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WEATHER For Georgia— Generally fair tonight and Sunday; no change in temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 53 EX-VETERANS BUREAU; HEAD ISSUES FORMAL STATEMENT O O O O O O O O 000 0 00.000 n ci n n n r> r r*ff-' ______ - % x W V* V/ \ GARNER RATES ELIMINATEDIN LOWER HOUSE o Q O O O 0 000000,0 0 00000000 000 0 SENATOR HEFLIN COMING HERE FOR OSCAR W. UND'ERWOOD ‘j\euT’ Baker Doesn't Care What Others Think; But Some Folks Think He Should Be Candidate WWW wW HQ w < ■. n jjJMI '*&& - I 'ssh* t jM z - WIPIIIWBfrJ-i Mrfl V x HBRH ■*“ 9HHHM9| 1 1 I h: MfeL fewßaJi; fi% Es/ whßtF -r —— h rjx THiw '""' . • Jades to work, / \CI) ‘Ww4- "' W.lB dUeel l/'&iUr ( V ’ 1 xj Wx 7/1V yFwX> . • w\-x? ’ Si’. j Xy<-T> TsSv' _,' wjMaP Copyright, Harris & Ewing- ■H Fl I mwi-F ' w L feJ - x J REFUSES TO DISCUSS HIMSELF IS AMONG POSSIBLE CANDIDATES In Few Weeks Former War Secretary Will Be Putting In Family Garden IS UNCONVENTIONAL MAN Rides To His Work On Street Car Daily With His Nose Buried In Book CLEVELAND, M a r c h 1. (By NEA Service.) —Newton D. Baker looks like a bookkeeper in a hardware store. He is short of stature, devoid of ostentation, careless of conven tionalities. His face is colorless, except for his brown eyes. He does not look by, 10 years, like a man in the fifties. The casual acquaintance finds it difficult to believe that he was secretary of the War Department during the great conflict and that now he is considered as presiden tial possibility by his friends in, the Democratic party. He refuses to discuss/his candidacy. Baker realizes his handicaps. “If I were only six feet tall and had whiskers and a gruff manner, my job would fye alto easier, he said when secretary of war. “I have to accustom myself to being mistaken for my office boy.” When Baker was mayor of Cleveland he shined his own shoes each day. ,He had a little 'boot black stand and brushes in his own office and he didn’t care who saw him at it. Today he is just as, careless of what others think. He built a house in a fashionable Cleveland neigh borhood, adjacent to one of thet city’s finest golf courses. Butjie doesn’t play golf and the BaWB washing waves in the breeze at the 13th hole. In a few weeks the Bakers will be out in their back yard putting ing their garden. Neither is asham ed to be seen in old clothes a;t work in the soil, although thelY neighbors employ butlers and gard eners. Baker rides to work in a street car, his nose buried in a book. Books are his hobby and his thirst for knowledge is insatiable. He is constantly called upon to make speeches, and usually be talks about the League of Nations. If he is selected to run for presi dent by the Democrats he will cer tainly run on a league platform". Newton D. Baker was born in Martinsburg, W. Va., Dec. 3, 1871. He received an A. B. degree from Johns Hopkins and then studiel law’ at Washington and Lee Uni (Continued on Page Two.) ' ' THE TIMEsgRECORDEP frftfl PUBLISHED IN THe HEArt'qF W ■ yfe Man mßm w-W ' L 2 f »** - rt , „■! n„, j Copyright, Harris & Ewing Newton D. Baker and his fam py. Above, left' to right: Jack Baker; the former war secretary at his desk, and Betty Baker, his older daughter. Below: Peggy Baker, yougnest child, and Mr. and Mrs. Baker. EWING BB HTIBG IT W.NY Southwestern Section Os Lions Jnterpatiunal Have President Noel As Guest R. P. Ewing, president of the Americus Lions club returned' Fri day evening from Albany whore he attended the meeting qf the South western section of the Lions Club International, which met in that city with International Presidon?. John S. Noel as honor guest. G. S. Anderson secretary pf the inter national organization, was aisl present at the meeting wh4ch was attended by representatives from seventeen of the nineteen Liars clubs embraced within this district. I The district is composed of the states of Georgia, Alabama, Flor ida and the meeting was one of the most'important held in the district since its formation. Mr. Ewing stated today that there was an unusual spirit of fellowship and co-operation exhibited among the delegates attending the conference, and that the meeting was one of th.’ most successful club gatherings £• has ever attended. \ CHATHAM DEMOCRATS TO VOTE ON FEE SYSTEM SAVANNAH, Ga., March 1.