WEATHER
For Georgia—r Local rain this af
ternoon and tonight; slightly cooler
in northwest portion tonight; Wed
nesday partly cloudy and somewhat
colder.
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fQRTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 66
ACCUSED CONGRESSMAN 1 PLEADS NOT GUILTY AT TRIAL
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INVOLVE MORE REPUBLICANS IN OIL SCANDAL
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CABINET' OFFICERS SUMMONED TO TESTIFY BY COMMITTEE
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Two Members of President’s
Cabinet Will Be Asked To
Testify At Hearing
probe Aircraft deals
Story Told By Gaston Means to
Be Sifted Ho Bottom By Inr,
vestigating ’ Committee
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Sec
retaries Mellon and Weeks were
subpoenaed today by the Daugher
ty investigating committee. It is
expected they yill be questioned
concerning- the standard aircraft cor
poratioji >n connegfipn (with. which
Gaston Means testified he accptco
8100,000 for the late Jess Smith in
order to step-‘the government suit.
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HOLBRIDGE TELLS OF
50-5 Q PROFITS ‘CUT’
.... WASHINGTON, March 17.—A
story alleging that Attorney-Genera!
Daugherty was himself concerned in
an unlawful cospiracy to exhibit the
Derpßsei'-fea'pentier fight films and
had suggested that those behind the
scheme should get a 50 per cent
“cut” in the profits, was related
here Mqpday to the senate con»mi|n
tee investigating the department of
justice.
Gerald O. Holdrige, a former se
cret agent of the department, told
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FIRPO TO LOSE HUGE
SUM TO 01 HO
%*••**«• « *• * » M « •»*«<•*
Argentine Fighter Stands to
Lose Half Million Unless He
Cbfmgos Depision
NEW YORK, March 18.—Luis
Angel Firpo will lose SOOO,OOO if he
adheres to his decision ta,. retire
from the ring after the A1 Reich
fight' on April 5, as was quoted last
night, according to the statement
of William Mcgarney today.
McCarney saitt that this amount
was waiting for Firpo in an exhibi
tion tour arranged for this summer
and does not include a purse from
the possible Dempsey engagement-
Matches with- Harry Willis, Floyd
Johnson, George Godfrey, Fred Ful
ton, Tiny Herman and Jack Re
nault are .included in the proposed
schedule. ■;
SfilSi'
ILL BE OPERATED
The Sedbpar& Air -Liinie' Ranway
will begin t*hfs'week of a
special poultry train bet wee i Amtr
iccs ai d' Savanriaii, tcbA Ijijqwji as
the “Chicken Special. , ’ t This-train*is
to be tried out ag the result qf in
fluence exerted by the Americas
end Sumter County Chamber of
Commerce and George O. Marshall,
county farm demonstration agent,
co-operatig with otheis interested
in developing the poqlfry industry.
The train wilt fake its first trip
Thursday of next week, starting at
Americus <and .'stopping at ev.ery sta
tion between Americus and Savan
nah. Ppultry buyers will he on
board, and.qvery chicken brought to
the train will be purchased and paid
for at Ahq do,or pf the car. No
limit is to be placed on the number
of chickens bpught, and fanciers
may sell their birds either in . lots,
pairs or singles.
In announcing the inauguration
pf this train, Secretary Henry Ev
erett ’of- the -Ghamber of Commerce
John Bowen, Americus agent fog
Seaboard and- George O. Marshall,
joined today in asking that as many
fowls as possible be brought in and
sold op the initial run. This is de
sired in order to encourage contin
ued operation of the train, which it
i 4 planned now tp operate every
other week. If the innovation
proves a success, the train will be
operated continuously by the Sea
board throughout the poultry season.
THE flf^Pi^^RDEß
iis) M-gP BUSHED, !N *
With Broadway at Her Feet
• 3BK
The latest beauty to take
Broadway off its feet is Gene
vieve Tierney (above), appear
ing on tjie Century Roof. You
can’t blame Broadway.
