About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Rain late to- night and Thursday; no change in temperature. ■ *■ ' - - > < V 1 r FORTY-SIXTH > BATTLE OF BALLOTS RAGES THROUGHOUT GEORGIA TODAY O O 0 o O O O a O O O O O OOOOQOOOO-O 'O RIOTERS FIRE ON U. S. HONDURAN CONSULATE O O C O 000000000 O'O o o o oo o o o c TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS MARK JAPANESE NAVAL MANEUVERS VOTERSAT POLLS IN GA. PRESIDENTIAL PRIWTESTTM Underwood and McAdoo Man agers Claiming Victory for Their Candidates MANY COUNTIES VOTING Reports Reaching Atlanta Indi cate Every County in State Have Polls Open ATLANTA, Ga., March 19.—Vot ers of Georgia today are expressing their preference at the polls for Sen ator Oscar W. Underwood of Ala bama, or William Gibbs McAdoo, of California, for the Democratic nom ination for president. In final statements issued yes terday, the stats campaign managers of both candidates predicted vic tory. Confidence that McAdoo will carry the state in which he was born was expressed by Miller S. Bell, Mc- Adoo campaign manager. He stated that sentinjent in favor of the Form er secretary of the treasury has grown by “leaps and bounds” dur ing the closing days of the campaign R. C. Gordon, Underwood cam paign manager, declared that the Alabama senator will win Georgia by “a decisive and sweeping major ity.” He also issued a statement that “of the 412 county units votes, Un derwood is reasonably certain to re ceive 260.” He conceded McAdoo 76 county units votes, stating that 76 were doubtful. Reports received by the secretary of the state Democratic executive commtitee here, indicate that every county in the state is holding the presidential preference primary in connection with presidential pri mary. The sub-committee of the state Democrats executive committee will meet here on. or before, April 12, to declare the official returns in each county. Completion of the final county in each county will show which of the two candidates is entitled to that county’s unit vote. The state Democratic convention will be held here April 23, to decide which candidate will receive the sup port of Georgia’s 28 delegates to the national conventon to be held in New York in June. There will-be 412 accredited dele, gates to the state convention, each county being entitled to twice as many delegates as it has mernjbers in, the lower branch of the genera’ assembly of Georgia. Under the county unit,rule, the candidate re ceiving a majority of the popular vpte in the primary is entitled to the delegates to the state con ventipp. from that, county. BOIMMKE Bl NECESSARY MH Gets Eighty-two Votes More Than Two-Thirds Majority After Brief Debate WASHINGTON, March 19. The house Tuesday passed the sol dier bonus bill- The vote came after forty min utes’ debate under rules requiring a two-third* majority and barring amendments. The result indicated ther P are votes enough in the house to over ride a presidential veto. As sent to the senate, the bill provides for paid-up 20-year-en dowment life insurance policies and cash payments to those veterans not entitled to more than SSO in adjusted compensation. The adjusted service credit is figured on the same basis as in the old bill, which twice passed the house, $1 a day for home service ’ and $1 .25 a day for overseas duty, the first go days of service not counting. The vote was 355 io 54. The margin over the necessary two thirds was 82. ’. 67 ' WHERE THEY CALL HIM 'HARRY' IX A- - v Y lljgj I ‘Ir.K! ~r • y —— ——•— rwWw y Wwßlß ” -;Zv ,|® x^ - Upper left—-Harry Sinclair when he played the cornet in the at Independence, Kas. Up per Right—Main street in Inde pendence. The arrow indicates the drug store in which Sinclair was a clerk. Lower left—Sin clair’s boyhod home. Lower right—The oil magnate’s palatial residence on Logn Island. FREE STATE TROOPS ARREST COL DALLOI AND OTRERARi HEN Nine Men Taken With Officer Accused in Connection With Recent Mutiny WERE HOLDING MEETING Had Gathered With Forty Oth ers in House On Square When Arrested DUBLIN, March 19.—Free state tropps early today took into custody nine men, including Col. Jos. Dol lan and other army officers ac cused of joining the reqent arjjV mutiny. Maj. Gen. Tobin and Col Dalton sought by the raiding forces were not captured. They were found holding a meet iiig with dbout 40 others in a house in Parnell square, which was raid ed by free state troops, COUNCIL YEARNS FOR ‘ SUMTER CO. WEATHER’ L. G. Council, Americus banker and Sumter county farmer, who is resting during a brief period at Grand Rapids, Mich., has written friends here telling of severe weath er conditions which exist there. “Since leaving home I have seen nothing but snow and ice through Kentlcky, Ohio, Indiana and Mehi gan,” says Mr. Council in his letter. “Give me dear old Sumter county weather, where tiiere are birds and sunshine practically every day of the year.” Commenting on the condition of farmers in the great middle west Section, Mr- Council writes that “The farmers of the middle west have suffered somewhat on account of an over-production of wheat crop last year, and therefore natur ally a tow price for their wheat,” and continuing, be says, “If oqr Sumter county farmers would lec.ra to live out of their own smoke houses, corn cribs and barns and raise their cotton as a surplus or money crop, our section would soon be mest prosperous.” Mr. Council adds in his letter, that “I am feel ing fine today, and should be home again by March. 