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WEATHER For Georgia Somewhat cold er tonight; Friday fair and colder in south portion. FORTY SIXTH YEAR—NO. 56. NEW LABOR RIOTS ARE REPORTED OCCURRING IN GERMANY 000 0 00 000 0030000 000 0 000 UNCOVER COOLIDGE’S NAME [IN OIL PROBE 0 0 0 0 0 0' 0 0 0 00 0-0-0 O O 0000000 o o o THAW OF LAKE ICE CUTS OFF CITY’S SOLE WATER SOURCE PRESIDENT SENT WIRE TO IM IT PM BEACKTECDPD SHOWS / ‘Prescott,’ Mysterious Person Mentioned In Message Sent By Executive STATEMENT IS ISSUED Communications Referred To Local District Problem, White House Says WASHINGTON, March 6.—Two telegrams sent by President Cool idge to Edward B. McLean in Flor ida were read today into the rec ords of the oil committee. Imme diately afterward the president is sue a statement saying that the matters referred to in the messages related to questions of local gov ernment in the District of Colum bia. The first message Presidnt Cool idge sent was January 12th and said, “Prescott is away. Advise Slemp with whom I shall confer.’’ Slemp was then in Palm Beach. Committee members said they did now know who Prescott was. The president’s second telegram sent on Februrary 12th read: “Thank you for your message. You have always been most considerate. Mrs. Coolidge joins me in sending kindest regards to Mrs. McLean.” COOfTD'CE IS DECEASED ‘PRINCIPAL’ IN SCANDAL WASHINGTON, March 6.—As the oil committee prepared Wed nesday to establish the identity of the “principal” mentioned in one of the celebrated McLean telegrams Heflin, Democrat, Alabama told the-Senate he thought the re ference' was to President Coolidge. “I think the ‘principal’ referred to here is the President,” Senator Hellin said after reading the mes sage sent to the Washington pub lisher - at Palm Beach on last Jan, 129 by Ira E. Bennett, an editorial writer on the Washington Post. Senator Heflin expressed the be lief that the statement in the tele gram that there would be no “resig nations” was in keeping with a pub lished statement about that time that President Coolidge had said he would not permit Secretary Denby to resign at the time the Senate was demanding his resignation. “I think these two things are con nected up,” Senator Heflin said, “that they mean just what this tele gram sets out; that the ‘principal’ had ben seen that reaction in a political way is expected that there will be “no rocking of the iboat and no resignations.’ EEDEWIL MUST BE REMODELED WASHINGTON, March 6.—The tax reduction bill passed by the House will have to be remodeled to provide $100,000,000 more rev enue, Chairman Smoot of the Sen ate finance committee, announced last night'on the eve of consider ation of the measure by that com mittee. Basing his calculations on esti mates reported this week by the Treasury Department that the House bill would cut off $446,000,- 000 in revenue in the calendar year 1925. Mr. Smoot said this would fail by $100,000,000 to provide funds for the working expenses of the Governmen t alone exclusive of a soldier bonus bill or other pend ing extra appropriation measures. Mr. Smoot declared that undoub tedly some of the tax rates would lave to be changed to meet this expected deficit, but exprssed no ipin.on as to what taxes would be affected pending, consideration ot the bill by the Senate committee. The principal tax reductions made by the House were in the jerson >1 income rates,, the miscellaneous or excise taxes and a special deduction jpf 25 per cent on earned incomer. ■ ' "Z_±T THE TIMESKRKORDER PUBLISHED IN TH£\ HEART OF' DIXIE* zasfl Fighting Days Are Over! a, r ~~i Lib® i W S i I ■ \ I t i 1 I /T llkt 'A lx? Jo SMBs I ; .| * S Japan is carrying out its part of the naval treaty drawn up at the Washington disarmament conference. It’s busy scrapping warships. Here workmen and a crane are removing a 15-millime ter gun on the crtiiser Shikishima. Inset is a closeup of the dis mounting of a gun carrier on the cruiser Kashima. DMERH CASE IS AOAIN CONSIDERED Developments Indicate Attor ney General May Retire From Cabinet At Once WASHINGTON, March 6.—The question of Atorney General Daugh erty’s immediate retirement from the cabinet is again receiving seri ous consideration. The situation has suddenly de veloped to a point wher e the selec tion of a successor has been taken under advisement at the White House. Those under consideration for the post include William S. Kenyon, former senator from lowa and now judge of the Eighth United States Circuit Court of Appeals; Frank S. Dietrich, federal district judge of Idaho, and Curtis D. Wilbur, chief justice of the Supreme Court of California. Steps have been taken indirect ly to ascertain from each of the three men named whether h e would accept if appointed, but no definite selection has been made. One of the factors which have again brought the question to an acute issue was the situation re sulting from disclosures iff the re cent Veterans’ Bureau grand jury investigation at Chicago. Some of these disclosures, according to in formation laid before President Coolidge, rplate to matters over which Mr. Daugherty has had at least technical jurisdiction as head of the Department of Justice* and in which persons close to him were said to be involyed. During the past few days devel opments in the oil scandal have led the trail of that investigation, too, into th e .same department. EDISON BANK WILL GIVE AWAY LEGHORN EGGS ARLINGTON, March 6.