FLOCK «F OFFICISIS
LFND pOflEKy STOCKS
Records of Brokerage Houses
Show Name of President’s
Secretary As Trader
SENATORS ALSO NAMED
McKinney Says Fall Asked Hint
to Say He Had Made Big
Loan, But He Refused
WASHINGTON, March 18— At,
toraey General Daugherty, Sena
tor Curtis and Senator Elkins, Ci
Bascom Stomp and several repre
sentatives axe. named among the
public officials who had transac
tions in the Sinclair and Doheny oil
stock about the time 1 the naval oil
reserve leases were consummated)
according to the records of broker
age houses revealed today in the
Teapot Dome hearing.
trice McKinney, of Cleveland,
took the stand and testified tha:
Albert B. Fall asked him to say he
had loaned Fall SIOO,OOO it was
said he released.
,Qrf was qugsioned at length with
frequent clashes between members
|cf the committee concerning allged
efforts to use his personal influence
in obtaining political appointments
and also concerning whisky transac
tion?.
He said that Mannington, a Wash
ington attorney and friend of Haugh
erty, had aided him in obtaining ap
pointments.
He also said, “I have turned over
ning ton in connection with liquor
ningto in connection witn liquor af
af fairs.
In most cases it was to prevent
into court and to avoid litigation ap
pearing before the departments.”
He was questioned at length as to
the amounts paid Mannington but
Said he could not remember.
The name of Thomas B. Felder
.former Georgia attr.'i.ey, was
brought in as being acquainted with
•Pvr and indirectly connected with
some of file transactions.
VOTING UST COMPLETE
LtfDQWICI r Ga., March 18.—Fol
lowing the meeting; of the Long
County Board of Registrars, hold
hepe, the qualified voters’ list for
the primary, to be held March 19,
is now beiqg made up.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOOIj MARCH 18, t9T4 ~
EXPECT PASSAGE OF
BONUS MEASURE TODAY
WASHINGTON, March 18.—
The soldier bonus bill was tak
en up today in the house, and
-the debate began with,
.of- its passage. after . short de
liberation.
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Presidential Candidate Express
es Appreciation for Reception
Accorded Him
ATLANTA, March 18. —Passing
through here early today en route
to Chicago, after th'fe Georgia fin'd
South Carolina speeches, William G.
McAdoo enthusiastically expressed
his apprecation for the reception
given him bv his native .state.
He said wnat impressed him most
during his visit is ohat Georgia de
sires a progressive democracy) and
the voters of this state do not wish
political campaigns conducted on
basis of calumnies and personali
ties, "v\h'iekv siincd the beginning of
the nation have been used to di
yert attention from the real issue.
COMPLETE PLANS FOR
PRIMARY IN CRISP
CORDELE, March 18. ln a
meeting of the- county democratic
executive committee first held plans
were made for the preferential pri
mary to be held Wednesday through
put Crisp county. R. E. Harris,
chairman, and R. L. Dekle, secretary
signed the call for the primary.
This will be held throughout the
coupty. and will be for the pur
pose of allowing the people to ex
press themselves on the ipatter of
whether William G. McAdqo or
Oscar Underwood should be Geor
gia’s choice for president.,
RUNAWAY BOYS ARE
RETURNED TO PARENTS
WAYCROSS, March 18 —Willie
Murphy of Miami and Ralph Byrd
Jacksonville, aged 13 and 12 re
spectively, have been returned to
their parent’s after being held by
county authorities for several days
The Byrd boy was sent back to his
home after the authorities had com
municated wish his'payfent*. Willie
Murphy was taken home by his fath
er who came to the city for him.
Both boys were arrested several
days ago by Coast Line police whe >
they were caught “.bumming” a ride
on a train coming into? Wayeross.
mill'
VICTDRY &AHEAD
Alabamian First Southerner
With Golden Opportunity to
Be Named President
IS 100 PCT. AMERICAN
Distinguished Service During 30
Years Given Nation By
Underwood 1
ATLANTA. March 18: Cam-,
paign offices of Senator Under
wood latp Monday issued g state
ment concerping the visjt to' Atlan
ta of John W. Sibley, Birmingham
business man and member from
the state at large of the Alabama
Underwood Campaign committee.
