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WEATHER For Georgia—Fair tonight ahd Sunday; continued cold; frost to night. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 64 NEW MYSTERIOUS MURDER STARTLES HOLLYWOOD COLONY O o*o O O O O 0 O O O O O 0000000000 O THREE ALIENISTS STUDY TAMPA WOMEN PROMINENT AMERICUS MAN WILL BE BURIED HERE SUNDAY COL. GEO. K ELLIS DIED ft! HOI HERE EIRLY THIS INNING Prominent And Influential Americus Man Succumbs To Pneumonia FUNERAL HERE SUNDAY Interment Will Be In Oak Grove Cemetery At 3:00 O’clock Sunday Afternoon Col. George Richard Ellis, presi dent of the Empire Bank of Amer icus and prominent financier here, died this morning at 5:30 o’cock at the Ellis residence, 136 Taylor street, death following an illness of seven days and being due to pneu monia. Col Ellis, who had long been a leading member of the Americus Bar assocation, had been in ill health during some time, having sus tained a slight paralytic stroke sev eral months ago, from the effects of- which he never fully recovered. Illness which resulted in his death was preceded by a second stroke sustained last Sunday evening. He is survived by widow, Mrs. Lenora Ellis; two daughters, Misses Mabel and Anne Ellis, and one son, George R. Ellis, Jr., all of Ameri cus. Two sisters, Mrs. W. M. Bryan of Thomasville, and Mrs. R. G. Methvin, of Georgetown, and two brothers, Rev. T. D. Ellis, of Louis ville, Ky., and Robert C. Ellis, of Tifton, also survive him. Funeral ser vices over the remains will be held from the family residence here Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, con ducted by Rev. John M. Outler, pastor of First Methodist church, as sisted by Rev. Luther Harrell, of Lee Street Methodist congregation. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Pallbearers at the funeral will be G. C. Webb, Joe M. Bryan, John Sheffield, James A. Davenport, T. M. Furlow and E. H. McMichael. Col. Ellis, who was a native of Quitman county, Georgia, was born February 26, 1866, and spent his boyhood in that section of the state. On September 18 1890, h® married Miss Lenora Bryan at Troy, Ala., and in 1893 he was admitted to the bar, practicing his profession in Stewart county at Lumpkin until the fall of 1899, serving as a mem ber of the lower house of the Gen eral Assembly of Georgia during 1896-97, when he represented Stew art county there. In the fall of 1889, Col Ellis moved with his fam ily to Americus, and at once took a prominent stand among the legal fraternity here. He was a member of the Americus Bankers Associa tion and also of the Georgia Bar Association in the affairs of both of which he took deep interest.. Members of the Americus Bar association, in the counsels of which Col. Ellis was greatly esteemed, are (Continued On Page Three) iipsmw IN ffil® MONMY Atlanta Congressman Will As sist McAdoo Men To Or ganize In Sumter County R. L. Maynard, chairman of the McAdoo forces in Sumter county an nounced today that Congressman W. D. Upshaw, of the Atlanta district, will speak in' Americus Monday night at the 7:30 o’clock. The su perior courtroom in the courthouse has been selected for the gathering and the public is invited to attend, Mr. Maynard stated today. Congressman Upshaw is a speaker of ability and it is expected there will be a good crowd present to hear him. It is stated by friends of Mr. McAdoo here that an effort will be made to organize a McAdoo club in Sumter county following the address Monday night, and that an active campaign in behalf of the Califor nian will be waged here. THE TIMESgRtCORDER fiSgfl PUBLISHED IN ME ART OF Central Figures in ‘ Torture 1 Murder lx? X- ■WM w HRB ■6 I W v I • 'rs ‘ • - v • ~ IK \ Wa - HiKr.'. IflSBKr ■ .... & jQil • ■ -<•*. '"nlMoW'i .. ■ w w-W jH SB Wr Ji w J® V' W WEIGHT FORCES ETTHIH REBELS NEE E PBEffl, MEXICO General Jose Domingiez Heads Column Seeking to Dislodge De L a Huevta Troops GEN CASARIN SURRENDERS 150 Rebel Troopers And Com mander Abandon Revolu tionary Cause, It Is Said VERA CRUZ, March 15.—Heavy firing has been reported in the vic inity of Pueota, Mexico, where the rebels are being attacked by gov ernment forces under General Jose Dominguez. Headquarters are established at El Huie by Federal General Faus to Topete, and reinforcements are going foward to him. General Casarin has surrendered with a force of 150 rebels. MONTEZUMA KIWANIS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY MONTEZUMA. March 15.--The Kiwani\ club of Montezuma, cele brated its first anniversary Friday night with a banquet at which the wives of the member? will be en tertained. The work of the past year will be reviewed and plans for the coming year outlined, following which a program characterize by rmusement and good-fellowship will be rendered. