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What’s Going On In The World By CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer Progressive bloc members landefl a real wallop ■on the Republicans wltpn they joined the Democrats in electing one of the latter, Smith of South Carolina, chairman of the SenatS Interstate Commerce commit tee. This committee is very important because it shapes 1 railroad legislation I It’s the committee I amm’ins of low.-, a I Republican, want- I ?.d to keep the I chairmanship of, n JI STEWART as well as the presidency of the senate. Right, after Spiith’s election, Sen ator LaFollette of the progressive bloc introduced a bill to lower rail road rates. It may not pass, how ever. Perhaps the Democrats won’t go with the progressive bloc that far. • * * THE COUNTRY’S TAXES Republicans in the House of Representatives held a caucus and decided to sidetrack everything in favor of the tax reduction. The Ways and Means committee was or dered to get a bill ready on the sub ject, for the house to act on. One of the things tax» reduction gets the right of way over is the soldiers’ bonus. After the former subject’s been disposed of, the cau cus told the Ways and Means Coni* mittee to take up the matter of ‘ad justed compensation,” but there w;.s no instruction to the committee to bring in a bill about it. • All this doesn’t ncessarily mean that Secretary Mellon’s tax reduc tion plan will go through unchang ed. Probably it will be modified. Nor does it mean that the soldiers’ bonus is lost. That remains to be , seen. BOK PEACE PLAN Judging from press comment, the winning idea submitted in answer to Edward Bok’s offer of a prize for a scheme of American co-opera tion in the effort to keep peace has fallen father flat. The awar- 4 jury, headed by Elihu Root, found in favor of what’s call ed Plan 1469. The author’s name's a secret yet. For winning, he gers $50,000. Now there’s to be a popu lar vote. If he wins that, too, he gets another $50,000. The proposition’s for America -to en?er the international justice Ootirt ■President Harming indorsed not‘to . the League of, Nations but to co-operate with it upon certain con ditio ; for the league to be opened to all nations, and for continued development of international law. I '•= * * NOT VERY NEW • Friends of the league appear to find no fault'with the plan further than that they don’t see much new in it!. As Senator Caraway, a pro leaguer, expressed it: “I’m for the league anyway.” It’s for ’l469’s similarity to the original idea that anti-leaguers don’t like it. Senator Moses of the "isolationists” pus it thus: “The mountain labored and bre it forth the same mouse we trapped in 1920. • * » REFORMERS ARE BUSY Several strenuous reform cru sades are on. In’New York crooks are so numerous that new “dead-1 lines” have been fixed to keep them I outside the district where the plun der’s richest. General Butler of the I United States marine corps, bor rowed by Philadelphia to be police chief for a year, is fighting what he calls ‘invisible vice.” Cleveland’s municipal government has stamped out the slot machines which, :t‘s charged, encourage • gambling in peppermint lozenges. Because 17 residents met violent deaths in one day, Brooklyn’s started a clean up campaign. A throng of dry agents have descended on Chicago and the bottleggers have hired an I army of detectives to see that they find no .liquor. SUMTER BAPTISTS TO BE WELL REPRESENTED Americus and Sumter county Baptists are represented this week ■in Atlanta at the organized Class conference of the Georgia Baptist Sunday schools, which is in session I this week, by Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Gatewood, ’Sr., Mrs. James W. Lott, of Americus, and Floyd Hines, of Leslie. Mr. Gatewood goes as a represen tative of the superintendents of the First Baptist church of Americus; Mrs. Lott goes as officer from the Philathea class, while Mr. Hints, represents the Baptist Sunday schools of Leslie. The delegates will return to Americus late Saturday, and prob ably will give an outline of the work of the convention at their respective Sunday schools Sunday, or Infor in the tveek. THE TIMESBRECORDER I?7"THE~~ HEART