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WEATHER For Georgia Kain -thnight, probably clearing Wednesday; not much change in temperature; strong shifting winds probably reaching gale force becoming northwest lat e tonight. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 49 REVOLUTIONARIES WIN NEW SUCCESS FIGHTING IN HONDURAS O O O O O O O 00 00000 0.000 O 0 O O 0 C TELEGRAPH RECORD>SPRINGS NEW SCANDAL 00000 o o o o 000000000000'000000 LONGWORTH COM PRO.X USE BI LI. WINS NEW SUPPORTSINJHOUSE Oil Scandal Produces Another Presidential MS Possibility Within Ranks of Democracy. JOSEPHUS DANIELS FAVORED B! MANY AS PARJINOMINEE While Navy Secretary He Refus ed To Let Any One Lease Reserve Oil Supplies OPPOSED FALL’S LEASES Wrote LaFdllette 2 Years Ago Telling Os Efforts To Have Him Lease Oil Tands RALEIGH, N. C.. Feb. 26.—(8y NEA Service) Oil lease scandals have dimmed the political prospects of some, but brought others into prominence—even as presidential possibilities. For instance, there’s Josephus Daniels, now favored by many Democrats as the nominee of their party. ' His friends point to his eight year record in Washington as proof of-Jjis fitnpss. . He was the only one of Wodrow Wilson’s cabinet to serve through out that president’s two terms. When he became secretary of the navy he was frequently ridiculed. What Vas he but a country news paper editor, a lawyer who shad never practiced? His experience ift politics had been confined to membership of a number of Democratic national committees and to the direction of publicity in Wijson’s 19 12 cam paign. But Daniels was secretary of the navy, under his leadership, covered itself with glory. ‘Criticism and jibes did Hot worry him. He had a flet es destroyers ready to rush to the North Sea when war was declared. And when Dixie emerged from the cabinet he was recognized as an efficient administrator, prais ed by critics and commended by investigators. So much for his war record. But the Teapot scandal reveals a ijew Daniels. While he was secretary of the navy he refused to let any body take the navy’s oil. Even after he was out of office he tried to prevent the transfer of' leases. Two' years ago he wrote a letter to Senator LaFollette in which he tpld how pressure ad been brought against him, the governor’s had fought to preserve the oil re-, serve intact. “Di my judgment,” he told La-J Follette, “not one acre of the naval reserve should he leased and C'on-j gregs should set a face of flint against the present exploitations.” Daniels was born in Washington, N. C.. May 18, 1862. At 18 he was editor of the Wilson (N C.,) Advance. In 1885 he was made editor of the Raleigh State Chron icle. and in 1894 he consolidated that newspaper with the News and Observer,, of which he has been editor ever since. He was the most accessible man in the cabinet to newspaper men always smiling, always ready with an answer to every question. His nature and his appearance made him a ready subject for lam pooning. A little, gray man, with crinkly lines in his face and eye- 1 glasses. Black string ties and plain, gray clothes. No pretensions of dignified airs about him. And he nearly always carried an umbrella, eveh when he went to the White House to cabinet meet ings. Daniels is fearless. He showed it when he xook the grog out of the navy. He showed it again when he>de f>ed a judge. He had criticized Judge Purnell for appointing receivers f :>r the At lantic and North Carolina railroad. He was adjudged guilty of con tempt and fined S2OOO. He refused to pay the fine and was arrested. Later he was dismissed from the charges by Circuit Judge Pritchard. His last day as secretary of the navy Daniels was asked what he T H e IN THE ~ HEARTROT pTx Ig ' 9H •? ‘v .• jf M AH JBgL W: WMU ' $ ‘ Iw r wjjlfc Copyright, hams & Ewing v< \ JOSEPHUS DANIELS was going to do. “Pack up and take the train for Raleigh,” he replied. “In the morning breakfast with Mrs. Dan iels and then back to the news paper office.” “But with your experiences, your services ought to be in demand tit a big price. Yo i ought to get a hundred-iimusard-dollar job.” “Maybe,” said Daniels, “but I’ve up a good many fat contracts and prevented certain gentlemen from making millions out of our Uncle Sam. These men don’t want me, and the folks I know and like best got any hundred thousand dollar jobs.” iBOTUWm TO 'THREE P-ERSONS J.T ’STERLING, COLOM i r Three Others Reported In Seri ous Condition From Poison ed Meat ATE TAINTED SAUSAGE Eight Others 11l From Poisoning; All Expected To Recover By Physicians * STERLING, Colorado, February 126.—Jhree persons are dead, three in a critical condition and eigfyt others are ill. as a result of eating poisonous sausage. Attending phy sicians expect eight of those pois oned will recover. The malady has been diagnosed as botulism. REED CHARGES M’ADOO GOT HIS ‘OIL MILLION’ ST. LOUIS, February 26. Uni ted States Senator James A. Reed Informally opening nis campaign for the democratic ''presidential nomination last night, declared that in his opinion “not one-tenth of the corruption and iniquity which has existed is yet laid bare,” in refcr ing to the oil disclosures. He charged William Gibbs Mc- Adoo. former secretary of the treasury and an opponent for the nomnation, expect to receive sl.