About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1923)
' ' ;'4p* r; >:us Spot Cotton Strictlniddling 34 l-2c, "11 Pv Open ®t-h Low Close Jan. ..35: ) Mar. -35.94 35.83j36.05135.62135.65 May -36.08136. 05136.23 35.79135.87 July -35.18j35.26135.36]34. 82’34.89 Oct. . 29.15 29.29,29.39 1 29.05/29.07 ' 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 3 "**">'• O O O O O O O O O»•’O "* O 3’oo O O O OO 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. -—.—— - 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. ' j The Flivver That Flivvered > | : iv.f/'iij’t cXI - j /j® v i'll Go along B I : v-; / I i —"A ••Ac 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.