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 15, 1924 J Above the surgical appurten ances Heaton had brought to the improvised operating room he had set up in the deserted house where he and his aides led Gates. Doctors believe th e instruments were selected by someone famil iar with every phase of modern gland surgery. Center, right, Richard H. Heaton, wealthy bro ker, who according to police, spent approximately SIOO,OOO and many months’ time in plan ning the operation. Surgeons say instruments he selected were the best obtainable. And he planned, detectives say, to have burned the body had Gates died. Left, center, William C. Gates, who was held prisoner in a ‘tor ture house’ in Louisville, Ky. Bound hand and foot by strands of rope fastened to the floor by heavy staples, he saw his captor, Heaton, preparing to perform an operation that would have maimed him for life, if it had not brought his death. With almost superhuman strength, he finally succeeded in freeing him self, obtained Gates’ revolver and killed the broker. At bottom, Mrs. Mary Leahy Wiesen Hea ton, widow of the slain broker, who was being trailed by private detectives her husband had hired. Heaton, in his fanatical state of mind, had accused her of inti macy with Gates, long an inti mate friend of both. CITY COUNCIL WES NEWMNBEHB City council at its session last night departed from former cus tom and elected three new members of the Board of Education, instead of returning those whose terms ex pire at this time. The new mem bers chosen by council and who will take their seats at the next session of the school board, are John W. Shiver, Hollis Fort and T. O. Mar shall, T. E. Bolton, one of the pres ent members of the board was re elected to succeed himself. Board members whose terms expire, and who will retire from connection with the schools are D. R. Andrews, Albert J. Harris, and T. F. Gate wood. Edgar Shipp, who was recently elected to succeed the late J. W. Harris, Jr., as a member of council, was presented at last night’s feed ing and immediately following th? consolidation and declaration of the vote in the special election, he was sworn in by Mayor Poole and as sumed the duties of his office. lie was assigned to the same committee appointments as held by his prede cessor. STUDIO WHIM IS FATALLY STABBED IT STUDIO IN HOLLYWOOD W. Jensen Mysteriously Murder ed In Heart Os Movie Col ony Dies On Way to Hospital SEEN TO STUMBLE, FALL Automobile Belonging To Pro ducer Found Near Body With Engine Still LOS ANGELES, March 15. W. Jensen, a watchman in the Holly - wood studio of the Warner brothers, was found fatally wounded near the studio early today. He was seen to stumble out and fall, and died on the way to the hospital. An automobile registered as be longing to H. L. Warner, actor and producer, with the engine still warm, was found inside the gates but no one was near. Efforts .to learn the drivers ot the automobile are unavailing. Police report later was changed to show that the automobile be longed to H. M. Warner, general manager of the Warner Brother Studio. Warner’s chauffeur was released, after being questioned by the po lice. PASTURAGE URGED W DIH STB Agriculturists Stress Need For Grazing Ground As Feature Os Growing Dairy Industry ATLANTA, March 15.—The growing interest in dairying in Georgia and other southern states, which already, livestock men here say, is resulting in an improvement of dairy stock and in the adding of dairy equipment on many farms, has emphasized the necessity for suit able and ample pasturage for the daity stock. Good pastures are a necessity if the cows are to be given the chance they should have to produce rich milk abundantly, ac cording to officials of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The need for good pastures is urged by state agricultural depart ment officials in commenting upon the increased interest in dairying. Pasturage is a feature of daity ing that should not be overlooker in the opinion of experts of th? state department of agriculture. Cattle that arc denied good grazing ground, and are forced to nibble |»n such grass as they can find, agricultural department officials say, cannot ‘be expected to pay their way as well as cows that are grazed in fields where the grass is suitable and plentiful, where there is a good place for them to Stand under. It is as necessary that dairy cows should have good pasturage as it is that they should have suitable shel ter from severe weather in the win ter time, it is stated. DIVISIONAL W. M. U. TO MEET MARCH 25-26 Women of Friendship association are busy now arranging to have delegates from every church with in the bounds of this association attend the Southvrest Georgia Di visional Institute of the Baptist Women’s Missionary Union, which will gather at Moultrie, March 25 