22.” He wept to Michigan a week ago for a brief rest Los Angeles woman, who would not believe a traffic cop, will now. THE TIMESXREC&RDER IteO publishedln HEAR t QF_ ‘TORTURE’ SLAYER TO FACE OTHER CHARGES COLUMBIA, S. C., March 19. Requisition papers for William Gates, confessed slayer of Richard Heaton, in the Louisville (Ky.) ‘tor ture room” case, who is wanted in Lake City, this state has been mail ed to Kentucky authorities. Until the papers have been acted upon no South Carolina officers will be sent to take Gates into custody, however. Governor McLeol, acting upon the request of Florence county author ities, has telegraphed Governor Fields of Kentucky to have Gates held. Gates is charged with assault and battery, false imprisonment and conspiracy in connection with two alleged attacks on W. R. Wall, Lake City chief of police, last November and December. WHITE MAN HELD FOR HAVING LIQUOR ALBANY, March 19.—W. V. Smith, a white man about 35 years Old, is in the county jail in default .of bond on charges of violating the prohibition law. Smith was ar rested Friday afternoon by Sheriff Q. F. Tarver and Deputy Sheriff A. J. Denson in a deserted negro cab in on the old Lockett Swamp .place, about four miles west of Albany. The officers found about two gal lons of liquor in the cabin, Sheriff .Tarver stated, and about a mile and fi half west of the house they found three gallons in a ditch by the side pf the railroad track, Smith admit ted ownership of both lots of liquor the sheriff stated. I believe that Smith is demented, and steps are being taken to investigate his past. GA. GLEE CLUB TO START ANNUAL TOUR ATHENS, March 19.—The Uni versity of Georgia Glee and Man dolin Club will leave here Friday, March 21, for its annual tour of the state, it is announced. The itinerary was announced as follows: Winder, March 21; Atlanta, March 22; LaGrange, March 24; Griffin, March 25; Macon, March 26; Albany, March 27; Tallahassee, Fla.,, March, 28; Thomasville, March 29; Valdosta, March 31; Waycross, April 1; Brunswick, April 2;SavanMh. April 3; Waynes boro, April 4; Augusta, April 5 and Atlanta, April 11. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 19, 1924 Free Election Will i Be Furnished The Times-Recorder and Ry lander the ater will furnish presidential preference re turns tonight free. County primary results from all parts of Georgia will also be giv en and everyone is invited to attend and hear these returns free. MCE STEWART AGAIN BEfIIRE FMBEKIB c® it Diuwn Galveston Attorney Tells Again of Failure of Department to Piosecute LOTTERIES BROUGHT UP On Cross-Examination Witness Admitted Arrests and Prose cutions Were Made WASHINGTON, March 19. The Daugherty investigating com mittee heard again today the testi mony of Mace Stewart, Galveston attorney, concerning alleged fail ure of the Department of Justice to prosecute the promoters of • lot teries. On cross-examination he admit ted that many had been arrested and prosecuted. SLEMP DEFENDS HIS DABBLING IN STOCKS WASHINGTON, March 19. —C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to Presi dent Coolidge Tuesday described thc oil stock purchases he made while a member of the house as “perfectly legitimate transaction which need no explanations.” “P, W- Slemp” for whom Secre tary Slemp bought 100 shares of Mexican Petroleum in 1922, ac cording to records laid before the oil committee, was identified by the president’s secretary qs his cousin, who is associated With him in busi ness. Mexican Seaboard, another stock in which Secretary Slemp dealt in 1922, was declared by the secre tary to be a John Hays Hammond company had not eontrolled in any way so far as he knew by the Sin clair interests. TOBACCO PLANTS NOT HURT BY COLD SNAP MOULTRIE, Ga., March 19. It is the general opiaioa of experts here than the recent cold spell did not damage' tobaceo beds. It is pointed out that the beds are cov ered and that this afforded protec tion from the bdmg imsi& If sere, is damage it will take several days for it to be fully apparent. . » Os Oil DEO BEFORE REPUBLICANS