- 094,000 in “legal fees” frV>m E.’L. Doheny, oil magnate, the Charles W." Morse interests, anil motion pic ture, concerns, although he did not appear in a single law suit.” BP KILL BL BULB 811 AUTO ACCIBEHTS Study Os The Causes Planned By National Organizaton Atlanta Will Co-Operate ATLANTA, Fefuary 26..—Fight against the ever increasing number of traffic accidents in American cities has been taken up by nation al organizations ,and Atlanta has been designated as .one of the co operating cties. The national organization is' made up of representatives of the great manufacturing companies comprising the automobile industry and this committee plans to make a thorough study of the cause .of ac cidents in order that it may best determine methods for preventing these accidents. This information, which is con sidered vitamin the fight, is to be collected through the newspaper;, automobile clubs and police de partments of the United States and sent to the national head quarters and will show what per centage of accidents are attributable to set conditions. The report will show the location on the street of corner where the accident occurred giving the date and the hour, the type of accident, and the vehicle—auto, truck, trol ley or bus figuring in it—the num ber of occupants of the various vehicles, fatal injuries, pedestrians injures, sex and age, and percen tage below or above 18 years of age; the number of accidents at the same location in the past 12 months, whether the weather was foggy or clear, condition of pave ments, skidding, violation of traf fic® rules, or ignoring of right-of way; drunken driving, speeding, defective vehicles, headlights too light or confused due to dimming ,or poor adjustment; inadequate Street lighting, jay walking or any other contributing causes. WHITE FLOUR BACK . TO PRE-WAR PRICE « BERLAIN,* Feb. 26.—American women keeping house in Berlin as sert that (flour. jis virtuuyil - the only food which,now retails for • the same price, as in pre-war days. Foods generally are 40 to 50 per cent higher than in 1914. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 26, 1924 SOLICITORS OPERATING HERE • The Times-Recorder has re ceived information that unau thorized persons are soliciting advertising for this paper, and the public is warned to b e on the lookout for swindlers. C. J. Williams is the only authorized person to solicit advertising in the Times-Recorder 1 ahd busi ness men who may be approach ed by any one else represent ing themselves as agents for this paper are requested to no tify this office by telephone im mediately, detaining the alleged representatirie if possible until he can be questioned by the police. EVERETT IB ATTEHO MEETING LT MACON Americus To Be Represented At Meeting To Arrange Southern Exposition Henry P. Everett, secretary of the Chamber (Jf Commerce, has ac cepted' an inflation to attend a meeting of business men at the Ho tel Dempsey n Macon Friday, at which plans or holding a great Southern expi sition will be dis cussed. This meeting has been called by F- Roger Miller, secre tary of the aeon Chamber of Commerce, ana will b e attended by representatives of these organiza tions from all over Georgia. The business before the gathering is to select Georgia’s representation in the Southern exposiiton, which is to be held in New York. This exposition, which is pro posed to cover the states south of the Potomac and Ohi orivers, is scheduled to be held in the Grand Central Palac e in New York City, beginning on January 19, 1925, and continuing through Jaunary 31. F. Roger Miller is chairman of the advisory board. In the Grand Central P’alace over 100,000 square feet of exhibit space will b e divided between the Southern states. It is proposed that the exhibits shall include dis plays of commerce, industry, agri culture, transportation, and nat ural resources. The object of the exposition is mainly to acquaint the people in the vast area tributary to New York—with itg 12,000,000 people within a radius of 50 miles, but of course extending in its influence to the entire East—with th' e marvel ous progress the South is making and the foundation bn which it is building. This exposition is being organiz ed in the South; it will b e directed by Southern men and handled by them, and in< this respect the ex hibit of Southern energy, and Southern enterprise, and Southern capacity, will be equally as impor-i tant in influencing the people of the North generally as will be the exhibit of material things. i ■. GOV. M’CRARY NOW FACES NEW CHARGES INDIANAPOLIS, February 26 The financial difficulties of War ren T. MfcCray, governor of In diana, have been further augment ed by his indictment by a federal grand jury on charges of using the /nails in a scheme to defraud and violation of the national banking laws. The charges are included