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WEATHER For Georgia Fair tonight and Tuesday; colder tonight with freezing temperature and strong northwest winds. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 59 DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CLARIFIES PRIMARY SITUATION o © O O O O O D o O O O O O OOOOO'OOOOO KLANSMAN ADMITS WHITE SLAVE CHARGE o o o o o o o o o oo o o o o CALIFORNIA CANDIDATE FAST LOSING PRESTIGE IN GEORGIA Ml HER IBMOK BROKEN DM 'Bl MBIT Atlanta Leaders Said To Have Already Viewed ‘Proverbial Handwriting’ On V/all PRIMARY RULE DISCUSSED Rural Voters Expected To Place Stamp Cf Anoroval On Un derwood’s Candidacy ATLANTA, March 10.—As the date for the Georgia President’.;* 1 Primary approaches it daily be comes more evident that Senator Underwood will receive an over whelming majority, and though the McAdoo leaders are still presenting a half-baked ibluff, it is no secret in Atlanta that they have viewed the proverbial “handwriting,” an.; that hundreds are abandoning thc-r (broken down “band-wagon’ ’ like rats deserting a sinking ship. Already eliminated as a Nation al acndidate for the Presidency, the main - purpose in continuing list McAdoo Campaign in Georgia is found in the faint hope nursed by Atlanta ring politicians that in a good many counties the farmers may not be sufficiently interested to go to the polls and vote, and chat the unfair rule adopted by the sub committee of the state Democratic Committee will disfranchise the county site precinct on March 19th ty-site politicians to pocket the vote for McAdoo. The rule in question prescribes that if a primary is held only at the county sits precinct on March 19th the vote of that county is to go to the candidates receiving the high est vote therein. A more arbitr ary and unjust proceering was nev er foisted upon the free people of this commonwealth. Senator H. H. Elders, of the Underwood Cam paign Committee, sought to afncnd this rule and have the presidential primary declared void in all coun ties where at least one-half of the precincts were not opened but his proposition was voted down and the iniquitous rule stands as originally framed by the McAdoo ringsters, who are making a last desperate ef fort to “save” him in one of his four “native states.” But all the tricks of the politi cians are destined to avail then: nothing for the rural voters thu insulted will go to the polls an.i vote for Senator Underwood there by placing the stamp of their dis approval upon the high hande' scheme to disfranchise them. UMTffi NEED NOT W Til Attorney General Napier Rules 1923 Non-Payment Won’t Disqualify Voters ATLANTA, Ga„ March 10.— Registered voters may vote in the presidential preference primary to be held March 19, whether they have paid taxes for 1923 or not, ac cording to an opinion rendered by Attorney General George M. Napier The opinion was given in answer to an inquiry from Charles E. Martin, chairman of the Clarke County Democratic executive com mittee. Mr. Napier stated that the last date allowed for payment of 1923 taxes was December 20, 192.3, ano ordinarily a voter could not become disqualified until upon a day six months after December 20. He pointed out, however, that “on April 20, as required in Code Sec tion 35, the registrars will begin the work of perfecting a true and correct list of the qualified voters of their county, and for failure to pay taxes, voters’ names will be stricken after that time.” **• v ’ If there are germs on paper mon. ey the germs in Germany have plenty of room to play around. THET!MES|fREc6RDER feffiPUBLISHED IN THE HE AR T -SECRETARY FORD? -1W ’ I 4y . • ■ r ■ i Ml | • t' T x V v • W ” ■ i WWtta < - ~W . Ofc T jIIIS -J WASHINGTON, March 16.- Henry Ford, secretary of the navy. It’s entirely psosible, say stu dents of politics. The Whit e House is known to want a big business man for the job. Henry fiUs that require ment. President Coolidge, in this presidential year, is known to look kindly upon prgoressives for cabinet posts. Henry boasts '.he progressive label. And, remember, too, that Ford recently came out in support of Coolidge for president. IRISH ARMY MUTINY NOT SERIOUS; NORMAL CONDITION RESTORED DUBLIN, March 10.