ialism blind us to the duty of serv ices.” The service was opened by spe cial music. Several hymns were sung. Dr. Massey told of the first thanksgiving, and stated that the observance of the day was pri marily an American ebstom. tut »sh Hided HURT 111 ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Nov. 30. (By Associated Press) —A man, be lieved by police be J. E. (Hey wood, of Tifton, Ga., is in a local hospital suffering from wounds on the head, which - re thought to have been inflicted with some blunt in strument. The man was picked up early to day at th» mouth of a down-town alley. Surgeons at the hospital stated that he was in a serious con dition and that he may not recov er from a shock and loss of blood oeeassjoned by the blow. ROBBERS GET GEMS GEMS VALUED AT $50,000 TULSA. Okla., November 30.-- 1 - ■ (By Associated Press)—Diamonds ? said to be valued at between SSO,- ■ 000 and $68,000 were stolen last ■ night by thieves, who entered a • hotel room here. The room wasoc- - cupied by Charles Mednikew, rep- - resentative of a wholesale diamond 1 compe.ny at Memphis, Tenn. The - robbery was discovered bv Medni kew when he returned from a :hea- > ter. ? Police late, today had been unable - to find any trace of the bahdits. . | i IRENE CASTLE MARRIES CHICAGO COFFEE KING • CHICAGO, November 30.— dßy I Associated Pressl lrene Cafttle. ,'and Frederick McLaughlin, wealthy I Chicago merchant were married e I here Wednesday, it was learned to day. They left last night cn a i, wedding trip to the West. lILLIIMKBB.iI SUCKERS LOSE BILLIONS YEM ■ 1 Conviction of Dr. Cook Has Caused Temporary Let- Up Among Schemers i n ■■re BY ALEXANDER HERMAN NAE Service Staff Writer NEW YORK. November 30. The million American suckers who lose from $1,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,000 a year in fake stock promotions are enjoying a little let-up. i For there has been a tighten- I ing up of the sucker market since the. conviction of Dr. Fred erick A- Cook and his associates in the most gigantic of the Texas cil promotion frauds by which mere than $100,000,000 was mulcted from thousands of in vestors throughout the country. But the lull is only temporary, warns Edward A. Schwab, chief in vestigator for the Natural Vigil ance Committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World and its 40 Better Business Bu reaus. Together with Leon Siler, editor of tne Forth Worth Press, he helped puncture the Texas oil ’ s °f e set °f moWed-Sp,* says Schwab, than others start working the game. Sometimes the same men go back, even with the shadow of a federal conviction hanging over them. ‘Recently came word of a min ing fraud that was being perpe trated in Mexico. Investigation showed its principals were two Americans out on bail pending a:i appeal of a sentence of ten years in prison and a fine of $15,000 for using the mails to defraud. They were using the same methods as em ployed in their oil stock promo tion, withbft slight change in tech nique to luit their new setting. “Investigators have been warn ed time and again to -.‘lnvestigate before investing.’ This admoni tion cannot be stressed too strong ly. Yet despite all warnings there are still suckers who bite every time. “A veterinary surgeon in Maine • (Continued on Page Five.) FIEM) KILLED ■« IS THEORY OF POLICE Body of Pretty Woman Found On Tracks of Railroad; In vestigation Begun INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November gO.—Police working on the theory that Mrs. Helen Hagler Whelchel, attractive young widow, whose body was found Wednesday ' be neath a bridge over the Big Four railroad tracks about six miles west of here had been kidnaped, attack ed, wounded and the body thrown over the bridge railing to the tracks in the hope that it would be struck by a train and evidence of the crime obliterated. Dr. Paul F. Robinson, county coroner, who made a post mortem examination, said he was unable to deternv.ic whether the woman was dead before being thrown off the bridge. Death, the post mortem showed, was due to a fractured skull caused by a blow on the left side of her head. The coroner said his inquest into Mrs Whelehers’ death probably would be started Friday night. Mrs. Whclcher left her home on the Mouth Side of the city, where she Rent house for her father, Frank Hager, without naming lr. r destination. SUMTER TEACHERS HOLD MEETING ON SATURDAY Routine business and an enter tainment problem will feature the. iheeting of the Sumter emjuty, teachers’ association at 10 o’clock Saturday morning at the court* house, ft was announced Friday • morning by J. E. D. Shipp, chair man of the board of education. I Matters of interest to local teach t ers and educators will be discussed and an invitation has been extlhni ed all persons interested to attend the tneetifig, Mr, Shipp stated. Not Guilty I 1 ‘ I Wt . © J ' ÜbU < - zj Bob‘Hasty, pitci.cr Tor the Phil adelphia Athletics, who with five other men, was indieted for the alleged flogging of the widow, Mrs. Bertha Holcombe, in Smyr na, Gif., on the night of November 16. All the cases were dismiss ed on motion of the prosecution Parks* Cook, one of the al leged floggers, was freed by a jury’s verdict. COOK IS NOT GUILTY OF MOM Alleged Abductor of Pretty Young Widow Freed; Five Other Cases Dismissed MARIETTA, November 30.