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FORTY-FITH YEAR—NO. 283
C. L. RHODES TO SUCCEED CAYE AS DIVISION ROAD CHIEF
o O O O O O;OOO O O O O OO o O O O O O O
MICHIGAN CAPITAL IS SWEPT BY FLAMES
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SEC’Y? MELLON’S TAX ACT PROVISIONS ARE DISCLOSED
SJDD.GDO FIRE TOY
DESTIffIVS THEATEP
AND OFFICE BUILDING
One Fireman Seriously Injured
During Conflagraion at Lan
sing, Mich., This Morning
OAKLAND BLDG. RUINED
Leading Office Structure and
Big Theater Are Both Razed
By Raging Flames
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 28.—The
six-story Oakland building and the
Regent Theater, on e of Lapsing's
loading office and theater buildings,
wer e practicaly destroyed by fire to
day.
One fireman was seriously injur
ed, with the loss estimated at $300,-
000. ? ,
PARIS SlffS
DffIWJS LOST
Body of Commander of Dirigible
Found in Sicilian Waters,
Statement Says
PARIS, Dec. 28.—Official an
nouncement today says that the
dirigible Dixmude had been lost at
—Ma. ' ■" •- *
The body of Lieutenant Grenad
an, has been found in Acilian wat
ers.
WAS WORLD’S
LARGEST AIRSHIP
PARIS, Dec. 28.—The Diximude
was the largest military airship in
the world, the Shennandoah, Amer
ican dirigible, coming next. '
The Dixmude held the world’s rec
ord for distance and endurance,
made last September with an un ‘
interrupted flight of 4,500 miles ;n
118 hours, 41 minutes, and was
traversing the same arear she was
traveling when s.ie ozsappeared.
RESULTS Os TESTS IT
FXPERIMENTGIVEN
Authorities Announce Success
Attained With Various Va
rieties Under Fla. Plan
GRIFFIN, Dec. 28. Twenty
eight varieties of cotton were test
ed out in the variety test at the
Georgia Experiment Station, this
season. Due to the very late spring
it was not possible to get the cot
ton planted until May 17. Stand
Was very* poor on some of the plats.
For this reason it was thought best
to throv.’ up these plats. All plats
were stripped of their squares and
poisoned on July 12th This treat
ment controlled the boll weeWls
until they began to migrate about
the middle of August.
The following results were ob
tained from the variety test, the
figures idnicating the number of
pounds of seed cotton harvested
Cook’s 588, 907 - s LA all^ y>
894.7; College No. 1, 887.0; ■ htem
heimer’.s Cleveland 840.0; Cokbr s
Cleveland, 836.7; Pettys Too e,
823.3! Deltatype, 785,0; Acala,
777.5; Polnot, 760.<; Meade, 738.3,
Webber’s 49, 735-0 L Uh* tar, 7,>0;
Piedmont Cleveland, 730;Shiver s, (
725; Station Cleveland, -18.0, Du-;
range 706.7- W-«inam.ijker s Cleve
land, 647.5; Scott’s Early . 640; De-,
flos 6102, 613-3; , E * p, P f®
6-11.7; Kings, 605;« De dos 631,
596.7 Expre.-. 350 570 ; Sunpres,
565; Cartels 536.7 •
Trice, 506.7; 1 ExprP£S ’
451.7; Express 420.
Cook’s 588. C’Uege No. 1 and
Cleveland are varieties which have
been tested at thus station for a
number of u-ays and have nearly
always given high y-c s -
Salisbury « * " e * ™ le £
is being tested out for the first
time. Its yield \his year makes it
look very promising-
THE f IMEs'/kECORDER
OTTpublished Tn the heart
WALTON NAMED IN
NEW INDICTMENTS
OKLAHOmX CITY, Dec. 28,
Former Governor J. C, Walton,
John A. Whitehurst, president of
the state board of agriculture, three
other'state officials and a former
emplayee were indicted here late
yesterday by a district court grand
jury for alleged offenses during
Walton’s administration.
Seven indictments already are
pending against" the. ..former execu
tive charging irregularities in the
conduct of his office.