—The ex tent of the mutiny in the ranks of the national army is less serious than at first supposed, it was stat ed at army headquarters. Responsible officers absconded at Templemore, and a quantity of arms and munitions are missing. A new garrison was sent to the post, and the situation is now nor mal. What is supposed t 0 have been an indirect effect of the mutiny was experienced Sunday at a politi cal meeting held here in connec tion with the by-election for a dail seat to be held next Tuesday. Pres ident Cosgrave and other members of the government attended. It was expected Mr. Cosgrave would refer to the mutiny, but he re frained from doing so. About ten thousand persons at tended the meeting, which was char the meeting Monday night and al characterized troughout the ex treme disorder. The speakers were frequently interrupted and the speeches were almost inaudible amid the din of cheering and coujit' rj cheering. A nearby shop was set on fire which nearly caused a se rious panic. Attempts to eject the disturbers only aggravated matters There were frequent shouts of “up De Valera” and girls with tin cans moving through the crowd collect ing funds for the republicans ad ded to the din. Precautions have been taken for any eventuality. The guards have been doubld at all the Dublin bar ricks, leaves of absence have been canceled and tliere is unusual gen eral activity. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH Fo. 1924 MMLT ASSUMES Nffi DIPT. D'JTIES DENBIOIIITS CIBINET i WASHINGTON, March 10.—Sec retary Denby’s resignation became effective today, and assistant Sec retary Roosevelt will be in charge of the Navy Department until the appointment is made. Two hundred navy and marine officers attended the banquet in Denby’s honor last night at which he was described by Admiral Coontz as upright, fair, and ever lastingly honest. The President, however, has been giving much thought the past few days to filling the first Cabinet va cancy of his administration, and in dications are given that he had nar rowed down considerably the field of those under consideration and that a decision may be announced any time. The elimination of a large pro portion of those mentioned has left among those known to be still on the list. Governor Dixon, of Mon tana; James E. Davidson, Repub lican national committeeman from Michigan, and former Representa tive Foss, of Illinois. Der.iby will spend today winding up pending business at the Navy Department and receiving the fare well calls of those who have, served under him for three years. He will be sworn in again as a major in marine corps reserves and receive the commisison he surrendered when he became Secretary of the Navy. Plans for the future have not been decided upon by Denby. He will return to his home in Detroit Within a few days and probably then will make, a statement relative to reports that he may become a candidate for the Republican nom ination for United States senator. BOTANICAL GARDEN TO BE ESTABLISHED ATHENS, Ga., March 10.—The establishment of a botanical garden adjoining the campus of the Univer sity of Georgia with many sub-sr..- tions thorughout the state, has been decided upon and will soon be erected as a department of the uni versity to be known as the South ern Plant Institute, is is announced by officials. 'E.Y.CLARKE, FORMER HIGH KLAN OFFICER. ENTERS GUILTY PLEA Admits Before Texas Federal Court Violation Os Mann White Slave Law DEFENDANT WINED $5,000 Atlanta Man’s Associate Accus ed By Miss Helen Steele On Kidnaping Charge HOUSTON, Texas, March 10.-- E. Y. Clarke, of Atlanta; former high Ku Klux Klan official, enter ed a plea of guilty to the charge of violating the Mann act, wheh his case was called in the federal court here. Clarke was fined $5,000 by Fed eral Judge Hutcheson. The plea of guilty dropped like a bombshell into the courtroom, which was crowded with spectators anticipating a stiff legal battle. Clarke had. previously entered a plea Os not guilty. The charge involved a young Houston woman, and it was alleged that Clarke transported her to New Orleans in February, 1921. POWELL SWEARS OUT WARRANT FOR LITTLEJOHN ATLANTA, March 10^— Acting upon charges in a letter from his client, Helen Katherine Steele, who filed a SIOO,OOO breach of prom ise -puit against E. Y. Clarke last? October, Attorney Arthur W. Powell swore out a warrant Satur day charging F. N. Littlejohn, al leged to be associate of Clarke, with kidnaping Miss Steele. Attorney Poyeil acted upon in formation contained in a letter hav ing searched for months for Miss Steele, whose suit against Clarke is yet to be tried. Refusing to di vulge the whereabouts of Miss Steele, the Atlanta lawyer made public the contents of the letter Miss Steele wrote that on Octo ber 25, 1923, she got into an auto mobile in Atlanta with Littlejohn and another man, whose name At torney Powell refused to divulge for a social ride, but was carried to South Carolina to the farm ol' Littlepohn’s brother; that she was not allowed to communicate with anyone but held a prisoner 13 weeks until neighbors became suspicious She wrote that then she was car ried to Greenville, S. C., and lodged in Washington Street; that the man who accompanied her and Little john from Atlanta “bragged that the automobile we were in was the same car that carried E. Y. Clarke I into seclusion in the spring 'cij 1923.” INCOME TAX RETURNS COMING IN SLOW ATLANTA, March 10.