--- The Chatham Democratic executive committee will meet today and, will consider the matter of a referend um t 0 be submitted to the people in the Presidential primary election to be held March 19 upon the mat-| ter of the “fee system" of pay-1 ment of county officers. The com- i mittee will also consider a petition I for a change of method of electing members of the board of education. | The county primary likely will be l held on the date of the state rri- . mary, though suggestion will be i made that it be held on an earlier i date this year to aviod complica- i tiofis of state and local contests. “ AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURADY AFTERNOON, MARCH I, 1924 JAMES WILL FACE G/L. BIGAMY CHARGE RICHMOND, Va., March I. Ffeed here Thursday of the crarge of obtaining S7OO worth of sam ples from the W. H. Miles Shoe Company of this city under false pretenses, D. R. James, James A Delaney, exconvict, 65, who ob tained a job on the road with that firm by giving fake references an 1 representing that he could easily sell SIOO,OOO worth of goods in a jfear, was held for Dry Brancll, Ga., to answer a charge of bigamy, the allegation being that he married Miss Alma Tharp, of Macon, Oct. 17, 1923, when he already had a wife and two children in Tyler, Tex. * James was arrested at a hotel in Macon, while honeymooning .with second bride, the arrest having been caused by the local shoe firm when it lost all trace of him and ascertained that he was traveling for several other shoe firms in vio lation of his contract with the Rich mond house. OKLAHOMA COMMITTEE HAS RIOTOUS SESSION OKLAHOMA, CITY, March I. Police officers were used late Thursday to restore order at a meeting here of the Democratic state central committee. When an uproar occurred during a debate over the naming of a credentials comimttee. Ed M. Semans, state chairman, was interrupted while reading his appointments, by John Logan, chariman of the Tulsa coun ty committee,, who claipied Semans did not have authority to name the committee. Semans refused to recognize Logan and several of ficers forced Logan to his seat amid'howls and jeers. Logan threatened to bolt the meeting. PASSENGERS SHAKEN WHEN TRAIN DERAILS I PELHAM, Ga., March I.—Three or four passengers were slightly hurt and several others shaken up when the rear day coach and pull man of the Atlantic Coast Line train from Thomasville to Albany was derailed about a mile south of Meigs recently. A broken rail was said to have caused the trouble, the engine, mail car and first pas senger car passing over all right. AUTO COLUSffI IS ML TH «. STIffIEHT IT ITLim Frank Matthews Seriously Injur ed Agid Two Others Hurt In Crash RETURNING FROM DANCE Party Had Escorted Young; Women Home And Were Re turning Home Last Night ATLANTA, March 1. —One per son was killed, one seriously injur ed, and two others slightly hurt here last night when two automo biles collided at a street intersec tion. Walter Gorman, of San Antonio, Texas, a student at the Atlanta Dental College, was killed, while Frank Matthews, of Atlanta was seriously injured. The four young men are said to have attended a dance and were returning home after having es corted their young women com panions to their homes. DIVISION I M. U. TO EFT IN MOULTRIE The Woman’s Baptist Missionary Union of the southwestern divi sion wilf meet in Moultrie March 25 and 26 for a two-day.session and report of work accomplished in the various branches of the missionary work. Mrs. Charles F. Cater, of Quit man, vice-president of this division, will be among the notable officers attending, and the delegation is ex pected to be large. It is anticipat ed that every church within the bounds of Friendship Baptist asso ciation will be represented by one or,more delegates, and Mrs. L. H. Lott, president of the Americus di vision, and Mrs. R. L. Maynard, secretary of the association, will be on the program. . Among the state workers to be present will be Mrs. M. B. James, Mrs. W. J. Meet, Miss Laura Le.i Patrick, and Miss Julia Allen, all heads of state departments of m's sion work. They will give obser vations and experiences of state work, which will be incorporated in the reports of the various .dele gates to be read before their so cieties upon return to their depart ments. * ! An unusual feature of the prog ram will be the attendance of Miss Katherine Brown,. a returned mie sionary Jrom China, who will tell of her work in the foreign missions and will probably illustrate heif lectures articles of clothing and other emblems of customs. FEOfflL TH BILL W BEFORE SEMTE IS PBEO BT HOUSE Democratic Income Tax Sched ule Eliminated For Long worth Substitute KEFBLIUAN VUIE SOLID Senate Finance Committee Members Indicate Desire To Hasten Action On Bill WASHINGTON, March I.