JAP CABINET ASKED TO
RETAIN PRESENT POST
BY PEGENT HIROHITO
Regent Requests All Minister I .}
to Remain At Old Posts
For a While
'DIET ASSEMBLES JAN. 20
Round-Up of Reds Fpllows At
tempt on Life of Prince-Reg
ent By Alleged Communist
TOKIO. Japan, Dec. £B.— In
view of developments growing out
of an attempted assassination yes
terday of Prince "Regent Hipohito,
the latter has requested members
of the cabinet to continue in of
fice for the present.
However, they arc expected to re
tire before the meeting of the diet
January 20.
ROUNQING UP ‘REDS’
THROUGHOUT EMPIRE.
TOKYO, Dec. 28.—A wide po
liepiround-up of anarchists ansj
communists is under way in Tokyo,
following the senational attempt to
assassinate Crown Prince HirohU
to, prince regent and ruler of Ja
pan.
Hirohita, idol of the Japanscs peo
ple, escaped unscathed when a
youth named Nannba fired on the
automobile in which the regent was
proceeding to the diet.
Members of the Japanese cabi
net have presented their joint rest
riction as a mark of their humilia
tion over the-attempt on Hirohito’s
life, but it is expected that the re
gent will refuse to permit them to
quit office.
Tokyo newspapers Thursday after
noon did not carry any stories of
the attack, the news presumably
having been suppressed, but word
that Hirohito's life was in peril had
spread through the city, and feeling
against the communist and anarch
ist groups is at fever pitch.
FARLEY TO QUIT
U. S. SHIPPING BOARD
WASHINGTON, Dee. 28— Ed
ward P. Farley, chairman of the
shipping board, announced after a
conference today with President
Coolidge, that he had requested the
executive to withdraw his nomina
tion as a commissioner of the board
now pending before the senate, and
that upon its withdrawal he would
resign as chairman of the board,
which office he now fills by recess
appointment.
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BAPTISTS FACING
NEW DOCTRINAL ROW
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The Bap
tist Fundamental league yesterday
announced it would insist upon a
thorough investigation of te reports
that Baptist foreign missionaries
are preaching doctrines contrary'to
the faith of that denomination. Dr.
John Roach Straton, pastor of Cal- ’
vary Baptist church here is presi-
I dent of the league.
The. league rejected the recent I
I report of the board of managers o- j
’the Baptist Foreign Mission society I
that evidence that contrary doc
trines were being preached was in
sufficienfrrto justify drastic action.
The announcement said the league
would soon issue a statement giv
ing the evidence on which it would
base its demand.
AMERICUS" GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 28, 1923
hrwtioii PLA.N
LEAVES HIGHWAY DEPT.
HEAOODARTERS HERE
Division Engineer Caye To Be
Succeeded January 1 By C. L.
Rhodes, of Waycross
19 COUNTIES IN DISTRICT
State Board in Re-Organization
Scheme; 9 Districts Are
To Be Maintained
Announcement was formally au
thorized here today that district of
fices of the state highway depart
ment «re to be maintained in
Americus under re-organization
plan just adopted by the state de
partment,, with ineteen counties in
cluded in? territory assigned the
Americus division.
for which headquarters
are maintained herd under the re-or
ganization plan are: Muscogee, Col
quitt Crawford,, Taylor, Marion.
Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster,
Sumter, Lee, Dooly, Crisp, Turner,
Macon Clay, Quitman, Randolph,
Terrell and Schley. The office
personnel of the division offices
here will be retained unchanged, it
is announced by Division Engineer
Caye.
Effective January 1, however, Mr.
Caye will be succeeded as division
engineer by C. L. Rhodes, who is
now division engineer in the Way
cross district, Mr. Rhodes having
reached Americus today to assit in
a transfer of the records for thfe
division. He will it is stated, move
his family to Americas to reside
early In January.
Mr. Caye,' who has been in charge
of the Americus highway depart
ment offices since these were first
established, will devote his entire 1
time, he stated today to the affairs;
of J,he Caye-Andrqws Company, a
recently organized engineering
concern, announcement of the in
corporation of which was announc
ed some time ago in The Times-Re
eorder. For a time however, he
will be engaged in consultary engi
neering, handling no actual con
struction work for the present. He]
will continue to reside in Americus,,
where he and Mrs. Caye occupy
popular social positions.
WCON BANKS BID
GOOD BUSINESS
Figures For Year Show Clearing
There Exceed Last Year‘s By .