—Federal officers in charge of the income tax office yesterday observed that re turns are coming in too slowly ’ v o avert congestion on March 15. “Many persons are holding off for a rebate that they hope they will get under a bill that is pending in Congress,” it was stated. “But if they get the rebate they will have to w'ait for it until after the re turns are filed. It will be paid promptly, however. People who have to make then income tax returns should not wai; any longer. We will not be aids to handle the rush if they wait too long and the result will be delin quents.” PLAN PERMANENT EXHIBIT BUILDING ATLANTA, Ga., March 10.—A permanent exhibit building for dis playing the products pf Atlanta manufacturers, will be established here if the plans of the Chamber of commerce materialize, it is an nounced. Officials of the chamber of com. merce are urging manufacturers of the district to take part in the "Made-in-Atlanta Exposition” to be held here April 7-12 and to co operate in the movement to esta’r, lish a permanent exhibit hall, it was stated. DOHENY ASSERTS HE LOANED OBREGON NEW YORK, March 10. Edward L. Doheny, denying the charges by Senator Wheeler that he with Sinclair and other interests, had financed the revo lution against the Mexican gov ernment, toda j declared h e had loaned th e Obregon government 5 million dollars which enabled it to put down the rebellion. DUCH KILLED IND Tffl COffINIONS ARE BADLY HURT IN CRASH Son Os Well Known Evans County Planter Killed In stantly When Car Oveturns OCCURRED AT CLAXTON Young Men Had Been Calling In Country And ‘ Were Re turning Heme CLAXTON, Ga., March 10.— Harrold DeLoach was killed and his two companions named Triggers and Durance were badly injured when their automobile turned over an embankment last night. DeLoach is the son of a well known planter here. The young men were returning from a call on a young lady when the accident happened. DEANCHARD RETAINED AS M’DOWEUMNSEL Tampa Lawyer Will Represent Georgia Boy Held For Wan ton Murder Os Parents TAMPA, March 10. M. L. Blanchard has been retained us counsel for Frank McDowell, charg ed with slaying his parents and two sisters, formerly residents of De catur. , The attorney refused to say what plea the defense would enter. NO VERDICT YET IN CANDLER CASE DECATUR, March 10.—Early this afternoon no verdict had been returned in the Byfield Candler suit. The jury in the SIOO,OOO suit of Mrs. Clyde Byfield against Walter T. Candler, local capitalist re-as sembled in the Decatur courtroom at 7 o’clock this morning to re ceive further instructions from the court. After being deadlocked for more (than six hours the jurors were allowed to retire shortly after midnight Saturday. Deliberation of the case, in which Mrs. Byfield alleges that Candler attacked her in a state room aboard the S. S. Berengaria while bound for France in the sum mer of 1922 was resumed after Judge John Hutcheson, of the Stone Mountain judicial circuit re-charged the jury. Its members were quar tered at the Decatur hotel Sunday. Deliberations were halted late Saturday night when the jury re quested further instructions from Judge Hutcheson. Judge Hutche son immediately sent for eourt re porters, but it was five minutes af ter midnight before one could be brought to the courtroom. The judge then declared himself power less to deliver the charge on Sun day, and the jury was asked to re tire and decide what time they wished to be recharged. SOUTHERN WOULD CLOSE STATION ATLANTA,, March 10.—A pe tition asking permission to discon tinue the railway station at Pied mont, Lamar County, has been file J with the Georgia PublitT Service Commission by the Southern R-.il way Company. The railroad pro poses to change the -station at this point from an agency station to a pre-pay station. Against Roosevelt i ||L.* 7. | 1 .. W A / Miss Ruth Litt of East Patch ogue, N. Y., who is running against Theodore Roosevelt, as sistant secretary of th e navy, for post of delegate from First con gressional district, for a seat in the Republican National conven tion. EIGHTEEN ADDITIONAL BODIES TAKEN FROM RUiNED MINE IN UTAH Indications Now Are That None Os 125 Men Entombed By Blast Are Still Alive RESCUE WORK PROGRESSES Fires Extinguished Sunday Night And Crews Entered Mine In Rescue Effort CASTLEGATE, Utah, March 10. Eighteen bodies of miners killed Saturday in explosions in the coal mine here were removed early to day, and indications are that none of the 125 entombed in the mine are yet alive. Fires ewer extinguished last night and all available crews entered the mine today to search for the pos sible survivors. THIRTY charred bodies TAKEN FROM RUINED MINE CASTLEGATE, Utah, March 10. Thirty charred and mangled bodies had been brought up out of the mine of the Utah Fuel company here Sunday. One hundred and .forty two men were then still en tombed within, as a result of the triple exposion Saturday, and it is not believed that any of them are alive. The