—One hundred settings of purebred Wh'.te Leghorn eggs have been bought by to an announcement made by Coun 'he Bank of Edispn and according ty Agent Gibson these eggs will be distributed among the farmers of Calhoun County on March 8., There will be no initial cost to the far mers, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1924 ANONYMOUS LETTERS WON’T BE PUBLISHED b. —... The Times-Recorder is in re ceipt of two anonymous com munications bearing upon cur rent subjects which the editor would gladly published had the names of the authors accompa nied them. It is, however, an inflexible rule that the name of the author of every communica tion must be known to the editor before publication. Because of this, the letters referred to have been consigned to the waste basket. DEKALB COURT CALLS OWE SUIT AGAINST CAMDLEB ST DECATUR bon Os Atlanta Millionaire Is Defendant In Suit For Dam ages Brought By Woman ALL CHARGES ARE DENIED Attack Allgeed To Have Taken Place On European Trip Tak en By Party In 1922 DECATUR, March 6.—The trial of the suit against Walter T. Can dler, son of Asa G. Candler, Sr, soft drink magnate, for SIOO,OOO by Mrs. Sarah Byfield wife of a lo cal automobile dealer, was c riled today in DeKalb county Superior court fiere. The suit grows out of a European trip taken by the Candler party which included Mrs Byfield, husb-ii Mr. Candler, and his two childref!. It is alleged that Candler attack ed the plaintiff in her state room. Candler denies the charge. BAMBINO’ WILL TALK TO KIWANIS CLUB MACON, March 6.—Babp Ru>h home run king of the New York Americans, will address the Kiwan is Club and sons of Kiwanians at their luncheon meeting Thursday April 3, it was announced at the meeting yesterday at the Hotel Dempsey. Arrangments to have the famous player talk we'-e com pleted by Arthur H. Peavy, gener al secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. By unanmious vote the club changed the day of its meet ing from Wednesday to Thursday, the day when the New York team will, meet Rochester here in an ex hibition game, „ COTTON OIL CONCERN BANKRUPTJDEFENDANT NEW YORK, March 6.—The JJputhern Cotton Qi] company, a subsidiary of theteVirginia-Caro lina Chemical cortjjpany, was peti ioned into involuntary bankrupt cy today. UHDERWOOD LEADERS MW WITH REPORTSJDffIING 11 Alabama Man Now Recognized As Leading * Candidate For Presidential Nomination EXPECT BIG MAJORITY Bryan’s Opposition Regards Un derwood Analyzed And Ex posed By N. Y. Newspapers ATLANTA, March 6.—Reports received at Georgia Headquarters from evei;y section of the country furnish abundant proof that Sena tor Oscar W. Underwood, of Ala bama, is now the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Many prominent Geor gians, who were at first doubtful as to the success of Senator Under wood's campaign, arc now frank in, the statement that not only is he the strongest candidate of his party in the Nation, buf’that they believe he will receive the nomination at New York, and that if nominated his election is- practically assured The 1 allowing significant state ment is taken from the New York World of last Sunday. “The crusade in Alabama of Col. Bryan against Oscar Underwood is perhaps the best evidence of the latter’s pre-eminence in the race for the nomination. Bryan waste., little time on any but'the one he thinks has the best chance for the prize. When it looked as though William Gibbs McAdoo would come to the convention with four or five hundred votes, Bryan plunged for Gov. Neff of Texas, the idea being that to deprive McAdoo of the forty Texas votes for a favorite* son was the best way of stopping him in the South. “Neff did not mean anything fur ther east, So Bryan took up Dr. Murphree in Florida where McAdoo also had a chance. After the o’l disclosures no further missionary work was necessary as against Mc- Adoo. Doheny’s mililon dollar lawyer was a good enough slogan to take care of the ex-Secretary cf the Treasury, so Bryan went on 1- the trail against the next in line. It was fairly evident the elimination of McAdoo restored most of the Southern delegations to the Under wood column, hence the voodoo work in Alabama, Underwood’s own state.” As to the situation in Georgia, Underwood leaders express the be lief that Senator