Mr. Sibley is very jubilant over
the magnificent majority of over
'25.000 piled up for Senator Under
wood in the presidential primary in
Alabama last Tuesday, says a state
ment, as follows:
Mr.. Sibley, who is one of the
pioneer prohibitionists of Alabama,
and took active and influential part
in all the campaigns in favor of pro
hibition in Alabama, says he is ex
tremely gratified at the overwhelm
ing number of prohibitionists who
voted for Senator Underwood.
Headquarters committee of the
Anti-Saloon League, fought Under
wood bitterly and imported William
Jennings Brjmjj tp simp orie State
against him in the clpsjng days of
the campaign, but the result showed
that a large majority of the %artk
and file since prohibitionists sup
ported Underwood. During the
campaign, Mr. Sibley pointed out,
that Sepatqr Underwoqd was a real
friend of prohibition, though he
differed as to tfic policy before the
adoption of the 18th amendment;
for it W0 S Senator Underwood's
support and influence as the deipc>
cratic leader congress that put on
the statute books the anti-shipping
bills that made prohibition enforce-,
ment possible and he had voted for
every bill appropriating funds for
enforcement of the Volstead law
and \ya§ the only candidate for
president of either party who had
publicly declared he would, if elec
ted president, use the army and
navy to break up the rum-runners.
Mr. Sibley says that it is easy to
understand Bryan’s opposition tp
Underwood, for it was the Under
wood delegations at the Baltimore
convention that blocked Bryan’s
scheme for a fourth nomination by
the democrats and gave the two
thirds majority to Woodrow Wilson
Bryan knew tyat lfii2 was a sure
democratic year apd has never for
given Underwood for upsetting his
scheme. Bryan certainly controlled
tho policy of democracy in three
presidential campaigns, but neyer
u request did he moke for a prohi
bition plank in the platforms. He
was also, a member o,f cangrese, but
there is no record of his offering
a bill to make the nation dry.
Mr. Sibley says as an ex-Geor
gian, he hopes and believes the
grand old Empire state of the South
will repeat its action of 1912 qnd
join hands with Alabama in secur
ing the nomination for the first
southgrnor in E(0 years who has a
golden opportunity of being elected
in the general election in November
Underwood ’l3 30 years of faithful
and distinguished service hits won
for him the highest encomiums thru
out the nation; even his political
foes admire and respect his signui
ability, poise and fair-mindness,
couple with an Americanism that is
100 per cent pure.
LAURENS PRIMARY
DUBLIN, March lij.—lndications
oi'e ftftw that .most of the preempts
in Laurens county will hold an elec
tion on March 19, when the Presi
dential primary is held pi Georgia.
Chairman J. A. Ppacqelt of the
county executive committee, has
taken up the active work of arrang
ing for the primary, and states that
while volunteers are needed in sonpe
places yet to , hold the election
expects practically a county wide
vote - . 1
SPECIAL FREE ELECTION
RETURNS ON WEDNESDAY
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Special wir e returns from Georgia primaries held Wednesday will
be given,- FREE to all who case.-to. hear these in the Rylander theater
at tha Times-Recorder office.
Final preparations foe this -service were completed today when
workmen finished putting in the necessary paraphernalia for handling
this added F’REE service.
Ample seating will be provided in the Times-Re
corder office and the biulding will be comfortably heated during the
entire afternoon. The first returns are expected so begin coming in
shortly after 6 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
Whether you are a'reader of friend of the Times-Recroder, or
a stranger in Americus, you are to attend the matjnee »nd hear
the returns just as fast as they are_, gathered—as rapidly as they*un
known in Atlanta or any place in Georgia.
This service at both the Rylaniifer theater and the Times-Recorder
will be furnished by the Associated Pr<SS*tbrough the efforts of this
newspaper, and will be positively the fastest and ’best ever offered the
people of Americus. Sumter county election returns will also be an
nounced at both the theater and the Times-Recorder.
UPSiTS ADDRESS
PROVES FIRST CLASS
TEMPERANCE SHEER
Irl-I Substituted For
Recounting Achievement* of
~ California Candidate
HE APPEALS TO WOMEN
Jells of Own Record A* Pro
hibition Worker and De
fender of Dry Law
. By R. C. MOBAN )
W. D. Upshaw, who had been bill
ed as art expofteni of Mr. McAdod'*
candidacy for president, ’ a
prohibition lecture insteacTbf a poii
itical address at the conpt house
last night.