OF FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 14. COUNTY CANDIDATES ARE ACTIVE NEWARK BASEBALL TEAM MAY TRAIN IN AMERICUS EWRETT’S fflBT E FEN BEFORE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET Document Shows All Activities Undertaken by Americus Trade Organization PRAISES HELP GIVEN Officers and Members All Re sponded With Activity to Ev ery Call Made, He Says The annual report of Henry I’. Everett, secretary of the Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, which was read before the meeting of the directors of that institution here Tuesday, is one of the most interesting documents compiled here in many years, it con tains a fujl resume of .every activi ty undertaken by the organization and gives full credit to those who assisted the officers and directors of the chamber on their efforts to advance the community interests. The report in full is as follows: Introduction. Tie fiscal year of the Chamber Commerce of Americus and Sum ter'County ends [and -for the benefit of its members and for the last meeting of the Board of Directors, the Secretary is submitting a brief report of some of the activities' du' : ng the year. While some of the work will only be referred to in a few words, yet this work took many days or weeks to accomplish the results obtained.. In passing we want to express our appreciation for the interest shown by officers, directors, and many members of the Chamber, and extend to them full appreciation for their co-operation. • Meeting—During the yedr many meetings were held in the Chamber (Continued on Page Two.) wHpeHm PREHHM6 HEWWFER Supplemental Proposal to Be Made Public Within Next 4 or 5 Days, It is Said WASHINGTON, Jan. ern power companies who recently submitted an offer to develop tre power projects at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, are preparing a new proposal by which they will agree to undertake the manufacture of ni trates and fertilizers. The suplemental proposal, it was! learped today, will be submitted within the next four or five days. S.S. CBM RET THURSDAY IT LEE ST. I Methodist Workers from Over South Georgia" Conference Hear Miss Kennedy The Sunday school (Conference of [ the South Georgia conference will I assemble‘next Thursday afternoon: in Lee Street Methodist church ■ here, with the members of that cor:-, gregatioii and other Americus Meth- 1 odists as hosts of the occasion. The ‘ session will be called to order at | 3:30 Thursday afternoon, and fifty ! or more delegates and visitors are j expected to attend. Miss Minnie Kennedy, elementary superintendent for the . Southern i Methodist church, will be here from I Nashville to attend the conference, i and she will be among the distin guished speakers on the program, it was announced this morning by Rev. John M. Outlet, pastor of ‘First Methodist church, who is con ference Sunday school superintend ent. The public is cordially invite ! to hear Miss Kennedy at 7:30 to morrow night. A number of others besides Miss Kennedy will also de liver adresses before the delegates. Final arrangements were complet ed this morning to provide homes and entertainment for all delegates expected, and these will be guests of Americus Methodists during the sessions of the conference. FLYING BULLETS AND BURSTING SHELLS TEEL STORY OF BATTLE ON RUM ROW fflOL VESSEL FIRES MANY SHOTS BEFORE FLEET MOTOR STOPS Gunners on Seneca Send 4-Inch i Shells Over Bow Illiqt Crqft and Compel Surrender 10 SHIPS IN RUM FLEET ■ Drab Official Reports Convey j Little of the Excitement of Chasing Rum Smugglers X By 808 DORMAN. NEA Service Staff Writer (Copynight, 1924, NEA Service.) ON BOARD U. S. S. SENECA, 10 MILES SOUTH OF LONG BEACH, N. Y., January 16.