condition of the bodies re covered was such t* make identifi cation impossible. Choked by poisonous gas and men aced by fire, rescue parties Sunji day afternoon were working slowly toward the miners’ lower level, where they expected to find the rest of the bodies. Hope that some of the entombed miners might still live was extin guished when the first thirteen bodies were found charred beyond recognition. This showed that the fire caused by the explosion was till raging within the man-made c&tacombs of the mine. I Pitiful scenes, the kind that sel- I dom are seen outside the mining I districts were enacted by the grief stricken relatives of the victims i when the first bodies were brought Ito the surface under canvass, bring ing with them the realization that practically the last faint vestige of hope for the survival of thir loved ones was gone. Ropes were stretched along the canyon where the entrance of the mine is located, but frenzied men and women broke through them when the bodies were brought up shortly before 10 o’clock. Many were overcome by the heavy clouds of gas which rolled out of the mine. New York Futures I PC Open High Low Close Mar ..27.98j28.08!28.25|28.00|28.25 May .28.34 1 28.37|28.64|27.98|28.56 July ..27.38,27.92128.12127.40'28.07 Get. . 25.55 25.62i25.62 25.22i25.49 Dec. ..2^.10125.05'25.15124.80(24.90 Americus strict middling 27-12 c. PRICE FIVE CENTS COMMITTEE HEADS . ®E STATEMENT ■ TO SUMTER VOTERS County Schoo! Superintendent’s Race Discussed By Chairman Davenport and Secy. Fort. NO SINGLE - SHOOTING’ Committee Has No Desire to Be Unjust To Anyone, Statement Asserts James A. Davenport and John Allen Fort, chariman and secretary respectively, of the Sumter County Democratic Executive committee, today issued a following statement clarifying the situations as regards the county primary to be held here March 19. The county school sup erintendent’s race is specifically re ferred to in the statement, which also touches upon the qualifications of voters in all other races, ana sets out certain rules govering the prep:.rations of ballots, including a ruling against the practice known as “single shotting.” The statement, which is interesting throughout, in full, is $s lollows: In accordance with a recent ruling of the Attorney General it will not be necessary to pay taxes for the year 1923 in order to vote in the primary to be held on the 19th of this month, and conse quently no name will be stricken from the registration list because of the failure to pay such taxes. Although the registration books will not be closed prior to the elec tion, still, those who intend to reg ister, are urged to do so at once in order to that their names may appear on thb lists to be furnished the election managers, as otherwise they will be registered to furnish certificates from the Tax Collector before they will be allowed to vote No one will be allowed to vote outside of his district. The practice known as “single shooting” will not be allowed. To illustrate, there are six candidates for places on the Board of County Commissioners. Three are to be elected and three should be voted for. If more than three or less than three are voted for the bal lots as to this race will be thrown out. Relative to the ruling of the coin mitee in regard to office of County School Superintendent we would like to make this! statement; Section 147, of the school code provide that the voters of an inde pendent school district shall not vote in the election for County Superintendent. No means are provided, however, for carrying this law into effect, and under existing elections laws, as the Committees sees them, it is impossible to en force this law. Election managers cannot hold an election without lists of qualified voters, under the law they must be furnished with such lists and the law provides how the test shall be shall be made up and by whom (Board of Registrars). The law re- ■ quire that these lists together with such supplemental list as are pro vided for be used in primary elec tions as well as general elections, to persons may vote whose name does not appear on this lists. These lists are made up by militia districts and there is no provision of law for deciding the voters on these districts into groups, or allowing one group superior right to another as the election managers must use the lists furnished them and these lists do not discriminate be tween voters of the same district, nor divide them into groups, the election managers cannot separate them. According to the best information obtainable by the committee, the state in the general election ignores Section 147 of the School code and have provided no machinery to en force it. If sueh machinery had ever been provided by the state it could be used in the primary. It is difficult to see how r such machin ery could be provided without a (Continued on Page Two.)