—| (Special.) A verdict of "not guilty” returned after about one hour’s deliberation by a jury here in the trial of Parks G. Cook, one of the six men indicted for the al leged abduction amd flogging of Mrs. Bertha Holcombe widow, and her companion. Stephen Morton, on the night of November 16. caused 'he dismissal of charges against the other five defendants, in the Blue Rridge circuit court here Wednes day afternoon. The cases were dismi. -ed on mo tion of Solicitor General John S. Wood, whose motion was granleu By Judge W. D. Blair, presiding. Tin indicted as correspondents with Cook in the alleged attack were Frank Hasty, his two broth ers. Keller, pitcher for the Phila delphia Athletics, and Arthur Hasty; Toni Black and Joe Braw '«♦ The prosecution elected to try the defendants separately, and placed the charges against Cook first, because it was thought tha‘. the evidence against him was strong er than against the other defend ants, When it was found that Cool: could not be convicted under the evidence, all the cases were dis missed. The verdict of not guilty was re ceived with applause by spectators, who occupied the gallery and brought a sharp rebuke from Judge Blair. Charges against the men grew out of an alleged attack on the pretty widow and her escort in Smyrna on the night of November 16, when Mrs. Holcombe claimed she was beaten after being forced in to waiting automobiles. She in timated thatjthc motive for the un expected attack was jealously on the part of the men who adminis tered the whipping. An effort on the part of Solici tor Wood to connect the flogging with Ku Klux KKlan was unsuc cessful. CoOk declared that he wak a member of no organization ex cept the ‘Baptist church, and that he. was an innocent man. He es tablished an alibi. MRS. HARROLD CALLED TO BEDSIDE OF MOTHER Mrs. Thomas Harrold was called to Huttshttro, Ala., by a telegram announcing the serious illness' of her mother, Mrs. N. W. E. Long, who fell r*) the front poreh of her 4»ome there, breaking her hip. Due to the advanced age of Mrs. Long, who is 85 it is feared compli cations may set iw which will prove serious. Mi’s. Karroki will remain with her mother until she is im proved. WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN IN AUSTRIAN CENSUS VIENNA. November 30. (By Associated Press) A revision of the census shows that Austria has an excess female population of 238,475. The total population of 6,526,661 includes 3,382,568 wo men and 3,144,093 men. .jjl WEATHER For Georgia—Fair tonight and I Saturday; cooler in south por- 1 tion tonight. 1 -- I— - - - « - - f'fe PRICE FIVE CENTS DR. IRKHANCELIOR J Os W GOVERMT i IN CONTROLS BERLIN Parliamentary Crists Ended For Present By Naming New Ministry NEW CABINET IS WEAK ONE Former (liancellor Stresemann Has Portfolio in Marx Min istry Just Formed BERLIN. November. 30. (By Associated Press.)—An official an nouncement of 'he formation of a new three-party coalition cabinet for Germtny with Dr. Marx as chancellor and former chancellor Stressmann as foreign minister was made public tnis afternoon. Dr. Wilhelm Marx, the Clerical leader, will head the new cabinet as chancellor, while the other port folios will be held by men who ira were in the last government; , As at present constituted the ■ ® government will be: Chancellor, Dr. Wilhelm Marx. Minister of the Interior, Dr Jarrcs. Minister of Defense, Dr. Otto Gessler. Minister of Food, Dr. Hans Luth-* er. Minister of Posts, Dr. Anton Hoefle. Minister in lliuul protfolio Ru- „ do! oh Osert. Aside from being a pronounced nrnority cabinet, the present re vamped coalition is anything but a firmly co-ordinated three party bloc, within its own ranks, and it also will be called upon to assim- 3 ilate much of the s animosity and partisan acerbites which it 'inherits Q’om the seven-day crisis, both with respect to the antagonism waiting it from the German nationalists, as well as the yet wholly problem atical attitude of the United Social ists. Although Dr. Marx announced that he would select his cabinet members irrespective of their party i allegiance, he nevertheless heads'' an outspoken partisan ministry which seemingly once again is whol- | ly dependent upon the charity of the Social Democrats. To this ex it, it tiie present crisis ran true to traditional form, although previous parliamentary ructions rarely con sumed an entire week in the'pro cess of their liquidation. Presi dent Ebert used up four chancel lor candidates in his efforts to ccnstruct a party line up which would constitute a workable coali tion, and the situation reached a state of clarification this evening only after Dr. Marx was sent out as a bellwether. STEGERWAD REFUSES CHANCELLORSHIP BERLIN, Nov, 30 —— Adam Stegerwald, former premier of I i ussia, and centrist leader, has no-- tified President Ebert that h? will be unable to accept the chancellor ship and form a cabinet to take the place of that of Dr. Stressmann. The prospects of a dissolution of the reichstag are considei cds to be nearer. AM ERICUS W NAMED IH»Htt MANAGER E. E. Braswell To Take Office As Asistan! Soulhem Agent; Leaves Immediately E. E. Boswell, for four years connected with the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in Ameri cus has been promote to the position of assistant district manager of southern territory, it was announc ed •■-i dispatches reaching Ameri cus Friday. No successor has been aamed n tal-<> his place in Americus it was stated. The advices came from Mr. Gooding, district manager, who has S headquarters in Albany, Mr. Bos well will leave immediately to as sume his new duties. AMERICUS SINGERS PLAN PROGRAM NEXT TUESDAY Chief John T Bragg, chairman of , the Americus Singers convention announces there will be a singing ! held in the auditorium of the Third Aggie school Sunday afternoon. A .•lumber of out of town singers will be present, und a cordial invitation 1 is extended to the public to join .J I with the membership in the De- | I center convention,