I first began to suspect this when
Jtfr. Upshaw kept his hearers await
ing half an hour often the appointed
time for the speaking to begin. Then
he sent word by a policeman to
“Sing a Song,” that he had been de
tained by a long distance telephone
message. If Willip Upshaw talked
over long distance telephone‘during
all the time he kept last night’s
crowd waiting at the cdurt house,
then the McAdoo men certainly have
the m°npy tp spend—and they’re
spending it.
But this is beside the story of
the meeting, and I want to apolog
ize for the digression.
Willie Upshaw is .a great man; \
know this because he hnoke down
last night and confessed that he is
the individual who brought prohibi.
tion to tl\e nation, that it was he
who drove. thp D.empn Rum from
the halls of Congress, and that “in
my New Year’s speech I said upon
the floor of the house that I want
ed to 'be president,”—so that he
coqld drive liquor out of the White
House, I presume.
I was a little 'surprised at Mr.
Upshaw’s candidacy;.! had gone to
the speaking expecting him to say
something in behalf of Mr. McAdoo,
California resident, whom Tie de
scribed as “a loyal, patriotic son
of Geprgia,” but who has been witlt
iis the confines of this state but once
during the past for(.y years. Mr.
Upshaw spoke of the accident of
Mr. McAdoo’s brith at Atyrietta.
Ga., year* agp. He forgot to say
anything about the fact that Mc-
Adoo shooh the dpst of Georgia
from his feet just as soon as he was
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AMERICUS TEACHERS
100 PCT. ORGANIZED
Amcricus teachers are 100 per
cent organized as members of the
state and national education asso
ciatiojr with which ant effort is now
being made to have Georgia teach'*,
ers affiliate. This organized condi
tion here applies alike to white and
negro, teachers, although in many
other sections the per centage of- us
filiation is much tower, and reflects
in complimentary terms/the inter
est manifest by Americus teachers in
their work and advancing the cause
of education. This subject has re
cently been widely discussed in Geor
gia newspapers, and it is a source
of gratification among educators
here that teachers in. Americus havq
already attained this high position,
in their profession.
WIELD ENJOYS
W DIF FDEEDOn
Condemned Slayer Captured
Lying Flat On Ground in
i<4 Woods Late Monday ji ;
A'tlaNTA', March 18.—Evading
for more than 18 bpurs a large posse
of searcher*, J. B. Satterfield, con
demned slayer of R. H. Hart, his
brother-in-laW, who ecsaped' from
his ce}l in Fußon county tower early
Mopday mornig, was captured about
Q o’plppk, Monday night by W.; C.
Rosette and B. L, Cushing, who acci
dentally surprised him in his hiding
place- in -u cjump of woods near
Lakawetw^&M'kr-
Satterfield was stretched flat- oil
the ground in a little gully hidden
by a growth of weeds and stubby
pine trees. Rosette, who operates a
filling station, and Cushing, a local
contractor, were walkin through the
woods and suddenly came upon hint.
The fugitive jumped to his feet
and faced the two men. He made no
effort to escape until after they
had seized him. He fought desper
ately they said, but he wqs finally
overpowered, taken to a house near
by and county authorities summon
ed.
Rosette and Cushing stated Sat
terfield appeared extremely excited
whgn they discovered him, causing
them to become suspicious. They
questioned him about his presence in
the woods, and when he faild to give
a satisfactory answer, one of them
remarked that “we’d better hold him
I guess,” Rosette reached for Sgi
terfield’s arm and as he did the
desperate man sprang to one .
Knowing then that Satterfield was
evidentaljy “biding o,ut,” they said
they seized him, and after a strug
gle of a few seconds overpowered
him.
He was returned to Fulton coun
ty tower about 6:30 o’clock and
placed in a cell under heavy gqar(i.
BURGLARS ENTER
BUT TAKE NOTHING
Burglars during Monday night en
tered the store of W. T. McMath, on
West Church street, but Mr. Me*
Math stated today they took nothing
of value, so far as he had been addr
to discover. Entrance was effected
by sawing a hasp on the back door
lock. It is belibved the thieves who
arrived and departed in ah autqntq
bile were frightened away by some
circumstance before they were able
to complete the robbery. An auto,
matie “shot-gun” alarm maintained
within the store had been almost
fired, Mr. McMath states, but the in
truders escaped before this was ac
tually fired.