—" B egin Fire!” The calm, even voice of Captain P. F. Roach rose above the crackle of rifle fire, tl was the command j that opening of anoth-j er thrilling chapter in the Battle of ; Rum Row, a battle in‘which Cap-I tain Rogeh of the coast guard has I been the nemesis of rum runners. “Wham-” - The loud roar of the 4-inch can- [ non jarred the bridge upon which I I stood beside the cAptain. “Cease Fire!” The same calm, even voice rang, out at my side. Even as he spoke he watched the flight of the huge projectile. A wall of water hid the fleeing motor Ijoat. Close upon the sight of that towering veil of water hurl- : ed into the air by the eclosion of the shell, canfe its dull reverbera-l tion. Th c boat went on. “Resume Firing!” The measured voice of Captain Roach again sounded. The crack of rifles still split the air with whip like reports. “Wham!” Again the big gun spoke. , Fair in the path of the speeding motor boat ros e a geyser of water. Again the dull reverberation. “Cease Fife!” The alert g'un crew,, rapidly loading for another shot, stood at ready. A Strange quiet seemed to de scend. Only the sound of the Seneca’s engines turning over with forced draft, broke the stillness. The rifles had ceased their rack et. The fleeing boat hnd got be yond their range. The sturdy figure of the short, j stocky commander watched through I his field glasses the course of events ' on the motor boat. She dodged and ducked. She i sped from side to side. She was i keeping such vessels of the rum , fleet as she encountered between [ her and her grim jiursuer. She' took the course that (ed into the path of thc setting sun in order (Continued On I-age Three) PUSSYFOOT SPIRANT' LEADS II LJNISffII Bouanclraud, Who Openly: Denounced Klan, Second in Race With 37,172, Votes ] NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16.—With! (nearly one half of the precincts ini [the state counted, Henry L. Fuqua i continued to lead for governor' with 48,703 votes. f ‘ I Bouanchaud had 37,172, and; Long 27,447. WILSON RECEIVES NATIONAL COMMIITTEE I WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Mem- I hers of the- Democratic National Committee were received informal ly at the home of Former President Wilson today. Their visit to his home followed adoption of a resolution extending the committee’s grteting to the par ty’s former leader. AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16, 1924 ■nimiit ■ii[inniinr"-. t W- 9Kk IHMI Picture story of the pursuit at sea. Upper left— Lieut. L. W. Perkins of the Seneca, coast guard cutter, firing on men in fleeing motor boat along Rum Row. Center—the K-13091 alongside the Seneca at the end of the, chase. Not e the armed crew of the revenue craft guard over the captured boat. Upper right—the fourftnch cannon of the Seneca which showered two men in the K-13C91 with shrap nel. WEATHER Jor Georgia —Rains this aft ernoon; fair and colder tonight; Thursday fair and mjich colder; strong south shifting to wgst winds. RIMERS TO MME 25 ILLIOH PESOS TOJEDERALS Three Big Financial Institutions t oParticipate in Loan to Mex ico City Authorities NEGOTIATIONS NOW ON Private Funds of Rebel Leader Handed His Wife Who is Now En Route to States MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16. Re ports are current here that represen tatives of three banking establish ments. of the United States are on their' way to Mexico City to negoti-. tate a loan of 25 million pesos to the Obregon government. Private funds of the rebel leader, De La Huerta, which was held by the monetary commission, have been given to Mrs. D La Huerta, who is en route to the United States under guarantee of protection given by President. Obregon. , mm mib MT SEW. FALL Former Cabinet Officer Accused By Senator of Having Milead Senate Committee WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Form er Secretary Albert .B. Fall was chargefl today by Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, with having misled the Senate and pub lic lands committee when it was in quiring during the teapot dome in vestigation into the source from which he obtained funds for the en largement and restocking of his New Mexico ranch. TO BOOST GAS PRICE ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 16.