About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Generally fair tonight and probably Tuesday somewhat warmer. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO- 54 WARNING SOUNDED ON MENACE OF ‘MAD’ DOGS IN AMERICUS 00000 O O O O O O 0 O O O O O O O O o o o EXPECT NEW NATIONAL SCANDAL TO BREAK OO 0000000 o'o O O o O O O o o O O O o o o o ADJUSTED COMPENSATION BILL AGAIN TAKEN UP IN CONGRESS OIL PROBE CONMITTtt IN RECESS; TO STURT COURT ACTION SOON Civil Process To Be First Insti tuted, With Criminal Action Likely Later POMERENE WILL DIRECT Additional Spe' - I Counsel To Be Named To Conduct Suit To Recover Property ASHINGTON, March 3. Cipher experts of the War Dc parment who hav e been translat ing code messages found in the McLean telegrams will be called \ first tomorrow when the senate oil committee resumes public hearing. Senator Walsh, democrat of Montana, the chief prosecutor in the inquiry, said today that the translation of the telegrams by government experts did not dif fer materially from the para phrases furnished the committee last week. William J. Burns, chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, will be questioned by the committee to niorrow as to how th e employes of McLean came into possession of the code and whether McLean is on the roll of special agents of the bureau at a salary of $1 a month. WASHINGTON, March 3.—The Senate oil lease probing commit tee was in recess today, with the questioning of employs of Edward 3. McLean, Washington publisher, to be taken up Tuesday morning. These witnesses will be especially quizzed regarding the private wire which the publisher had installed between and his cot tage at Palm Beach, Fla., Any criminal action growing oui of the oil standaF must await a more detailed study of the testimor. adduced before the senate commit tee and an independent investiga tion to fill in gaps in that testi mony. ( Atlee Pomerene, former senator from Ohio, will have more or less general charge of the civil proceed, ings, while Owen J. Roberts, or Philadelphia, will devote himself and his staff principally to the study of the criminal phases of the case. Nh The first step of counsel will be to bring civil action looking to the stoppage of the extraction of oil from the naval reserves in Califor nia and Wyoming and the annul ment of the leases awarded by Al bert B. Fall as secretary of the in terior to the Doheny and Sinclair interests. President Coolidge is expected to appoint this week additional special »» counsel t 0 prosecute actions look ing to the- recovery to the federal government of sections 16 and 36 in the Elk Hills reserve in Califor nia, now operated by the Standard '.Oil company of Cafilornia. The executive will select counsel especially learned in land law to prosecute this case inasmuch as the chief point at issue is whether there sections were known to be mineral bearing at the time the state cf Califorpia obtained Ujem as school lands upon te grant of statehood? HONORARY DEGREES WILL BE CONFERRED announcement sis just made&— - CHICAGO, March 3.—Official announcement is just made at the University of Chicago of the tenta tive list of degrees to be conferred at the One Hundred Thirty-Second Convoaction on March I§. The list includes the following candidates: Bachelors, 102; Masters, 32; Doc tors of Philosophy, twelve; Bache lors of Divinity, four; Doctors of Law (J. D.), eight; and Bachelors ' of Law —a total of 162. President Ernest DeWitt Burton will preside and confer the degree. Among the graduates will be four Chinese, two of whom will re / ceive te Bachelor’s degree, and two the Master’s degree. THE TaKSHMECORDER PUBLI SHED IN 7 housands Os [California [Children Miss School lo *Followilhe Crops’ _x\ < M aWt ' ' '* ;.. H \ rJull-- - \ ipsFF-i' I±L—*V • -wBMFISw* ■ WfIMBS viraL' /C <gs ■> .. jmsL , Small Fruits' ACibrus Crops! ,■ r " k -» t. ' " raft .-Sr • - ' a life ' ''l • ' FX V ! • " T I ' ■ v . 4-MML/ „ ■'•vw I "It Wto , - -Vertetables ~ ' California child workers who follow the crops know 1 no homes other than the automobiles in which they live. Top picture shows a family traveling Gypsy style. Below at left is a typical California child crop worker. Many children like this one are uneducated because they never have time to attend school. At right is seen a groijp of child workers. COWMISSOHERS BET AND Ell EHUD 111 Levy Placed At $3 00 If Paid By May 5, And $4.00 If Paid Ater That Date At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this morning the county rdad tax was formally fixed at $4.00 for year 1924 In fixing the tax at this sum the Commissioners adopted a resolu tion providing that taxpayers may Relieve themselves of SI.OO of this tblk if they pay the same before May sth. Those who fail or decline .to pay by that date must pay the full tax of SI.OO, it was resolved by the taardj In addition to fixing the amount of this tax, the commissioners nam’ed collectors in each district in the county, and transacted a volume of routine business.’’ CHATHAM VOTERS NOT VOTE ON FEE SYSTEM SAVANNAH, March 3.—Tie Chatham county executive comil tee has declined to accede t<» a pe tition asking that a referndum upon the matter of the “fee system” of payment of county officials be in cluded in the primary of March 19, and the primary will be upon the matter of presidential preference alone. The county officers!, primary win be in the fall. Denmark’s queen went skating and fell through the ice. That’s what is rotten in Denmark, *he ice. What could make a French radio fan itfKdder than getting a German station broadcasting “Deutschland Urber Alles?” AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1924 WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK WASHINGTON, yarch 3.—-The -weather outlook for the period March 3 to 8, 1924, inclusive, fol lows: For the South Atlantic and East Gulf states —Normal tempera tures and generally fair weather are indicated for the week, except that unsettled with rains over tne southern and rains or snow flurries over the northern portion of the district are probable about Wed nesday and Thursday. TO HOKES Fire discovered at 8 o’clock Sun day morning did damages estimated at approximately $2,500 by Five; Chief W. P. McArthur to two houses on Brannen avenue, the ori gin of the blaze being undetermin ed. The homes damaged were oc cupied by Mrs. Jennie Britton Gam mage, bookkeeper for The Times- Recorder, and T. A. Cole. The houses were owned by Mrs. Gam mage and T. C. Poole, and it is stated there was SI,OOO insurance on each of the structures. There was no insurance on the household goods in either home, 'though the furnishings in both were damaged by water and harried handling. The entire roof of the Gammage home was burned off and its inter ior ruined by fire end Water, jthe loss there being estimated by Chief McArthur at nearly $1,500. The Cole home had a hole burned in the weatherboarding, ami the roof was also damaged, water poured into the burnings structure adding to the $750 loss incurred. The household I goods in both homes were damaged I somewhat b> hurried handling while ! being carried to safety outside the ' burning structures. A large num ber of people witnessed the fire GOVERNMENT / DEPOSITS HELD NO/ PREFERRED WASHINGTON?, March 3.—Jhe Supreme court today declared that United States government deposits in failed banks ire not entitled to | preferential payment. MA MILLIONAIRE CM RAID OH ROOHI OCCUPIED 8! THREE Asa G. Candler Revealed As Man Behind Complaint in Arrest Os Yeung Wife CASES ALL DISMISSED Stoddard Assumes Responsibili i ty For Ownership Os Liquor < And Is Bouns Over ATLANTA, March 3.—The case against Mrs. Asa G. Candler, Sr., and G. W. Keeling was dismissed, and W. J. Stoddard was bound over for another trial under bond of S3OO here tday, when they were given a hearing ip' the police court on the charge of having been in a place where intoxicants were being drunk. The original charge against Stod dard was also dismissed, but he was bound over on a new charge of violating the state prohibition law when he assumed responsibility for the partly bottle of liquor found by police on the table when Mrs. Candler and the two men were arrested. Chief Beavers testified he raided an apartment in a fasionable sec tion upon complaint from Asa G. Candler. Sr., aged millionaire husband of the young woman de fendant. He testified that ha found the trio seated around a table on which was a partly filled bottle of liquor. DR. STATHAM VERY ILL Dr. J. R. Statham is critically ill with pneumonia in both lungs at his home, on East Church street, having been stricken several days ago. Attending physicians are con cerned over his condition and rela tives have been sumonde to his bed side. Dr. Statham has hundreds of friends and patrons throughout this community and surrounding vicini ty who await with anxiety reports of his condition. HOUSE COMMITTEE BEGINS STUDY OF ■ SOLDIER BONUS BILL McKenzie Measure Is Similar To Bill Vetoed By President Harding PROVIDES FOUR OPTIONS Beneficiaries Would Be Paid On Basis Os Number Os Days Served In Army WASHINGTON, March 3. —The house ways and means committee began hearings today on the soldier bonus legislation bill. The