—The revenue measure arrived in the senate today to start the second lap of its legislative journey. The House by a vote) of 408 to 8 approved' a bill yesterday after sending it through a last minute cross fire in which the democratic income tax schedule was knocked out and a compromise offered by Longworth, republican leader, and supported by every member of the party present, was substituted. Members of the senate finance committee have indicated a desire to hasten consideration of the meas ure, but have not determined upon its program. SENI.TE COMMITTEE STRIKESHEW LEAD Declared Oil Probe May In volve Department Os Just ice Agencies WASHINGTON, March 1— A new trail that appeared to lead di rectly into th e department of just ice was uncovered today upon fur ther inquiry by th e oil committee into the famous McLean telegrams. It developed that- one of the messages was sent in an old depart ment of justic code by Mary Duck stein, formerly secretary to Wil liam J. Burns, chief of the bureau of investigation. When the mes sage was deciphered it apparently stated that Burns had been con cerning himself about “the Mc- Lean investigation.” When Burns is summoned by the committee, he will be asked not only about the telegrams but whether McLean himself is not listed as one of the seqret agents of the department en titled to a copy of the code book. Today Burns denied he had any thing to do with the scandal, but declined to deny the report that McLean was on the list of his agents. ■, KLONTZ IS ACCUSED VIOLATING TAX LAW ATLANTA, March 1— In the first arrest for violation of the state tobacco tax law, S. Klontz, proprietor of a small retail estab lishment, was let off with the pay ment of court costs when the state withdrew its case against him in municipal court here today. He was required to pay tax on all cigars and cigarettes sold since January 1, on which he had failed to place revenue stamps. BLIND MAN ARE IN RACE bAI ETTEVILLE, Ga., March 1. —For the first time in the history of 'Fayette cunty a woman has an nounced for a county office. March 19 was set as the date for the pri mary at a recent meeting of the executive committee. The woman will have considerable opposition with egiht other candidates in the race including a blind man. OPEN GRATE CLAIMS . LITTLE GIRL VICTIM SAVANNAH, Ga., March 1. — Her dress catching fire from an open grate, little Margaret Hood, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. H. L. Hood, of Avondale, was seriously burned about the back. Hereon dition was described by attending physicians as being extremely critical. Io Speak Here (IK*-' SENATOR HEFLIN GIFTED lUBMIIMI T 0 BIT JffIEPICUS, HUUJORTmOUNCES Will Speak During Afternoon Hours So As To Accommo date Ladies of Community PREPARE TO GREET HIM Stronge Committee Os Repre sentative Citizens Being Form ed to Welcome Speaker James A. Fort, president of the Underwood-For-President club, an nounced today that arrangements had been completed for United States Senator Thomas J. Heflin, of Alabama, to visit Americus and speak in behalf of Senator Under wood’s candidacy for president Senator Heflin will speak at 'on'y three points in Georgia and Amer icus is exceedingly fortunate, Major Fort said today, in securing his services. He will be here during the afternoon of Thursday, March 13, and will speak to the voters here at 4 o’clock that afternoon. ’ In bringing Senator Heflin t.) Americus for an address, the Sum ter County Underwood-For-Presi dent club arranged for him to speak during the afternoon so a sto ac commodate many, ladies who are "ex pected to hera him. He is one of the most gifted ,of Southern ora tors, and thousands have been thil ed by his eloquent oratory during the past ten years' in as many states. He is also one of the best informed men in the United States Senate, havng been a member of Congress and the Senate during many years, and long regarded as one of the leaders in the upper house of that body. In his ad dress here it is expected Senator Heflin will review the record of Senatqr Underwood as his colleague in congress and the senate. Both Senator