Thirty-eight Millions
MACON, Dec. 28.—Macon’s busi
ness during the year 1923 exceeded
the amount of business for the
preceding year by $38,000,000, ac
ceding to reports from Macon
bankers Thursday. The figures
show th G year to have been one of
the best from a financial standpoint
in the history of the city.
Total business for the year 1923
is shown to have been $251,881,-
620.60, while from the preceding
year the total was $213,736,978.68.
Business for the month of Decem
ber this year held up through the
final week, the total for the last
week being $5,292,457.17 as com
pared with the total of $4,649,-
908.28 for the corresponding week
of last year. *
Throughout the. entire year of
1923 business is shown to have
been steadier than during the pre
ceding year.
WRECKED BOOZE CAR
IS ft)UND ON TRACKS
MARIETTA, Dec. 27.—An auto
mobile containing 50 gallons of
whisky, was found wrecked early
Thursday at .the. Campbell station
crossing on the Nashville, Chatta
nooga & St. ouis track, about 10
miles from Marietta. The owner of
the car could npt be found.
According to officers of Marietta,
the Dixie Flyer evidently had
struck the car and wrecked it.
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VETERS TO SERVE 8
W FOR MURDER
OF ALONZAJ. STORY
Minimum Fixed at Eight With
Maximum, of Ten Years in
Prison By N. Y. Court
CRIME COMMITTED IN MAY
i Couple Accused of Strange Mur-
I der of Former Sweetheart of
» Woman Before- Marriage
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Ernest
and Marie Veter, who were convict
ed of first degree manslaughter for
the killing of Alonzo J. Story last
May, were each sentenced to eight
to 10 years in prison today. The
couple were convicted a most un
usual murder, the woman having
before her marriage to Veter beeh
intimate with Story.
METHWISTS T HUT
IN ffIOSTI JIN. H
f . f— —*——
Rev. John M. Outler Among
Those Besides Cabinet Who
Will Meet With Bishop
VALD.OSTA7'£to~ 28. - January
8 and 9 Valdosta will be invaded by
a very distinguished body of Meth
odist ministers , representing the
South Georgia and the Florida con
ferences, with Bishop W. N. Ans-
I worth in charge of the meeting
[here. ,
The cabinet of the two confer
ences, which mean the entire list of
presiding elders of both, will be
here in consultation With the pre
siding bishop. In addition to this
there will be ministers represent
ing Various large charges in each
conference, with one layman from
each of these charges.
The ministers who are not mem
bers of the cabinet, but who will be
present include jtev. John M. Outlet
pastor of First Methodist chuhch at
Americus.
VIADUCT AIDS TRAFFIC ‘
ATLANTA, Doc. 28.—The Spring
street viauuct opened on Dec. 20
has done much to alleviate the con
gested traffic conditions in this city
Hi, Ml i
CHILDREN THE IN
MOBILE WRECK
Arthur P. Beaudreau and Mrs.
Modndie, His Housekeeper,
Instantly Killed
BOY AND GIRL KILLED, TOO
Car Crashed Through Wooden
Railing Into Twenty Feet of
Water Near Wayland ,Mass.
WAYLAND, Mass., Dec. 28.
Four persons perished when an au
tomobile drvien by Arthur P. Beaud
reau, of Cambridge, crashed thru
a wooden railing and plunged into
20 feet of water. Those lost were
Beaudreau, Mrs. Bertha Mdondie,
his housekeeper, and her son and
daughter. ,
EVAN MATHIS HEADS
KIWANIS CLUB HE PE
Automobile Man nducted Into
Office At Ladies’ Night Oc
casion in Windsor Hotel
At a ladies night occasion last in
the Windsor hotel Evan Mathis
was formally installed as« president
of the Americus Kiwanis club to
serve during” the ensuing club
year. Other officers installed were
Sam R. Heys, vice president; and
T. O. Marshall secretary and treas
ure}-. The occasion, which was
largely attended was most enjoy
able throughout, a number of ladies
assisting in the entertaining, with
much enthusiasm displayed both
i among club members and their
’ guests.
BRINSON ‘BIGGEST ELK’
GETS INTO MOVIE ROLE
WAYCROSS, Dec. 28.—W. T.
Brinson, known throughout the
country as the “biggest Ell: in the
world.” today took the roll of a
movie sta. - when he posed uefore a
camera operated by representative
of the Pathe Exchange company. A
closeup of Mr. Brinson was made
as he stepped into a car. Mr. Brin
son weighs over 600 pounds.