DURING 1920 MEETING Tiffin Gilmore Claims Conven-1 charged With Oil tion Atmosphere Then Sur- WOODS NAME MENTIONED Claim Reiterated That Oil In terests Then Promised to Support Army Man WASHINGTON, March 19. The atmosphere of the Republiean convention of 1920’ was surcharged with stories of oil deals, the Tea pot Dome committee was told to day by Tiffin Gilmore, deputy sec retary of the State of Ohio and a supporter of Leonard Wood at tho convention. One story was that the oil in terests to throw their support to Wood if they were per mitted to name the secretary of the interior. Gilmore Said he had no first hand information. Gilmore said he understood an offer was made to Wood and ho would have nothing to do with it. James G. Darden, mysteriously! ’ connected with Daugherty and toe ! oil investigations, was then called to > the stand, and tesif led that he is a ! native of North Carolina and was a < friend to President Harding and ; Attorney-General Daughtery, but > denied he had ever discussed oil with them until the present matter > came up. Darden said he held oil >’ land claims in Salt Creek field and ' naval reserve. He also said that after Sinclair obtained the Teapot. leases, a dis pute arose as to the Darden claim. Fall told him that he had no claim to the land, and Mr. Harding called I him to Washington for a conference. He said Harding told him “Fall is TNT,” but did not advise him to take any action in the matter. Dar den was questioned at length by members of the committee as to the circumstances under which Secre tary Fall sent marines to drive off representatives of companies with • which he was connected who had oc cupied parts of the Teapot Dome re- s serve oil lands. DARDEN SAYS HARDING OFFERED PROTECTION BALTIMORE, Md., March 19. ' The Evening Sun in a copyrighted ' story today prints statements made ‘ by James G. Darden, sought by the 1 oil committee, explaining his ■ connection with Teapot Dome and > his relations with President Hard- - ing, former Secretary Fall and oth ers. He declared that Mr. Harding, 1 whom he had known for years, call ed hi mto the white house and of fered to do something to protect his interest in the Teapot Dome oil leases. • “What can I do?” Daden quoted - President Hi.rding as saying to him 1 “I want to take care of my friend. 3 Fall says he is going to send ma -3 rines out there. He is TNT on the Subject.” Darden said he wouldn’t let the president “get mixed up in it,” so " be told Mr. Harding there was only one thing to do, take into court, which he did. He did not see At ' torney General Daugherty,; he said. Mr. Darden asserted that he and ’ former Secretary Fall “had been enemies for thirty five years.” . When he heard about Harry F. t Sinclair getting the Teapot Dome . leases he went to see Fall, then see- I retary of the interior. r “We had a three-hour session,” . .said Dardep. “|le said to me, Sin elair wil itafce care of all the otheys.’ I wasn’t satisfied with that. I kepi afer Fall and he said, ‘well, I don’t • care, I’ mog n giuqoti' uyo-enW care I’m going to quit.” Daden .said his conneptioji with 5 Teapot Pome ayos# through his ay i yociation with the Champion family s ia Colorado, which had large inter - ests in the west. The late John F. - Champion, Robert Taylor and him ; self acquired 240 acres in Sak ? Creek and 160 acres in Teapot Dome he said. r ’ —JI* RUSSO-CHINESE NEGOTIATIONS FAIL PEKING, March 19. —Nego- tiations say, recognition by China of the Russian Soviet government appear definitely to have Jailed. The cabinet has refused to approve tentative agreement for recognition. Smshm 18 PROTECT IN EMM LEGATION PROPERTY Drunken Honduran Soldiers Start Serious Riots in Capital City of Tegucigalpa! MANY PERSONS BEEN SHOT Looting Reported Rife in Capi tal Following Incipient Rebellion WASHINGTON, March 19.—A landing force, of 167 men and nine officers from the cruiser Milwau kee is being rushed to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, where wild disorder prevails, The landing force was asked by American Minister Morales for the protection of the American lega tion and the consular office which were fired upon by drunken sol diers over which the Honduran ministry has lost al! control. Many innocent persons ar e re ported shot and looting is ramparif. PBI»WI»GRfS® QUIETLY 11 COW Reports From All Sections Indi cate Heavy Balloting at AU Polling Places Today’s primary election is pro gresing quietly throughout the county with one of the largest votes ever polled expected to be cast, according to information reaching the Times-Recorder by telephone at 2:30 o’clock this aft ernoon. Everywhere heard from th c wo men are rallying to the support of their favorite candidates at the polls, and they are apparently tak ing great interest in th e outcome of the battle of ballots. Hundreds of women who registered during the past week voted today in their respective precincts and at she Americus voting place there were numbers of ladies present from the opening of the polls until the hour of going to press. As usual many secret ballots are bein.y cast, and at this hour it is impossible to forecast with accu iaey the result of the voting. At 2:20 this afternoon 1320 vot ers had cast ballots in Americus, 586 of these being women and 734 being men. MRS. LEE BRADLEY BURIED AT LESLIE LESLIE, March 19.