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WEATHER For Georgia—Cloudy in south and rain in north portion tonight; cool er tonight; Friday fair and cooler in southern portion, fethong south shifting tp ,west winds. YEAR—NO. 68 AMERICAN MARINES RESTORE ORDER AT TEGUCIGALPA O O•r O 4 ,0 O O O O O O O O 00000000000 M’ADOO CARRIED 122 GEORGIA COUNTIES o £O • 0,0 o o o| O O O O ° o o o OO o o o c SENATOR UNDERWOOD CARRIES SUMTER COUNTY IN PRIMARY SIUTO RESULTS BE CQHSOLIDHED BY COIIIIMWEE ’ ’ 4 . J , Underwood Carried County By Clash Margin Over Former ’‘Secretary cf Treasury HARPER LEADS TICKET Anderson, Easterlin and Ray Named Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Official results in Wednesday’s primary in Sumter county were an nounced shortly after noon today by the county Democratic committee, of which James A. Davenport is chairman and John Allen Fort secre tary. Announcement of the re sults was made following a mNv ing of the committee at the court house, when the ballots were count ed and nominees formally declared. These ate; For President —Oscar W, Under wood. , t For Judg'd Qty Court of Ameii \ cus.—W. M. Harper. X For Solicitor of the City Couii —Dan Chappell. v For Ordinary—Capt. John A. XCubh. For Clerk of Superior Court —H. E. Allen. For Sheriff, WillisP. McArthur. For Tax Collector —I. B. Smail. For Tax Receiver —George' D. Jones. For County Treasurer—H. D. Watts. For County Commissioners. —W. T.’Anderson, Ben F. Easterlin and N. A. Ray. For County school superintendent —R. T. Moore. For Coroner—Ed Jenkins. 'For Surveyor—R. R. Howe. Delegates elected by the comit tee tto attend the state convention as friends of Senator Oscar W. Un derwood are James A. Fort, R. C. Moran, Frank Lanier, T. G. Hudson, John D. Williams, W. S. Moore, John T. Methvin and Lasco Harvey. The Consolidated Vote. The consolidated vote for the va rious offices as declared by the com mittee follows: For President of the United States—William G. McAdoo, 1449; Oscar W. Underwood, 1539. For Judge of the City Court—W. M. Harpfer, 3033. For Solicitor of the City Court— Dan Chappell, 1072; Robert T. Hawkins, 653, Robert C. Lane, 693; T. 0. Marshall, 614. For Ordinary—John A. Cobb, 1664; Dr. E, T. Mathis, 1443; W. T. McMath, 325. For Clerk of Superior Court— H. E. lAllen 1667 T , Furlow Gate wood, 1352. ' ’ For Sheriff Willis P. Mc- Arthur, 1649; T. L. Summers, 1391. For Tax Collector— W. B. Johr.- sort, 887; I. B. Small, 1767; B. E. Thrasher, 361. For Tax Receiver—Jack R. Brit toni, 1437; George D. Jones 1588. For County Treasurer H. D. Watts, 3031. For County Commissnioers— W. T. Anderson 2009; Ben. F. Easter lin, 1869; R. B. Gaston, 862; R. S. (Oliver 1968; N. A. Ray, 1870; Emory C. Webb, 1199. For County school superintendent —Mrs. Myrtle Sanborn Cawood, 1203; E. J. McMath, 684 E. T. Mopre, 980; A. B. Phillips, 381; Mrs. G. W. (Flossie Dunn) Walters, 587, For Cofoner—Ed Jenkins, 3042. For Surveyor—W. R. Drane, 929; R. R. Howe, 2077. BRUNSWICK MAY RENT STREET CAR PROPERTY BRUNSWICK, March 20.—A pro positlap whereby the city of Bruns wickgwili lease the car tine at a, fixed*”rental of JI.OO per year, and will operate it, maintain all equip ment, etc, has been submitted for acceptance of the city by the stock holders, provided the proposed bond issue for the purchase of the car line fails. The lease under which the cits would rent the car line would run for five years, * V- ■ THE jfeu PUBLISHED In"THE f First Time in History Bal • feW’ Hix’' '- v ~ ? vX ‘ H jp - S®®® *■ wl jUF’ IHilniß Wf ,'W W ** 13® RMI jw3g* Wk 'Hj*' i T®_ J ?<♦ For the 6rst time a member of British parliament has been “introduced” a British custom, to the House of Commons, by his sons + alsq members. Photo shows Arhtur Henderson (center) walk ing with his sons, William Hen derson (left) and Arthur Hen derson, Jr. mTSlelmtl BESCK IBPBISOIIEIi MEN IH SUNKEN SUB ' ■ 1 ’ * ' 1 V “ *- • Japanese Sailors At Bottom of Sasebo Harbor Face Slow Death Unless Rescued • 10 DIVERS AID IN EFFORT . ♦ Imprisoned Men Say 24 Men and 2 Officers Killed When Warships Mat in Collision TOKIO, March 20.