®TE COMMITTEE
WOULD ATTEND COAST
WISE SHIPPING LiS
Philippines Would Be Given Ad
vantage of American States
in This Respect
REPRESENTED BY JONES
Senator Acts in Accordance With
Recent Request From Presi
dent for Such Action
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Ex
tension of coastwise shipping laws
to the Philippines, the separation of
emergency fleet corporation from
the shipping board, compulsory co
operation between American rail
roads and shipping and survey of
needs for permanent merchant
marine, were recommended to
President Coolidge today by Chair
man Jones of the senate commerce
cemmittee. The senate submitted
his .recommendation in response to
a request from the president.
[KING HEADS LUNS
CLUB ELUDING M
New Officers Named By Ameri
cus’ Youngest Civic Club;
All Strong Men
At a meeting of the Lions club of
Americus held Thursday in th e pri
vate dining room at the Windsor
hotel, new officers were elected to
serve during the ensuing year.
These officers are : R. P- Ewing,
president; Dr. J. T. Stukes, first
vice-president; Rev. Milo H. Mas
sey, second vice-president; Sam L.
McDaniel, secretary C. A. Ames,
treasurer; H. E. Allen, L. C. Med
ford, W. M. Andrews, Carles H.
Wheatley and Frank E. Mattthews,
trustees.
All of the -new officers elected
are strong men, who have been ac
tive in the affairs of the Lions club
during the past year, and with its
affairron their hands another suc
cessfui year is assured the organi-'
zation. which already is recognized
as a factor of importance in the
civic affairs of the community.
weather
For Georgia—Fair tonight jhnd
Satuiday, coldej toniaht and in
South portion Saturday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BOBITI PRESSDRf
FORCES REPUBLICANS
TO PUBLISH MEASURE
New Revenue Bill Made Public
in Same Form As Sent jn By
Treasury Head
OLD POLICY - REVERSED
Ways and Means Committee
Makes Radical Departure
From Previous Practice
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Re
versing its previous policy tSe
House and Means committee today
made public a new revenue bill in
the form it was sent to the capitol
by Secretary Mellon.
had been sonic criticism
from the Democrats against with
holding detailed context of the bill.
HBNSENm
ACTS dll TREATY
Recently Negotiated Claims and
Amity Treaty Given Approval
At Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, bee. 28.—De
layed—(By Associated Press.-
The Mexican senate today ratified
special, United ..SlaLm. ...JUejikau
claims convention.
Consideratipn of the gen.'ral con
vention, however, was postponed,
because article nine in it) has elicit
ed considerable opposition on ths
grounds that it discrimintes in f.*v
or of the Amer cans.
REBELS CLAIM MANY
PRISONERS CAPTURED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—(By
the Associated Press.)—-An attack
by Mexican revolutionary forces on
Tampico within a week was fore
cast in an official communique of
the De la Huerta group received
here today frpin Vera Cruz.
communique, dated Decem
ber 26, follows j
“General Figueroa, reporting on
the capture of Puente Ixtla, in the
State of Morelos, about fifty miles
sduth of Mexico City on the twen
ty-second instant, states that the
enemy garrison at that place, com
posed of 400 men, was defeated
with many casualties. Forty pris
oners were taken and much war
material; also two trains.
7r Thc armed transport Coahuila
was recently pursued by -the federal
gunboat Progreso in th e pacific, and
the latter having superior firma
ment, the Cdahuila sought refuge
in the harbor of. Acapulco, f ort San
Dietb, which protects the entrance,
having long rance artillery, prevent
ed further pursuit.
‘/Since yesterday Juarez and La
redo have been cut off from rail
way tfbnnnunication with the in
terior. The oil region in northern
Vera Cruz is slowly coming under
the domination irf the revolutionists,
while those of the Isthmus of Te
huantepec region are in daily con
tact kith those of the imposition
government under the command of
Bravo Izquierdo.
ROUSH MISTER
RESENTS EFFORT
Attempted Seizure of Diplomatic
Liquor Cause of Controversy
With European Nation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The
I Polish minister today conferred at
I length with Third Assistant Secre
tary of State Wright in connection
with the liquor that the police tried
to seize a few days ago and around
which much controversy is revolv
ing.
His visit followed a '-equest from
his home government for informa
tion on the
Experiments are being made with
automobile bodies of compressed
paper.