for a two days’ session. There will b e a number of distinguished Bap tists present at this meeting, in cluding Mrs. W. C. James, of Bir mingham, prseident of the Insti tute; Mrs. Juliette Matthes, a young peoples worker of the South ern Baptist convention and two re turned missionaries, Miss Kath erine Bryan, of China, and Miss Susan Anderson, of Africa, all of whom will address the delegates. In addition to thes there will be a number of state workers present. C. C. Bivins, of Brownwood spent Friday in Americus'looking after important business matters. Special Election Returns Arranged Complete election returns from both state and county elections will be given out from the office of the Times-Recorder and in the Ry lander theater Wednesday, March 19, from 6 p. m. to midnight. The Times-Recorder is running a special Associated Press leased wire into its building for this purpose. This wire connects this office with the general distributing headquarters of the Associated Press, Atlanta, where election returns from every county in the state will be assembled as rapidly as returns are available. Heretofore it has been the custom for each newspaper to assemble its own state election returns. This has entailed-a great deal of work, heavy expense duplication of effort and delay. Beg'innig with the election on March 19th, all of the Associated Press papers of the state will secure election returns from the Associat ed Press. Each Associated Press paper has been given a certain num ber of counties to cover, that is from which that paper is to secure elec tion returns. These are wired over leased wire into Atlanta, where they are assembled and then transmitted back to th e Associated Press papers. ■ This arrangement means that The Times-Recorder will have exact ly the sam e election service for its readers as the largest papers of the state have had in the past. It means that we in Americus will secure the returns as quickly and as accurately as the peopl e in Atlanta or Macon or Savannah have been getting them. The Times-Recorder is making every effort to giv e as early as possible all returns from the Sumter county election on March 19. These returns will be posted in this office and called from the stage of the Rylander theater and will cover the county race and the presidential primary. EARTHQUAKE SHUCKS RECORDED AT "CAPITAL WASHINGTON, March 15. — Pronounced earthquake shocks, about 6,000 miles from Wash ington, were recorded on the Georgetown University seismo graph this morning. The shocks continued for an hour and a half, reaching the greatest intensity about 6:30. QUIKBY TESTIFIES IF ALLEGED PLK New Yorker Sustantiates In Fart Testimony Os Means Before Committee WASHINGTON, March 15.—F. C. Quinby, of New York, who made the Dempsey-Carpentier fight films, was the first witness in the Daugh. erty investigation today, and told of the arrrangements by which the films were shown in other states, which he said were made through William Orr and Jap Muma, men tioned in the testimony of Gaston Means yesterday. Quinby said that he understood ■Orr, a friend of Pess Smith and Muma, employed Ward R. McLean. He also said the pictures were mada by an arrangement with Tex Rick ard. loiter Rickard said Orr and Muma had a plan to display the films, and “these men were under stood to have plans whereby these pictures could be shown every thing would be all right. Quinby was excused after two hours on- the stand, after Senator Wheeler cross-examined him to show that he never intended to show the pictures outside of New Jersey until he learned it could be “fixed at tyashington.” He answered affirmatively the question: “Rickard told you Muma was a close friend of Harry H. Daugherty and E. B. McLean, and that it could be fixed to show them all over the country.” P. C. Baldwin, former Depart ment of Justice agent, testified con cerning the alleged gun runnig on the Mexican border during the un successful Esteban Cantu revolu tion. He said that while he was engaged in stopping newtrality vio lations, he was transferred and no one succeeded him, leavig 2QO miles of the border open. He also said that William Sanson, while in im magration service, was understood to have, been involved in getting arms to the revolutionists. Harold Ahearn, of Macon; arriv ed today to join Mrs. Ahearn and young daughter, Sarah Frances, who have been visiting Mrs. D. B. Mayes during a week past. Mrs. Ahearn and daughter will accompany Mr. on his return to Macon Mon day. IMMORALITY IN DANCE HALLS AMS WOMEN OF NEW YIIRK CLUBS Men Openly Solicited And Liquor Sold With No Attempt At Secrecy, Says Investigators FIND NEW TYPE RESORT ‘Closed Dance Hall’ Declared To Be Most Disturbing Social t actor in Metropolis NEW YORK, March 15.