—Efforts to continue to rescue the 18 men fac ing slow death by suffocation stiil imprisoned in the Japanese navy Submarine 43, which sank yester day at Sasebo, after colliding with the warship Satsnta. The boat is resting on the sea bot tom ih 26 fathoms of water, and 10 divers ar e working to attach chains by which the submarine can be pulled to the surface. Communication is held with the survivors by underwater “telephone, and information has been given that 24 men and 2 officers, includ ing Commander Kuwasima, perish ed when the collision occurred. Others imprisoned in the com partment are faced with slow death approaching unless th e boat can be raised. imHiimii SUPPER IS I.SBMGFO Furlow School to Be Scene of Gathering Friday Night, With Roebuck As Speaker The Ministerial association of Americus has just arranged for an inter-denominational supper to be served in the basement of Furlow school here Friday night. The oc* cfcston is to he patterned after a similar supper served at the sam" place fl pear ago, when the officer <of the various churches gathered there, and as a result, it Is said, much good was accomplished, tho will be again the officers of the various churches. The ladies of the Nellie Worthy Missionary society of First Baptist church will be hosjs to the gather ing serving luncheon for those pres ent. The affair will be of such pat tern, every guest paying for his own ’ plate, and these will bt fifty cents each. John Sheffield of First; •Methodist church, will preside, and W. L. Roebuck, of Cordele, will be ,the principal speaker, it is an nounced. AMERICUS; GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1924 fGHL® HEADS I fIWE BK, WITH I ELLIS PREST Jce M. Bryan and A. J. Bell Continue As Cashier and Tell er Respectively ELLIS HEADS TRUST CO. lifton Man Will Make Head quarters Here Dividing Time Between Cities Announcement was authorized this afternoon of the election • of Hugh L. Mize to be president of the Empire Bank of Americus to suc ceed the late Col. George R. Ellis as head of Americus' newest banking institution. Other changes made by the direc tors at their meeing today included the naming of Robert C. Ellis, of Tifton to be vice president and di rector of the bank, replacing his deceased brother in these position;:. Mr. Mize was formerly vice presi dent of the bank. Joe M.. Bryan, cashier, and A. J. Bell will be retained in their respec. tiye positions at the bank, it was also announced, with no other changes either in the officers or di rectorate at this time. It was announced simultaneously with the changes in the bank that R. C. Ellis had been elected president of the Empire Loan & Trust Com pany, a concern closely allied with the Empirsi Bank, and of which the late Col. George R. Ellis had also been president. Other changes in the trust companj’ officers include the election of G. C. Webb as vice president and treasurer and the nam ing of Miss May Branch as secre tary. Mr. Webb had formerly been treasurer of the trust company and his elevation to the vice presidency merely added new duties to his de partment. Miss Branch has been secretary during some time past. DISABLED VET LEAVES HIS ESTATE TO LEGION KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 20.—’One fourth of the estate of a disabled Woild War veteran who died here recently .was inherited by the American Legion. The veter an, Earl Mason of Indianapolis, pro vided for the bequest in his will. Dennis J. Downey head of the leg* : I division of the Legion’s hospitali zation committee here, was named as executor. The estate amounted to approximately $350. The will recites that “every con sideration and kindness” was shtnvn to Mason by the Legion, and that he made the gift as a token of grati tude and to assist in providing aid for other disabled soldiers. Maeon came to Kansas City several months ago, in broken health and without employment. The Legion assisted him in securing compensation and hospital service. The former soldier’s parents were dead and he had no other near rel atives, MSS WQDLLEY TALKS OF WOMEN VOTERS BEFORE RDTARIMIS Effort Will Be Made to E»tab lish Chapter of League of Wo men Voters Here ’ • < ‘ ELLIS IS EULOGIZED Cargill Letter Tells of Big Base- Ball Game Arranged at Co lumbus Soon Miss Marguerite Woolley, secre tary, third region National League of women voters spoke briefly to the Rotarians at the regular meeting Wednesday. She requested the moral support