—Gasc line will advance two cents a gallon in the Southeast tomorrow, it was janounced here today by the Stand [ ard Oil Company of Kentucky. Other companies have indicated ■ they will follow in the advance. BANK DECLARES DIVIDEND PEMBROKE, Ga.. Jan. 16,|- The National Bank of Pembroke has just declared a dividend of 100 per cent payable in Liberty Bonds. The bank has a capital of $25,000 and a surplus of $15,000, POLITICS BEGIN BOILING WITH COMMITTEE CALL Politics in Sumter county began boiling in earnest Tuesday after noon, with announcement /that Chairman Davenport has issued a call for the county Democratic committee to meet next Monday in the office of Oapt. John A. Cobb, as the courthouse. Candidates are already actively ■ at work among their friends al though <no formal announcements have been printed. Dr| E. T. Math- j is, who will contest with Capt. Cobb [ for the office of ordinary is active ly canvassing among the voters, and I in cqnnectioif with race the name of | P. B. Wilfifdrd is also being-fre-i quently mentioned. Mr. Williford,' however, has not yet actively en tered the lists, being engaged in a study of the law and nis qualifica tions before responding to tftc sug- DOWNS ELECTED TO SUCCEED WINBURN SAVANNAH, January 16—L. A. Downs, vice-president, was elected president of th e Central of Georgia Railway at a special meeting of the board of directors today. He succeeds W. A. Win burn, deceased. H. D. Pollard, general super intendent, was ijamed general manager and the superintend ency was abolished. C. T. Airey, vice-president* and freight traffic manager; was appointed to the board of di rectors. HWI GIFT IDE ffi DY JUDGE CRISP The Crisp Library as these books, will be called, has already been re- Iceived by the library at that school' < All of the volumes are full leather | bound, and are so indexed as to make their use as an encyclopedia of Confederate history exceeding I practicable. I Judge Charles R. Crisp has just | presented the library of the. Third District Agricultural and Mechani cal school here with 128 volumes of confederate history, the gift being bj' far the most handsome yet re ceived aryl plaited on the shelves of the school library, where the vol umes are available for use by boys and girls attending that institution. They contain, in addition to a com plete and impartial history of the (Confederacy as compiled by South ern historians, with great attention given to accuracy of facts and de- 1 tail in the narration of these, a • full accoiupt of all court martinis held by both Union and Confederate armies and rank of those acquitted. Recently a number of other hand [ some gifts have been made the i Aggie schol here, these including a | completely equipped Fordson tra— | tor, presented the school farm by |tfae Ford Motor company. This gift ! was secured through the efforts of EEvan Mathis, manager of the farm machinery and tractor department of the Americus Automobile cojn pany and is among the most sub Stan tial yet received by the farm gestions of friends that he become a candidate. Capt. Cobb, it is Mated authoritatively, will be a candidate to succeed himself, and his friends are getting busy in his behalf. Jack Britton is busy consulting friends regarding his entry into the race against George D. Jones lor I tax receiver and Mr. Jones, it is I known, is also busy completing i preliminary plans in his race for the I office. In the tax collector's race, ' ( it is reported that G. C. Thomas, of ■'Cobb, will be a candidatee, but this j has not been authoritatively an [ uounced and 1. B. Small, the pres- Jent incumbent is confidently expect ed to'be a candidate to suc ceed himself. This situation indl i cates there will be rather an inter- * ' ( Continued on'Page 4.) COUNTYWIDE SERIES OF INDICTMENTS TO INVOLVE BOND BROKER Million and a Half Dollar Union Depot Robbery at Chicago Declared Solved at Last FIVE ARRESTS ARE MADE Secret Service Men Working on Case Allege Nationally Known Business Men Are Involved CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—The sl,- 500,000 union depot mail robbery here January 17, 1921, has been solved, and a countrywide series jf secret indictments will involve brokers and other business men' na i tionally known, according to the Herald and Examiner, which quotes j federal authorities. I Five men were arrested yesterday in connection with the investigiu tions.' COLBIBII BUNKER IS ' KTIII IF APOPLEXY I COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 16. George L. "Baker, Columbia banker ! and business man .reputed to have I been one* of the wealthiest men in | the state, died today folowing