—1 n twenty per cent of the public dance halls of New York City amazing im morality exists, according to a re port of a four month’s survey. The investigation was undertaken at the request of Augusta W. Glatzmay er, Commissioner of Licenses, and made by Mrs. Henry Moskowitz, Chairman of the Commericial Rec reation Committee of the New York City Recreation Commf.ttee and the Woman’s City Chib. In two big places just off Broad way it was found by investigators, declared Mrs. Moskowitz, that men were being openly solicited and liq uor sold, with no attempt at secre cy- immorality in numerous Green wich Village resorts was also dis covered, and a noticeable apathy in the neighborhood concerning what went on what happened to the young girls frequenting the places. A new type of resort known as the ‘closed dance hall” was de clared to be the most disturbing ot all. This institution has sprung up on the East Side during the past year; twenty-one of them are now listed. It is said that only men arp admitted and most of them are “so cially undesirable” Orientals. Young girls are employed as dance partners (Continued on Page 7.) SLEEPING POTION 1Y COST LIFE Mrs. Katherine Belk, Alabama Woman, Near Death In Balti more Hotel BALTIMORE, March 15. Mrs. Katherine Belk, 26, of Montgom ery, Alabama, is declared at the point of death as the result of an overdose of sleeping potion taken at her hotel here last night. Mrs. Belk said that she had been suffering from nervous trouble for months, and took several sleeping tablets last night to induce sleep. She awoke in a dazed condition this morning and summoned help with difficulty. Railroads are buying new equip ment. We suggest they hire a taller man for designing Pullman berths. ~ New York Futures PC Open iligh LoW Close Mar ..28.62f28.85|28.95|28.80|28.95 May ..28.92|29.20|29.23)29.16129.23 July ..28.17128.45|28,55|28.45|28.55 Oct. ..25.58)25.85)25.85|25.83|25.87 Dec. .25120125.40)25.50)2.40)25.50 Americus strict middling 28 l-4c PRICE FIVE CENTS LUNACY COMMISSION TO EXAMINE WIN M R D F R SUSPECTS Mrs. Winchester And Daughter Probably Will Be Sent To Asy lum By Fla. Authorities APPLICATION IS FILED State’s Attorney Decline, How ever, To Disclose Plans of Prosecution TAMPA, March 15.—Three phy sicians were asked today to exam mine the sanity of Mrs. J. E. Winchester, charged with the mur- ■ der of Winchester by stamping him to death. The state’s attorney declined to day to make known the plans of prosecution. No inquiry has been ordered into the mental condition of the giri, John Eva Winchester, who says she aided her mother to kill her fath er. * No warrant has yet been issued' for the womei}. ANDRSONVILLE MS llffl R.MT GROYE Good Crowd Attends Inter- School Debate On Interesting Subject Friday Night In the intei-school debate bc tween Andersonville and Pleasant Grove Friday at", Pleasant Grove school, the former emerged''victor by unanimous verdict of tlii three judges. The subject debated was “Re solved That The 801 l Weevil Has Been More Beneficial Than- Harm ful to the State of Georgia.” Ander sonville was assigned the affirma tive and Pleasant Grove the nega tive. A. B. Phillips, principal of Pleasant Grove School, presided dur ing the debate, which was attended by about seventy-five patron.-, students and visitors, from the communities. Miss Mattie McNeill, Miss Ruth Bryant, Mrs. E. E. Summerford and a number of young men furn ished delightful music for the oc casion, and the debates were inter esting throughout, the prese itatiou of the affirmative side by Miis Mattisu Stubbs being most effective. Other speakers on both sides de bated their respective position i splendidly. The negative being represented by George Methvin and Miss Thelma Morris and Miss Stubbs being aided ,by George Wil liams. The judges were Henry P. Ever ett, for Andersonville; R. C. Mb ran, for Pleasant Grove, and Re/. John M. Outler, of Americus, re feree. The decision Os these judges was unanimous for the affirmative. JUDGESFAILTO APPEAR IT LYSIAN Friday night at Lysian or Thomp son school the scheduled) debate be tween Thompson and Thalean teams was ommitted due to the failure of judges who had been secured to de cide the debate to attend. Theso gentlcment, it was xplained today, were prevented from being present by providential causes, jind the de bate will be held at a later date, with the same teams and the same subject, “Resolved That the 801 l Weevil Has Been More Beneficial Than Harmful to The State of Georgia,” will be handled. Probably two hundred persons, including a number of candidates for county offices, were present at the meeting at Thompson, and an entertaining program of recitations reading and musie was rendered. A delicious barbecue supper was serv ed by the ladies of the school com ;munity, and the affair altogether | was a delightful one. xl|