and assistance of the Rotarians in her efforts to estab lish a local chapter of the league here. She said the object of the league was purely educational; that they were not seeking to establish a woman’s party; that the efforts of the league was to help the women of the nation m fully qualifying them selves to exercise their rights at the polls. Ilev. John’Outler, pastor First Methodist church and member of Americus Kiwanjs club, gave local Rotarians an invitation to dine with the ladies #f his church on Wednes day, April 9, the profits from the lunch to go toward paying for kitchen equipment in the new Methodist church. The invitation was accepted at the club luncheon. Mr. Outler stated that indications were that the Sunday school room, dining room seating 300, the kitch en and other parts of the new church would be 'ready for occup ancy early in April. He said that the church contem plated and had perfected certain arrangements for opening a gymna sium, reading rooms, baths, tennis courts and other- features of u com plete boy’s recreation center at the First Methodist plant. This will be for the use of all boys, regardless of their religious affiliations. Jphn Sheffield, president of the club, paid a beautiful tribute to Colonel George Ellis, deceased, who was, a charter member of the local club and whose death is the first among local Rotarians. A commit tee composed of Prof. J. E. Mathis, Paul Westbrook and Tom Harrold was appointed to draft suitable res olutions for the club. At yesterday’s meeting the club had present every member ?f the club, giving the local club a 100 per cent meeting in point of attendance. The secretary announced that the attendance for the month was well over 95 per cent. A letter from Ralston Cargill, former Rotarian, now located at Co T lumbus as traffic manager of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, stated that the Baltimore Orioles and the Reading (Pa.) baseball clubs would play an exhibition game here Tuesday Mar. 25th a part of the proceeds of the game going to the Americus playground. Many of the Rotarians spoke dur ing the dinner yesterday regarding their impressions of the district con vention which closed Tuesday night at Macon, when retiring Governor Ken Guernsey was presented with a handsome present by the district Rotarians, John Sheffield, of Amer icus, making the presentation speech. , With one or two exceptions every member of the Americus club at tended the Macon Convention, where Bill Lanier of West Point, was elect ed district governor, succeeding Ken Guernsey, of Orlando, Fla. Bill Lanier, had no opposition. His nomination was seconded by the j Americus club. A number of nationally prominent Rotarians were present, including International President, Guy Gunda ker of Philadelphia; Carey A. Hardee, Governor of the state of 'Florida; Hart Neely, of Waverly, N. Y., international chairman boys work; Bert Adams, internation al past president, of Atlanta; Wil liam R. Manier, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn., hnd governor of the 23rd Rotary District. The next convention of the 39th district, comprising Georgia and Florida, will be held next spring at West Bahn Beach, Fla. JCARL ANSLEY CRITICALLY ILL AT CITY HOSPITAL Carl Ansley who underwent an operation fpr appendicitis a*- Americus and Sumter deunty hospi tal this week, remains in that insti tution in a critically condition. At 2 o’clock The Times-Recorder was informed there had been no improvement in his condition dur ing the morning. LANDING P)m OF MARINES HAS REACHED HONDDRAN CARTAL Force From Cruiser Milwaukee Now At Tegucigalpa, State Department Learn* AMERICAN LIVES SAFE Militay Guard About Legation Property Insures Preserva tion of Order WASHINGTONS March 20.—The arrived at Tegucigalpa,, Honduras of the American landing force from the Cruiser Milwaukee, reported to day to the State Department of Na val attachment asked to protect American lives and propery, his taken Up the work of guarding the legation ahd consulate buildings. toialcotToFcrop FOB I SIS LESS TW 11 NILLIM BALES WASHINGTON, March 20.