Heflin and Senator Under wood were staunch supporters of President Woodrow Wilson during and since the war, neither being a member of the infamous “poison ’ squad in the Senate. In order to accord Senator Hefiin a reception in keeping with his standing as one of the leaders in the United Stated Senate and a man of outstanding prominence in the affairs of the nation, Major Fort and those associated with him in the management bf the Under Woo d club in Sumter coun ty, are now engaged in the forma tion of a monster reception com mittee which will meet Senator Hef lin on his arrival here and accom pany him from the train to the city. Following his address it is prob bable that he wilt hold a reception at the Windsor Hotel where the people of the community will be given opportunity to meet and/ dis cuss issue with this distinguishej Alabamian and Senate leader. In vitations will be mailed out Monday to Underwood supporters in various communities asking that they serve as members of this reception com mittee, and it is regarded as cer tain that a number of ladies will be included in the personnell of this committee. Senator Heflin, will speak at Savannah, March 12, in behalf of the candidacy of Senator Under wood, candidate for the democrat-1 ( Continued on Page 4.) PC Open High Low Close Mar ..28.90|28.38|28.50127.95127.95 May ..29.14)28.51 25.70128.20)28.20 July ~28.48)28.10 28.14i27.50|27.50 Oct. „25.83|25.72 25.72 25.20)25.20 DeC. 25.64|25.27|25.27)24.90)24.90 Americus strict middling 27 l-4c PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 FORBES DECLARES HE WELCOMES TRUE BILL FOUND AGIST HIM Former Head Os Veterans Bu reau Issues Formal State ment At Capital CHARGES BIG CONSPIRACY Asserts He Will Not Avoid Trial By Hiding Behind Screen Os 111 Health WASHINGTON, March I. Charles R. Forbes, former direc tor of the veterans bureau, declar ed in a statement today that he welcomed the indictments returned against him yesterday in Chicago, adding that he looked upon them “with a clear conscience because they will permit nie to present fny case before a fair court of justice and a jury of my peers.” He characterized the accusations against him as a “hell engendered conspiracy against my honor and and added that he was not going to Florida despite the fact that “other men now charged publicly with crimes against tpe government have been reported as hiding behind the screen of ilj health!” TNT WRECKS BIG NITRATE PLANT Eight Killed And Hundred In jured By Blast At New Brunswick NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Mar. I.—Eight known dead and 100 in jured were brought to a lo«al hos pital today after an explosion of th e T N T building of the Nixon Nitrate Works at Nixon near here. A call from Nixon for the Rari tan township fire departments was made shortly after the explosion. Windows for miles around the scene were broken and in many in stances doors were blown from their hinges. BELGIAN STEAMERR IS BELIEVED LOST SAVANNAH, Ga.. March I.—• Another grim tragedy of the sea is feared here as the result of the failure of the Belgium steamer Chiller to, arrive in port. The Chi lier sailed from Antwerp for Sav annah and is now overdue almost a month. All attempts to estab lish wireless communication with her has failed and no report has been obtained, from any source. PETITION FILED ATLANTA, Ga„ Marcr I.—The Statesboro Telephone Company, of Stateboro, has filed a petition with the Georgia Public Service Com mission, asking authority to issue $05,000 common capital stock. Hearirtg on the petition will be held at the commission’s next meeting in March, it was stated. CHARLES JENKINS IS KILLED BY PHILLIPS SOPERTON, Ga., March I. —Charlie Jenkins died late Tues- , day and Lewis Frilips has been lodged in Treutlin county jail, the result of a shooting which took place about ten miles from here late Sunday in a misunderstainding regarding a woman. Both men are prominently connected in this coun ty. Horace Jenkins, brother of tbo dead man, says that his brother was shot while he was seated in his automobile, after he thought the explanation he offered Phillips was satisfactory. EUGENICS AUTHORITY SPEAKS AT COLUMBUS -Nr COLUMBUS, Mar. I.—Dr. Wini field Scott Hall, internationally known authority on sex hygeiene and eugenics has completed a series of six lectures in this city. Dr. Hall delivered his lectures to students of the high school, -