Underwood’s ma jority will probably exceed that giv en him in the campaign of 1912. The practical collapse of the Mc- Adoo Campaign over the country is having disastrous effect upon his chances in Georgia. Underwood men from every section of the state express the utmost confident as to the result on March 19th. COMMISSION RE-ELECTS CHIEF AND ENTIRE FORCE The police commission at their annual meeting for the election of police officers elected Chief John T. Bragg and all of the present members of the full terms without making any changes or rec ommendations as to the conduct of the department. It is understood that there were a number of applicants both for places on the force and as head of the department. MAY DISCLOSE NAMES OF ACCUSED SOLONS WASHINGTON, March 6.—The movement gained ground in the House today to establish the iden tity of two representatives charged in the report of the Chicago gram jury with being guilty of bribery, GERMAN STRIKERS HD POLICE CLASH IT BIG LUOWIGSHA.EEN PLANT Causualties Sustained By Both Sides Engaged In Disturbance, Reports State 3-HOUR , DAY IS CAUSE Rioters Enter Plant Enclosure And Forcibly Eject Men Engaged At Tasks BERLIN, March 6. —Strikers and police clashed at the, Baden aniline works at Ludwigshafen today, with casualties suffered on both sides, according to a dispatch recSiqed here. A partial strike was declared yesterday because of the refusal of a number of th e men to work 9 hours daily. The strikers this morning forci bly entered the works and drove out those who had reported for duty and prevented others from entering. They ar e alleged to have fired on the police who returned the fire. SENATE FINANCE BODY PUSHES TAX CUT BILL Passage Os Joint Resolution Might Avoid Necessity Os Making Refunds WASHINGTON, March 6.—The Senate finance committee decided today to seek'fmmediate enactmnt of a joint resolution providing for a 25 per cent reduction in person al income taxes payable this year so that it may apply on the instal ments due March 15. The provision for such reduction was approved by the House in the revenue bill. Enactment of thct measure, however, is not possible before March 15, and leaders hope by the passage of a joint resolution to avoid the necessity of making re funds on the first installments which now would have to be pa d in full. FIRST CMP ECG SILE HERE TUESMY George O. Marshall, County Agent, Will Sell Poultry Products For Farmers The first co-operative egg sale .ever held in Americus will be staged here Tuesday next, when George O. Marshall, county agent plans to, sell a large quantity of eggs for Symter county farmers. The eggs will be collected at the courthouse and arrangements have been com pleted for the sale of as many as may be brought in. Farmers who will participate in the sale ar,e asked to bring their eggs in before -the noon hour, ;■.& some time may be required to properly sort, grade and pack thorn before the sale is completed. Ship ment will be made to points des ignated by successful bufers during Tuesday afternoon. Every grade eggs will be acceted for disposal in the sale. LARGE SHIPMENT OF EGGS FROM MOULTRIE ATLANTA, March 6.—Cocka doodle-do. Eggs, 900 dozen eggs, in one shipment from Moultrie, Ga. Members of a co-operative egg shipping association, recently or ganized in the enterprising South Georgia city, handled the large shipment in one day. It went to Jacksonville, Fla. The prices paid for the eggs were well above the regular quotations. Members of the new associate m bring in their eggs one a week to the Moultrie market. The poultry business showing big growth in and around Moultrie, r is is said. Like Father? t HUffi ,<if‘ Mrs. Gendvieve Clark Thomson, daughter of . the late Champ Clark, may follow ijp her father’s footsteps.’ In NW Orleans, she is being considered, as a congres sional candidate tor the unex pired term of the late Represen tative H. Garland Dupre. Her husband, James M. Thomson, is a newspaper publisher. DEBATE OH FEIRD BLL RESUMED TODAY Many Amendments May Mate rially Alter Provisions Os McKenzie Measure WASHINGTON, March 6. The hou»e today returned discus sion of Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals shortly after convening at noon. Leaders, both advocates and op ponents of the Detroit manufac turer’s offer, had numerous speak ers to be heard in the 3 hours and fourteen minutes remaining for the debate. HOUSE TALKED SELF OUT ON MEASURE WASHINGTON, March 6—The House talked itself out Wednesday on Muscle Shoals, but adjourned determined v to resumq discussion lof Henry Ford’s offer today. For nearly four hours debate on the McKenzie bill providing for ac ceptance of the Ford bid, went along at a steady clip, then sudden ly terminated when no one ap peared willing to continue the dis cussion. Only fifty members were on the floor when 'adjournment was taken. General