—The total cotton crop last season wis 10,128,478 bales, equivalent to- 5’90 pound bales exclusive of linters, ac cording to the final ginning report for the season issued today by the census bureau. The total slightly exceeds the es timate of last December. The cotton cron for Georgia is 587,069. SENATF TO M Pffl POLICIES BONUS BILL WASHINGTON, March 20.—As linga formed in the senate late Wedhesnay for the fight on th e sol dier bonus bill, reported from the house, sentiment indicated the measure would displace the tax reduction bill for immediate con sideration in the finance commit tee. The paid-up insurant bill pass ed by the house met with general favor among republicans but demo crats were apparently ready to car ry on the fight of their group in the house for a full cash payment option. Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking democrat on the finance committee, declared in favor of such a proposal. Although agreed generally on a straight insurance bill with an option for cash payments to vet erans not entitled to more than SSO, as provided in the house measure, republicans were* split over the form of th e insurance provision. Chariman Smoot, of the finance committee, introduced a bill pro viding for insurance policies pay able only at death and announced he would not support the house provision for twenty-year endow ment policies carrying loan privi lays. Th c cost of the bill introduced ■•by Mr. Smoot was estimated at $5,007,422,442, of which $16,000,- 000 would be used in immediate payments to those entitled to SSO «r less. Mr. Smoot explained that ]the cost calculation was as accu rate as possible, being based on the American, experience tables of mor tality. The total cost would be spread over 64 years, this being the (presumptive period before the death of all veterans insured. The total cost of the house bill was estimated at $2,119,000,000, SENATE OIL PROBERS ADJOURN AFTER BRIEF SESSION EARLY TODAY ■,. .1 . , Had Planned to Interrogate Whalberg Regarding Securi ties Transfer PROBING SINCLAIR TODAY Name of Will R. Heys Brought Into Oil Scandal By Trans fer to Meet Deficit WASHINGTON, March 20.—The senate oil committee adjourned to day after a brief session in which was received evidence concerning the 1 oil stock transactions of Daugh erty and Jess Smith. It was planned to question G. D. Whalberg, former private secre tary to Harry Sinclair, concerning a story that Sinclair gave a large; batfh of securities to Daugherty and Will R. Heys to help meet the deficit of the 1920 Republican campaign. Process servers, however, reported they could not locate Whalberg. TEX RICKARD IS HEARD BY COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, March 20.—Tex Rickard, on the stand in the Daugh erty investigation, was quoptioned concerning his part in pie showing of the Dempsey-Carpentier firms. He told of making a contract with Jap Muma and Fred C. Quimby, who told hl mhe said they could get a law passed legalizing the show ing. He further gaid that they had “bunked” him, and did nothing for the money paid them by hi murider contract. He denied they promised to use their influence with Daqgherty aij.l . said, he did not consider he ha”d entered into conspiracy. Thomas C. Spellaey, former De parment of Justice agent mention ed as associated in the investiga tion of the fight film deal by the Department, was placed on the stand, and corroborated the testi mony previously given by Gerald Holdridge in most of its details. TEX RICKARD TO TESTIFY TODAY WASHINGTON, March 20.—1 n comparison with its usual whirlwind sessions, the Daugherty investiga ing committee had a prosy time during late Wednesday Senator Wheeler, the committee prosecutor, was absent with a cold, and Paul Howland, chief of counsel for the Attorney General, improved the op portunity to bring out some testi mony favorable to him. Tex Richkard, the prize fight pro moter, is summoned as today wit ness to tell what he knows aibout the alleged ‘deal’ whereby the Car pentier-Dempsey fight films were shown in 1922 with guarantees of no prosecutions. Senator Wheeler is expected back and the investiga tion probably will return to high gear. Mr. Howland didn’t care to cross examine William A. Orr, former secretary to Governor Whitman, who has been testifying about thc fight film "deal” and also “whisky” deals, and the committee let Orr go subject to recall. Wednesday’* witnesses were Maco Stewart, a