—Mrs. Loe Bradley died at her hom e in Colum bus Saturday after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia. The remains were brought to Leslie Saturday and were buried at Mt. Zion near here Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock. Rev. J. P. Daugherty conducted the services. Mrs. Bradley for a number of years resided near . Leslie befose moving to Columbus and was well and favorably known here. Mrs. Bradley is survived by her husband and four small children. She was Miss Neita Blackman before her marriage to Mr. Bradley. MRS. W. M. SUMMERS IS CRITICALLY ILL Mrs. W. M. Summers, mother of PepuJ-y Sheriff T. L. Summers, u> critically ill at her home on Ogle thorpe avenge, grave fears are entertained for her recovery. Mrs. Summers has been Lil several weeks but her condition has not been regarded as serious until the past ten days. She is one of the oldest and most beloved residents of the commun ity, and has hundreds of friends who are deeply concerned over hex condition. K a J * *' ” Newport Future. PC. Open High Low Close Mar ..28.82 May ..29,00 29.12j2».25|28.89[28,95 Jqly . 28.43 28.57|2».68|28.37f28.3(i Oct. . 25.80 35.95125.98125.76|25.78 Dec. 25.40!2^55|25>5 < Americus strict middling 28 l-2c PRICE FIVE CENTS JAP SUBMARINE WITH J» KB, I OFFICERS SIIK HEM# Collided With Warship TaUuta During Minor Maneuvers Outside Harbor SECUND SUB TO BE LOST First Underseas Boat Was Sunk Near JCobe During August Maneuvers SASEBO, Japan, March 19. Submarine 43 of the Japanese navy collided with the warship Tatsuta during minor maneuvers to day, and sank with four officers and 40 men outside of the harbor here. Naval officers stated several hours later that little hope would be held for any of |he survivors, although attempts at rescue are pro ceeding. The submarine went down sud denly after the collision, it being the second Japanese submarine lost recently, another having sunk near Kobe in August. NAVY DRIGIBLE ON FIREj CREW SACRIFICED TOKIO, March 19.—A small nav al dirigible caught fire and fell norlheust of Tokio today, killing the crew of five men. The body of the commander was thc only one found. The accident followed a few hours t after sinking of the .submarine 43 at Sasebq, ( and naval ciftles are greatly deptesse'd.’ ’ pokSkk FIGHT FOP ffflßK j, Ml French Premier Sees Projects Involving 20 Pct. Tax In crease Adopted PARIS, March 19.—Premier Poiti care breathed a sigh of relief set tled down with consciousness of vic tory well won when the French senate adopted the government’s fiscal projects by a vote of 151 to U 3 late Tuesday. 'The fact that most of the radicals abstained from voting did not worry the premier, for his measures had passed, de. spite the bitterest, opposition he has yet faced. The premier had won on every point. His plan for a2O per cent increase in all taxes had been ap proved, he had gained the right to make economies effective, by de cree, and had won on all minor points of the fiscal program with which he hopes to stabilize the franc and consolidate the nation’s finan cial position by means of earefuß economies. The franc, meanwhile, gave Poin care a little vote of confidence of its own closing at 19.92 francs to the dollar, as contrasted to the quo tations of more than 28 francs to the dollar during the recent record slump. Poincare now seems established securely in the saddle until the May elections. If is expected that his prestige will be increased here by publcation of the report of the ex perts committee, and it is likewise considered possible that the premier stock may rise another point through ultimate resumption of negotiations wih Premier MacDonald of Eng land. Well informed persons be lieved that the exchange of letters between the statesmen has paved the way for further action toward the settlement of outsanding Anglo- French problems. THOMPSON SCHOOL TO STAGE AMATEUR PLAY Thompson v school will give a play entitled “The Hoo Dooed Darky” at Concqrd schoolhouse Friday night, Match 21, at 7:80 o’clock. The prices of admission will be J£c an,d 25c. The will go toward i equipping the club kitchen at Con- i cord. Ice cream and eandy will H be sold also by the Concord Can- .Jj ning club ladies. . ~r .