com mitees’ study will be on the McKenzie bill, similar to the meas ure vetoed by President Harding, and several proposals to make the principal form of the bonus pay ment a paid up life insurance poli ty. - The McKenzie bill provides four options—adjusted compensation, based on the number of days serv ed by the veterans; vocational training aid, farm and home aid, or adjusted service certificates em bodyiitg the insurance feature. EIBLISIIC CLUB ORGANIZED SUNDAY T. O. Marshall Elected Presi dent, With A. C. Crockett As Secretary Permanent organization of the Americus Business Evangelis tic clcb was effected here Sunday afternoon at a meeting held in First Baptist church. The Meeting was attended by about twenty-five repiesentative-citizens, and T. Fur low Gatewood, Sr., presided at the opening. Following a statement of the purpose of the meeting by Mr. Gatewood, the name of T. O. Mar shall was placed in nomination as, permanent president, and he was called to the chair after being duly elected to that position. Other of ficers elected by the cjub are W. Fred Smith, first vice president; J. A. Baugh, second vice president; A. C. Crockett, secretary; E. B. Everett, Treasurer. Important com mittees which will function in co operation with these officers are to be named by President Marshall this week. The purpose of the organization is to co-operate with the pastors of the community in keeping alive and encouraging religious activities here, and to promote in every pos sible way the interests of the church Pastors will co-operate with the club, but ministers may not be en rolled as members under its rules. IEIIWLIT?EWINED 01 IBM VESSELS WASHINGTON, March 3. —the strictest neutrality as 'between ri val revolutionary movements in Honduras has been enjoined upon American naval commanders in Honduran waters, who have been directed to confine themselves ex plicitly to the protection of Ameri can lives and investments. HAMILTON AND EVANS TO SPEAK AT MEETING ATLANTA, March 3. C. C. Hamilton, national field secretary for the United Society of Christian Endeavor, and Charles F. Evans, southern secretary of the United Society, wity be included among the prominent speakers on the pro gram of the Georgia State Chris tian Endeavor convention in At lanta April 3j6- Officials of the Atlanta Chris tian Endeavor union, which will act as host, state that the convention committee has invited other promi nent religious workers among young people to participate in the fdur-day .Session. The new West minister Presbyterian church, at Ponce de Leon avenue -and North Boulevard, has been chosen as con vention headquarters, DAUGHERTY TO SEND COOLIDGE ‘MESSAGE’ MIAMI, March 3.—Attorney General Daugherty will send a ■nessage to President Coolidge to day “which may be considered important,” he said, at his hotel here today, He refused to di vulge the nature of the com munication. DIUGHIRTI PROBE COBITTEE PLUS THOROUGH IIOMI Members Busy Today Working Out Plans Under Which To Conduct Procedure EXPECT SPICY HEARINGS Investigation May Compare In Its Ramifications With Oil Inquiry WASHINGTON, March 3. Members of the Daugherty investi gating committee devoted their tim e today to working out a plan of procedure for inquiry into the attorney general’s administration. The investigation, which yas authorized Saturday by the after two days’ bitter discussion, is expected to get under way with out delay and in the opinion of some will cofnpare, in its ramifica tion with the oil inquiry. By a vote of 66 to 1, the senate late Saturday formaly authorized a sweeping investigation of Daugh erty’s administration of the De partment of Justice befor e a spe cially elected and insurgent con trolled committee of five senators. The senate’s ‘jury’ will be head ed by Senator' Smith W. Brook hart, republican, of lowa, fo e of the administration and and an in surgent leader. The remaining members are Moses, of New Hamp shire, republican, and. Senators Ashurst, of Arizona, and Wheeler? of Montana, Democrats. five were elected by acclamation and without opposition. POLICE CO■SSH TO ELECTTUESMY Officers And Department Heads Will Be Chosen For Year At Annual Meeting The police commission of Ameri cus and will meet at city hall Tues day night for the purpose of elect ing officers and department heads for the ensuing year, it was an nounced today. The meeting will assemble at 7 o’clock in the city hall, the members of the commis sion being J. Elmore Poole, mayor; Dr. S. F. Howell, Charles Lingo, S. L. Hamond and G. O. Loving. It is reported today that there are a number of applications for the va rious