ifi a report made by the grand jury made public today'when the gov ernor surrendered to the United States marshal who held capiases for his arrest. The indictment followed a week of nvestigation during which time a number of Indian and Chicago bank ers appeared before the grand jury. In addition to the arrest charges brought aganst hm, the governor’s financial transactions have led to his indictment in the Marion county criminal court on charges of em bezzlement, larceny and false pre tense, proceedings agvinst him in federal court and as signment of all his assets to a cre> ditor’s committee. The governor’s bond was fixed at $20,000 on the two indictments. COIITTEE EXAMINES SHEftf 0F MESSAGES IN SECRET SESSION Fall Alleged To Have Wired McLean Hundreds Os Words / In Single Mesage I J DELAY CALLING WITNESS Walsh To Call Daugherty Im mediately, He States At Committee Hearing WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Pre sented with a sheaf of telegrams sent from Washington to Albert B Fall and Edward B. McLean at Palm Beach, the oil committee sud denly went into executive session today to examine thenu. The telegrams were presented by divisional superintendents of com mercial telegraph concerns, and ap parently numbered several score', some said to contain hundreds of words. Senator Walsh said today he did not plan immediately to . call Daugherty for questioning regard ing a statement in a letter Daugh erty sent Senator Wlilis, of Oh-<t; that he had dealt in Sinclair oil stocks after the leasing of the Tea pot Dome f.o Sinclair. The result of the examination of telegrams..was not disclosed, but some comimttee members hinted the files had produced some highly interesting information. Some of the messages are to be placed in public record tomorrow. Chairman Lenroot dismissed all witnesses who waited to testify at today’s open sessioh a,nd said that when public i hearings were fesumed tomorrow, there will be put into record such of the communications as the committee believes pertin ent to the inquiry. COOLIDGE CONFERS WITH DAUGHERTY LAWYER WASHINGTON, February 26. President Coolidge had an houi’s conference with Paul Howland, of Cleveland, who was attorney for Daugherty in the house, impeach ment proceedings a year ago. before today’s cabinet meeting White House and department of justice officials declined to discuss the conference. DAUGHERTY ADMITS DABBLING IN STOCKS WASHINGTON, February 26. Attorney General Daugherty late Monday publicly acknowledged that he had dealt in Sinclair stock be fore and since he entered the cabinet, declared he' never had misued official information in these transactions, and renewed hie will ingness to submit all the facts in any investigation the senate might order. In an open letter to Senatp Wil lis, republican, Ohio, Mr. Daugh erty said he bought some Sinclair stock before he became attorney general and- finally suffered a loss of S2B a share. Six months after Teapot Dose was leased to the Sim clair interests, he sold part of his ■ stock, in an effort to recoup losses Later he bought back the same amount at a slightly lower price, and finally Mild last fall, his entire Sinclair holdings. The letter also answered charges of failure to prosecute former Sec retary Fall, Edward L. Doheny, Harry F. Sinclair and Charles R Forbes, former director of the vet erans bureau. Mr Daugherty pointed out that at his suggestion action against Fall, Doheny and Sinclair was left to special govern-i ment counsel, while proceedings! against Mr. Forbes had been initiat ed sometime ago before a grand jury at Chicago. The attorney general added tha: he never *had given any opinion, oral or written, regarding the leg ality of the oil leasing policy and had no knowleldge of the negotia tions until they were concluded I He urged that the senate inquiry into his department be conducted without delay, but thab he be given an opportunity to summon witness se of his own for questioning by his own counsel* DOCK WORKERS END BIG STRIKE LONDON, February 26.—The conference of dock workers today called off the dockmen’s strike, which has been in progress since Frebruary 16. seriously interfere ing with commerce and industry. Work was resumed at alf ugrts at 7:30 o’clock this morning. • hondWrebels TAKE CBM; «ON CAPITAL General Ferrera Reported To Have Won Substantial Vic troy Over Other Forces SUPPORT DR. BONILLA Government F6rces Alleged To Be In State Os Utter Demoral ization Now SAN SALVADOR, February 26. Honduras rebels commanded by General Ferrera, supporter of the presidential aspirations of Dr. Policarpo Bonilla, have captured Comyagua, 40 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, ■ the capital, according to adbiees received here, and the reb.els are preparing an ■ advance on the capital, where they claim government forces are in a state of demoralization. MEXICAN REBEL, COLUMN DEFEATED VERA CRUZ, Feb. 26.