debate on the bill limb to ten -hours, will be completed to day, -clearing the way for the offer ing of amndments. Representa tive Hull, Republican, lowa, leading the fight against the measure said that at least a dozen amendments, which would materially alter the terms of the proposed contract, would be offered. ‘ Proponents of the McKenzie bill today agreed to accept an amend ment specifying that the heirs qnd assigns of Mr. Ford should be obli gated for IQO years to carry out provisions of the contract. Among those who urged aece tance of Ford’s offer were Repre sentatives James* Republican, Mich igan; Fisher, Tennessee; Ger-m, New Jersey; Hill, Alabama; Mc- Swain, South Carolina, Wright Georgia, Democrats, all members: of the military committee which re ported the McKenzie bill. The attack on the offer of- the Detroit manufacturer was led by Representative Burton, Reffljblicin Ohio, Chairman Snell, of the rul / committee, and renresentativ Sim mons, Republican, Nebraska. MONTEZUMA MAN BADLY HURT IN MILL MISHAP MONTEZUMA, March 6.—L. J. Howard, an employee of the Flint Lumber company, was badly huit Wednesday when at work in the company’s planing mill. Both legs were broken when he was caught by a belt and wheeled around the shafting. One arm has been ampu tated, but physicians say he way recover. . , New York Future* «PC Open High Low Close Mar . 28.10|28.40|28.75|'28.30j28.74 May July ..27.85128.17128.53128.10128.46 Oct... 25c40|25.64|25.98125.55|25.80 Dec. - Americus' strjht middling 28c. PRICE FIVE CENTS CLEVELAND WITHOUT WATER SUPPLY. WITH SITUATION ACUTE ONE Springs And Distilled Water Furnishing City’s Sole Source Os Drinking Water LAKE ICE FLOOD? INTAKE Phrenol and Chlorine Penetrate Through Filters Into City Water Mains CLEVELAND, March 6.—Vir tually - all of greater Cleveland de pended on springs and distributors of distilled water for iheir drink ing and cooking supplies today. The situation, one of the most acute in the city’s history, was brought about by the strong taste of phenol and chlorine which flow ed past the intakes when ice or; Lake Erie thawed. Hundreds stood for hours awaiting their tuFn at seven of the approved springs. HIS SIMPSON KILL TALnOWOMENNERE Dr. J. W. Payne, county health officer, announced today that he * had succeeded in getting Miss Anne Simpson, an expert on social health conditions, to visit Americus for a series of lectures in Sumter coun ty tomorrow. Miss Simpson is recognized as an eminent authority in her work, and she will speak to young girls and women only on the occasion of her talks here, her ad dress being along the line follow ed by Dr. Barker in his lectures here under auspices of the Rotary club. “Social Hygiene’’ is the topic to be discussed by Miss Simpson, and the health authorities are anx ious to have as many woman as possible hear her. A number of Americus women who are interested in this work have agreed to sponsor Miss Simp son’s address here, and these ladies this afternon extended an in vitation to the women of Ameri cus to hear her. Leaders in the movement to have Americus hear Miss Simpson, and who hav e used their influence to have her assign ed to lecture in this territory, are Mrs. Henry B. Allen, Mrs. Georgs , W. Riley, Mrs. E. L. Carswell and Mrs. W. H. G. Dudley, being assist ed in their efforts by a number of other ladies here. The first of Miss Simpson’s lec tures will be delivered tomorrow morning at 8:30 o’clock at the high school. The girls of the upper class es, including all those fourteen years and older, will he grouped in the school auditorium at that hour, when Miss Simpson will talk to them on this most interesting subject, with the above named Americus ladies present. Miss Simpson is a representative of the United States Public Health Serv ice, who has had many years of training in her work, and, it is said, will bring a message of more than usual interest to the women who hear her. At 10:30 Friday morning, Miss Simpson will address a mass meet ing of Americus women in the auditorium of t Carnegie Library, her subject being the same as that to be disqussed before the high school girls, namqly “Social Hy giene.” Jt is desired that every woman who can possibly attend this lecture do so. During the afternoon, Dr. Payne and others interested in these lec tures are planning to have Miss Simpson visit one of the prosperous towns in Sumter county outside of Americus, but arrangements for the lecture are contingent upon se curing her apporval after she reach es Americus. So great is the de mand for Miss Simpson’s services, officials, of the federal health serv ice found it possible to detail her to spend only one day in this com munity. HOUSE COMMITTEE WILL REPORT BONUS MEASURE WASHINGTON, March r<s.—An agreement to report on the sjldier bonus bill was votea 16 to 3 to* dcy by the House Ways and Means -