a I ■ stroke of apoplexy. ■ .... ■ . ■—*- OUTLER AND HARRELL BACK FROM SHELLMAN Rev John M. duller, pastor (>♦ ; First Methodist church, And Rpv. I Luther Harrell? pastor of Lee Street (’hutch, returned last night from [ Shellman, where they attended <* I conference of pastors and laymen |of Americus district. Every church ' in the district was represented iby j its pastor, Mi. Harrell stated this | morning, but there were few lt,y --[ men who attended the conference, this being a disappointing feature. It was the concensus of those at tending. he said, that emphasis i should be laid upon the Sunday work and evangelism as a special duty during thc remainder of the conference year, New Yo»k Future* Open Hi iiew Close Jan. 33.85'33.96'34.dD 33.88|33.88 Mar. 4.21'34.20 34.35:33.53'-33.53 May 34.41 34.3M4.50133.70133.70 July 33.35 33.30 33.51 32.60|32.60 Oct. ,28.60 28.60 28.75128.10L28.10 Spots Cotton 32 1-2 cents. PRICE FIVE CENTS HERTZOG HEFTIES MAY CH HERE TO TRI EOR LEAGUE SEASON Effort Under Way Today to Bring. Newark Baseball Club to Americus for Preliminaries FINE PLACE AVAIILABLE Playground Facilities Offered By Cargill and Other Citizens Wire Invitations An effort to bring the Newark Baseball team to Americtis for o their spring training period was in augurated here last night upon re ceipt of a telegram from Buck Her zog: manager of the team, asking what inducements Americus would offer his team to spend three Weeks training here. This telegram, addressed to Love l:.ce Eve, president, of the Cham ber of'Commerce resulted this morn - ing in a flood of telegrams pouring in upon > Manager Herzog, offer ing numerous inducements to have the team train in Americus. Presi dent Eve of the Chamber of Com merce, in his telegram ottered ev ery facility at the disposal of the or ganization, while L. G. Council, president, of the Planters Bank, Co:. G. R. Ellis, president of. the Em pire Bank and Ralston Cargill, chair 'man of the Americus Playground. Col. Ellis, as president of the Americus golf club, formally ten dered the use of the grounds of that x institution to the club members, following a conference with the club directors, while the. playground fac ilities of the playground association were offered the club for training purpose*. Other inducements were offered in Mr. Council’s telegram, ■i ;,i now sera WNffSIFUIT WORK Walkout Precipitated by Failure of Negotiations and Promul gation of Wage Cut SYDNEY, Novia Scotia, Jan. 16. Workers in district No.’ 26 of the United Mine Workers of America, comprising 12,000 men, walked out today. Nine thousand of them quit because of failure of wage negiota tions last midnight followed by the British Empire Steel Corporation’s 20 per cent cut in scale. The other 3,000 struck in sympathy. LIE STREET CHURCH IDOPTS CHURCH RITE’ ” Y Lee Street Methodist church has formally adopted “Church Night” • as part of its program during this year, with all week-night activities consolidated anti carried on that night each week. This means that the congregation of the Lee street can hereafter lay aside every thing, making no social or'business engage ments for Wednesday nights, said ’ Rev. Luther Hhrrell today, t with every other night in the W“ek avail able for other activities. The ndw plan, which was adopt ed after much consideration, it is believed will prove very profitable to the congregation, with carefully worked out program to be observed. This progrm as announced today by the pastor, is as follows: Wednesdays after First Sunday, [ Stewards meeting; Wednesday after I second and fourth Sundays, Sunday ; school teachers and officers’ meet ling; Wednesday after third Sunday 'Epworth League Council meets. The (hour at which these Wednesday 1 night services will be held will also ' be uniform CRUISER TACOMA AGROUND GALESTON, Tex., Jan. 16.—The i United States Cruise Tacoma is . aground in distress bit the Bau quillas reefs, 16 miles from Veta ' Cruz,, and is sending out S. O. S. - calls, according to advice. received 'at the hydrographic office here to- I day. Light Cruiser Richmond, which ' was sent en route bom New Or leans to Panama, has been instruct ed by wireless to go to the assis tance of the Tacoma,