positions on file with the com mission and all of these will be con sidered and acted on at the meeting' Tuesday night. TRUE BILLS AGAINST BROKERS ARE RETURNED CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 3. True bills of indictment against five Charlotte cotton brokers and representatives of the brokerage houses were returned by Mecklen burg county grand jury this wee'k, it is announced by Judge A. M. Stack. The indictments were based upon presentments submitted by Solicitor Carpenter at the January term of court upon instruction of Judge Stack, and charge that each defendant “did unlawfully make contracts” to sell and deliver cot ton when it was not intended that the cotton was to be actually de livered. Further the indictments charge oprations of the “bucket shop.” * t r Those named in th'e indictments I are Floyd Simmons, of F. M.Sim mons & Co.; Theodore Parrish, of Hicks & Williams; W. V. Birdsong, manager for W. Collier Ejtes Thomas Riley, manager for Vick and Beauchamp, and Alex Haugh ton, repreesntatives of Moss & Ferguson. ...- - . . . New York Futures ■ ’ FC. Open High Low Close Mar ~27>95|28.10;28.10|27.50|28.12 May ..28.20|28.42;28.43i27.80|28.35 July ~ 28.50j27.70i27.85j26.98127.73 Oct. Dec. 24.90|25.00|25.00j24.30|24.85 Americus strict middling 27 l-4c. PRICE FIVE CENTS PIBIES BEMIIIII •MPE PPEMTII . com, it is sm Cases Reported From Plains, Leslie, Sumter, Maddox and Ellaville SEVERAL DOGS BITTEN Seventeen Persons In County Have Recently Taken Pre- * ventive Treatment Rabies is becoming so prevalent in Americus and Sumter county as • to present an alarming condition. This statement is made on author ity of Dr. S. F. Stapleton. Ameri cus veterinarian, who nas.,recently treated a large number •of dogs suffering with the disease and who is informed as to the number of cases reported from this and ad joining counties. Dr. Stapleton was asked this morning to stale the condition as this exists with reference to rabies and speaking with a Times-Re corder representative, he asserted: “Within the last week I have had'eases reported to me from Plains, Ellaville, Sumter, Maddox, Leslie and several cases in the com munity nearer Americus. “T> man at Plains brought his dog to me for treatment and stated that there were no ess than seven other dogs that he knows were bit ten by the same dog. “I'he report from Ellaville stat ed that there were five dogs knoWn to have been ibittpn. ■ > “Unless there is some step takpn to nave these dogs treated orkik ed there will be the .greatest scourge of rabies in our section than we have known. “Cordele has already experienced, oneloss of human life from rabies and so has valdosta. • “The State Board of Health wrote me that there have been sev enteen people in Americus and Sumter county, to take the 21 in jections antirabic treatment furn ished by the State in the vear 1923. “There are several safeguards that may be used in controlling the out break. “1. The injection nfcthcd of treating all dogs that have not been bitten. From the statist its compiled by numerous laboratories, we find that very few dogs wilt de velop ra/bies within one year after this treatment, even when injected with rabies virus in the laboratory as a test. When a dog has been vaccinated with this method and la ter is known’lo be bitten it is of course safer to g' v e additional treatment as a precaution. “2. After, the dog is bitten he should be treated with one of the two methods, * Six injections or twenty-one injections treatments or he should be killed. “Do not confine a dog for a few weeks without treatment and feel that it is safe to let him run at large. This is where most of our outbreaks start. “Experiments have shown that a dog may 'develop within three or four days after being bitten. “On the other hand, at Oh'.f> State University a few years ago a dog was given an injection of part of the Spinal cord of a rabbit that had died of rabies. This was done in an attempt to produce a ease of rabies in the dog. “This dog was confined and one hundred and eighty days later de veloped a case of rabies and died. “During this entire time the dog seemed as normal as any other dog.” * HUGE SMUGGLING OF LIQUOR IS CHARGED WASHINGTON, March 3.—One I hundred thousand cases of liquor are smuggled into the United States monthly by rum runners off the Atlanta and Gulf states, according , to coast guard officials charged with preventing the traffic. This estimate was given to the ; house t .appropriations sub-commit tee which drafted the deficiency bill reported Saturday alloting an additional $13,853,989 for the coast guard servee.