MANY BLUEBERRIES^
NOW BEING PLANTED
ATLANTA, Ga., Mqrcb 18. —Ar-
prqximately 21,000 blueberry plants
have been transplanted recently in
fopr counties in Southwest Geor
gia, according to rePUTfs. The Uiuc
fcerry resembles very closely a cul
tivated huckleberry and has exten
sive market value, is is stated.
Thp busheq just transplanted will
bear a few berries next year, but
not until 1926 will the bearing be
comes heavy. It is expected that be •
fore this time a marketing associa
tion will be formed among the grow
ers so as to insure sympathetic mar
keting. v
New York Futures
PC Open High Low Close
- Mar ..28.82|28.45|28.82j?8.32,28.82
May ..29.Q9|28.80|29.00!28.68*29.00
July . 28 40;j8 17*28.43'28.11 i,28.43
Oct. ..25.79 25.60
beef ..2SUI g5,40|26.40!25i0|25.40
Arperiqus 'strict middling 28cents.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KNUTSON PLEADS HE’S
11 OP TERRIBLE
MISTAKE 1 HEARING
Minnesota Congressman Accus
ed of Unusual Crime, Says
Mistake Was Made.
BOTH PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Men Were Arrested Together
On Highway Just Outside
Washington Recently
WASHINGTON, March
resentative Harold Knutson, of Min
nesota, and Leroy M. Hull, govern
ment clerk were gicen a premlimi
nary hearing at Arlington on seri
ous charges preferred who arrested
them on the highway outside of
Washington.
Knutson lias entered a plea of
not fiuilty anfl said ,h e was the vic
tim qf a terrible, mistake.
SlfffilG
Steel and Concrete Stadium To
Be Erected At Columbus
Infantry Camp
WASHINGTON, March 18.—See
rotary Weeks has approved plans
for the construction of an infantry
memorial at Fort Benning, Ga., in
the form of a gigantic steel and
concrete stadium to. bn nsad
center recreation facilities as the
Fort, including baseball, polo bas
ketball, golf sites and swimming
pool.
The stadium will seat 11,000, and
the burden of the financing pro
ject will rest mainly on the United
States infantry association.
MirSiTSlBOl
TO HID WHEAT GROWER
Coclidge and Cabinet Ask Cor
poration to Assist in Diversi
fication Program
WASHINGTON, March 18.— Th 0
president and his cabinet today de
cided to ;>*k the recency formed
agricultural credit corporation with
a capital of 10 million dpllars to aid
the northwest wheat growers to di
versify their crops.
SPECIAL COOKING
SCHOOL PLANNED
Miss Bonnie Parkman, county
economic agent, announced today
that there will be a special meeting
of the Sumter County Woman’s
Council Thursday afternoon in hep
office. The hour for this meeting
has been fixed at 2.30 o’clock
Thursday afternoon, and Miss Park
man is preparing to entertain a full
attendance of the ladies on oc
casion.
The principal ibusinqss to be dis
posed of by the meeting is to ar
range fop a pooking school to bo
conducted at Americus during early
April.
THIEVES RAID CAR;
TAKE WEARING APPAREL
ATLANTA, Ga., March 18.—An
other peculiar theft was added to
the list of thieving activities in thiq
city when burglars entered the gar
age of J. H. Wilson, a salesman for
a loegi wholesale dry goods estab
lishment, and loqted his car of ap
proximately four hundred dollars
worth of assorted articles of wear
ing apjiarrel. Wilson had left tho
articles in the ear for the night and
awoke the next morning to find only
evidences of the raid.
FIRE AT SALTER HOME
DOES LITTLE DAMAGE
Fire on the roof of the homo ci
Mrs. E. J. Salter on SpU'iug street *
early today called the fire depart- J
ment, bn tthe blaze the was extin
guished with little damage sustain- il
ed- The loss was placed by Fire dj
Chief McArthur at $5.00, covered ll
by insurance. The cause of the fire
vas not ascertained.