—(8y Associated Press.) —The rebels lost 250 dead and wounded an<| three rebel chiefs were captured, court martialed and executed when Gen. Anaeeto Lopez defeated a revolu tionary command today at Paso del Macho in the”state of Vera Cruz. Tw 0 federal officers were killed. GOVERNMENT TROOPS CRUSH INSURRECTOS MEXICO CITY, February 26 Secretary of War Serrano declar ed in a statement yesterday thitb a crushing defeat had been admin istered by Obregon troops on re bel forces under Jose Moran at De- LaCurue. This defeat, according to the secretary makes the occupation, of Tuxpam a question ‘of only a few days. ; Coincidentally with the capture of Tuxipam the occupation of Ja lapa by forces of Almazan is ex pected. IL SIHM SffllK TO BRING DIVAN HERE Macon Temple Will Send Big Delegation To Americus Wednesday Night A large delegation of Shriners from Al Sihah Temple at Macon will visit Americus Wednesday night to attend a big get-together meeting to be held in th e Masonic Terhple here. • This party will consist in part of the entire divan of Al Sihah Teippie, and the occasion is to be on e of unusual importance as well as pleasure among Shriners of Americus and this section of Geor gia. George E. Patterson, potentate of Al Sihah Temple, will head the delegation coming from Macon, and Americus Shribers are prepar ing to entertain these visitors in style befitting their regal rank within the Masonic fraternity. ' :• It is stated in the official call for the meeting that “every Shrin er in and jjround Americus is not only invited but urged to be pres ent,’’ and that.cards will not be necessary for admittance. Noble Charles H. Wheatley, who is directing preparations for tho meeting here, says there will be between fifty and a hundred visitors here from Macon alone, and that he is preparing to entertain a num ber of others who will come to Amcrcius from Richland, Plains, Preston, DeSoto, Ellaville, Buena Vista, Montezuma, Oglethorpe, Smithville, Leesburg and other 1 towns for the gathering. ai ~ ll " — Ne^ , VorkTFuture» -,—,, " —l ** PC' Open High Low Close Mar ..29.15j28.88i29.25[28.21[28.70 Mqy _.29.50[2£L40;29.65 28.62129.00 July .29.02|28:92129.15 28.08|28.36 Oct. ~2'6.20|26.25i26.40|25.92;25.93 Dec. _.25.88|25.80|26.00125.65|25.70 Americus strict middling 27 3-4. PRICE FIVE CENTS INSURGENTS BREAK ■ AFTER LONG DEBATf WITH LEADERS Longworth Revenue Measure Provides Maximum Sur-Tax Os 37 1-2 Per Cent ESTATE TAX TURNS SCALE Representative Woodruff Who Lead Insurgents Deserts With Others WASHINGTON, February 26 Negotiations between republican leaders and party insurgents today on the Longworth compromise in • the income rate schedule for the revenue bill, developed a definite break in the ranks latter group which voted to put democra tic rates in the bill. Representative Woodruff, of Michigan,‘insurgent leader, said he would support the compromise which provides for 37 1-2 per cilnt maximum surtax rats and normal rates of 2 and 6 per cent on in ccnits below and i b.ive SLOOC re spectively, in vi v of the increase voted in estate taxes. TiSifuffl Dawson Ladies Hurt In Auto Accident Are Taken To Hos pital In Macon MACON, February 26.—Mr<. John Shields and Miss Ella Mae Hollingsworth, both prominent Dawson residents, are patients at the Middle Geqrgia sanitarium suf fering from slight bruises, as a re sult of an automobile collision on the Houston Road, about Seven miles from Macon. Miss Hollingsworth, the 15-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11 Hollingsworth suffered a wrenched shoulder and bruises about the face. Mrs. Shields was bruised about the head Miss Eileen Tyler, school teacher of Dawson, who was driving the Ford touring car, oc cupied by Mrs Shields, Miss Holl ingsworth, Mrs. Will Pace and her son, Will Pace'Jr., were treated for nervousness at the Middle Georgia Sanitorium Sunday night. Mrs. Pace underwent treatment at the Oglethorpe infirmary The young man escaped injured, as did the driver of the other car.’ who gave . his name ast Waters and his resi dence as Macon. The four young women and the young man weje enroute to Dawuon from Atlanta where they rad been visiting when the accident occurred. w. c. VEREEN HEADS MOULTRIE CHAMBER MOULTRIE, Feb. 26—Full amt unqualified support was pledged the Moultrie Chamber of Commerce at th*? largely attended annual meeting of the members of the or ganization held here Monday night A working fund of SB,OOO was rais ed in a few minutes after subscrip tions were called for W. C Vereen Moultrie banker and manufacturer, was elected pres ident of the trade body, and F R Pidcock and Horace McDowell were named»as vice presidents The board of directors, w’hich includes some of the foregmost business men of the city, follows: R. M Morri son. J N Pidcock. L O Rogers, C H Cannon, A Haber, L. L Moore, L H Webb, W H Barber, Jr., J. T. Killen, C B Allen, C L Westp II 1 Ashburn W J Vereen, L R Barbel, R B Wright, B Y Chambers, C G Watson, G. L. Dqster, Ben Van- Dalsem, W. S Stokes, C W Pidcock H MeDoweli, B. P. • O Edwards J G Finch, M L. Lee, I A Heard M W. Majors, * '*l jJ® NOTED AUTHOR DIED IN NEW YORK TODAY NEW YORK February. 26. George Randolph Chester author ad playwright, died early today.