Galveston, Tex., lawyer who contends the Depart ment of Justice has been remiss in prosecuting alleged lottery schemes, and Thomas D. Hawkins, a Texas postoffice inspector, called in con nection with previous testimony by Captain Baldwin, of the Texas rang ers. , Through cross-examination, Mr. Howland led Stewart to testify that the Government had been indicting and prosecuting various alleged lot teries Stewart referred to, but Stew art Insisted that all the prosecution s had been brought under mail fraud laws and did not meet the situation where he contended, lottery prose- should have been made. Dawkins testified that United States Attorney Zweifel, of Texas, has refused to prosecute a similar concern because of an opinion by the solicitor of the Postoffiee De partment, which he supposed had the approval of Attorney General Daugherty ti e New York Future* PC. Open High Low Close Mar ..28.77)38.75(28.75(28.66(28.68 May ..28.95129.08129.05128.80(28.88 July . 28.86128.30128.45(28.24 28.29 Oct. -2&75125.76(25.86(25.67 25.72 Dec. ..25.42(25.80125.50(25.35 25.42 Americus strict middling 28 3-4 PRICE FIVE CENTS moraio GEORGIA COMPLETE HAS 216 UNITVOTES Former Treasury Secretary Sweeps Everything From Ra bun Gap To Tyhee Light LEAD EASY FROM START Industrial Centers and Watson Forces Join in Pil’ng Up Big Vote for Winner ALANTA, March 20.—Re ports received here up to noon to day gave McAdoo 122 counties and Underwood 31 in the presi dential primary yesterday. The winner is steadily increas ing his lead. M’ADOO VICTORY IN GEORGIA IS COMPLETE ATLANTA, March 20.—(8y As sociated Press) —From Rabun Gap to Tybee Light, Georgians Wednes day declared their preference for William G. McAdoo for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. Running in a primary in Geor gia, McAdoo overwhelmed his op (ponent, Sen. Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama. The former Secretary of the Treasury took the lead in thc first returns and gradually increas ed his advantage as addtiionul coun ties reported. Early in the evening it was evident that the Californian had swept the State as county after county swung into his column. Atlanta helped to swell the Mc- Adoo majority. H e carried his home county of Cobb by a big vote captured the home county of the late Sen. Thomas E. Watson! by a small majority, according to incom plete newspaper returns, and took Chatham, the home of Senator Un derwood’s state campaign manager. The former Secretary recently spoke in these four cities. Senator Underwood carried Bald win County, where McAdoo spent his boyhood at Milledgeville, Mus cogee, in which Columbus is located also went for the Alabamian. Twiggs County, which held a primary some time ago and declared tynderwood, again registered its choice for him. Shortly before 10 o’clock last night complete returns to newspa pers had 216 votes in the Demo cratic convention,, nine more than the necessary majority to insure election of the Georgia delegation of 28 votes to the national party con vention in New York. BASEBALL¥« IB OPEN HERE THEM Baltimore and Reading, Big League Clubs, to Meet at Americus in Exhibition Game The baseball season opens here Tuesday, with an exhibition game between two of the larger clubs of the nation. The Baltimore Orioles, now in spring l training at Columbus, will meet the Reading, Pa., club on the Americus playground diamond for a nine-inning game at 3 o’clock, Tuesday, March 25th. The Reading club is training at Albany. Ralston Cargill, president of the playground association signed a con tract with the two clubs yesterday which gives the playground 20 per cent of the gate receipts. Every community for a distance of 50 miles is being billed for the game and it iq expected that sever al thousand people will come into Americus next Tuesday to witness the game between these two north ern clubs. The playground association does not put up a guarantee of any amount. The contract calls for a division of the gate between the two clubs and the playground. Each of the visiting clubs pays its own ex penses here and back to their re spective training camps. Admission charges will be 75 cents general admission for all adults and 25 cents for children. k There will be no reserved seats any- I’ riiere on the grounds, ' ’
