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WEATHER For Georgia Showers tonight and Friday in west and north por tion. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO 91 ALLEGED COUN IT.RITITER ARRESTED AT WAYCROSS TODAY PROCTER TO TESTIFY BEFORE OIL COMMITTEE DIVORCED WIFE ACCUSED OF MIDNIGHT#ASSAULT IN VIRGINIA OMGHfRH PMBFRS IKE WESS TODAY: WHEELER GOES IEST Senator Excused to Attend Trial of Indictment Against Him In Montana CAMPBELL “iS EXAMINED Geologist Tells of Having Em ployed Wheeler to Represent Him During 1920 WASHINGTON, April 17.—The senate Daugherty committe stood at recess today to permit Senator Wheeler committee prosecutor, to attend the opening hearing of the senate’s investigation of his indict ment in Montana. WASHINGTON, April 17.—Gat ing immediately into the heart of the whole controversy, the senate committee investigating the Mon tana charges against Senator Wheel er opened hearings today, the testi mony bearing directly on the extent of his activities at Washington in connection with the cases involving certain Montana cliffs was elected from Gordon Campbell, geologist, who said that he had employed Sen ator Wheeler in 1922, to represent him in the state courts. The committee received copies of telegrams passed between Camp bell and Senator Wheeler, One' of then purported to show that Wheele had “been advised the govern ment courts could not intervene in, Campbell’s behalf during land pro ceedings against him and the other indicated the senator had arranged to have Campbell confer with Soli citor Booth, of the Interior Depart ment, regarding the “Lincoln per mit” in which Campbell was inter ested with Wheeler. The witness' insisted that this did not constitute Wheeler’s ‘appearance” before the Department of the Interior in be half of his client, as charged in the indictment recently returned by a Montana district court. ROTilirfi NEGRO QUARTETTE Members of the Americus Ro tary club were entertained Wednes day at their regular lundheon by a number of the negro students from the’ Americus Institute, of which W. M. Redick is principal. There were half a dozen of the boys and probably a dozen of the girls, together with their vocal teacher who sang a number- of the old-time negro spirituals, such as “De Backsliding Brudder,” by a number of male voices; “The Hus kin’ Bee” was another offering by the boys * “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and other spirituals were sung by the entire institute chorus, answering a number of encores. A srlo. from .one of the girls was another fea< ture. Professor Reddick stated that those composing the chorus were just the students, “taken in the, rough, right from their homes in the towns and off the farms,” none of whom had other instruction than that they were receiving at the Americus institute. At the conclusion of the 20 min ute program Walter Rylander, act ing president, thanked the mem bers of the chorus and congratulat ed them, their teachers and Prof. Reddick “for the very fine work you are doing in the Americus In stitute, a work that is known and appreciated by the white people of this county.” A number of Rotarians request ed a return of the chorus at a later date. Tim Furlow was re-elected to membership in the club. Mr. Fur low was one of the charter mem bers of Rotary, but was forced to resign some time ago because of continued absences from the city, making regular attendance impossi ble. . Mr. W. C. Wright and -L. C. THE ™S»R®RDER HEART Mother Faces Death Penalty As Price Por Her Daughter’s Rosy Cheeks WIERD TALE TOLD BY] WOiN IN REPORTING AFFAIR TO POLICE Body of Blair Buried By Slayer Whose Conscience Forced Confession ATTACK “IS - " ALLEGED Body Hacked To Pieces After Man Had Been Shot To Death During Fight By MAXWELL HYDE MIDDLETON, Conn., April 17. The rosy cheeks of Lillian Tell, 14 will bear mute, yet eloquent witness for her mother, Mrs. Johanna Tell, 32 when the latter is called to bar to answer for one of the most ghastly murders on record in Nev.- England. Mrs. Tell has confessed to the Slaying of Charles Blair on his des solate farm at Killingsworth, neat here. Four years ago she lived, a de serted wife, in a congested district of New York with her daughter. The girl was anemic colorless, dispir ited. The position as housekeeper on Blair’s farm offered fresh air, fresh eggs and fresh milk. The mother, thinking only of her daugh ter, took it. Summers and winters passed and the adolescent girl flourished like all other, things that grew under i God’s sun. Yet while the mother re joiced in her daughters’ new-found health, she worried about the rela tionship that had sprung up between hqrself and her employer. Then one day Mrs. Tell packed up and took her daughter back to New York. But Conscience rode along. Conscience mocked her at every turn. It would not let her eat. Nor sleep. It drove her to tell her relatives a strange, strange story Then the pale, tried woman drag ged herself into the Bronx police station in New York. She retold the story. It was that Blair, her em ployer, had tried to force his! at tentions on her, that when she haa spurned him he menaced with ax and that she had shot .and hacked him with the ax. “I didn’t want my girl to know',’ the police say she confessed. “So I dragged the body into the cellar before she came from school. I washed the ax clean. I couldn’t sleep that night. I buried the body next morning, but the sight of the grave drove me nearly mad.” She drew a diagram of the ave ’s location. The police found the body there. William Thomas, attorney for Mrs. Tell, has hired detectives. He says they will reveal a story of sen sational brutalities. And little Lil ‘77' 11 'l° on the stand to cor roborate their story. Everything my mother says is true, the girl declares. “I will tell everything when the time comes ” briX hel ’ ° Wn r ° Sy cheeks - her fps Th 68 ’ t6ll n ’ Ore than her . They will tell of the fearful Pnce her mother paid for them.' FLORIDA REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT COOLIDGE PALATKA, April 17.—Ten vote m the national republican conven tion were today pledged President Coohdge by the Florida state re» publican convention here. The delegates go to Cleveland instruct e ? practically' every county represented. Inauguration of the primary sys tem and the elimination of the ne gro from the party in Florida were the outstanding features of the con vention. Summerford were guests of Frank Sheffield, Jr., Miss Constance Ellis one of the directors of “Kathleen,” accompanied by Robert Lane and 12 of the girls taking part in the performance, were guests of the club. Miss Elizabeth Pless, of Cor dele and Lewis Ellis and Herbert Kincey were other guests. AMERICUS; GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 17, 1924 •• -X— .- - ~-.’V V--- ■ - ----- —V-———* 411 -.z'-'I 1 Jg| ; 1 01 4 x IH / Mrs. Johanna lell, snapped with her daughter Lillian, leav ing court after being arraigned on a charge of murdering Chas. Biair on his lonely Connecticut farm, where she had been em ployed as housekeeper. FLYERS READY TO FLY TO DUTCH HARBOR SEATLE, April 17.—A wire less message from C’hignik, Alaska, reported the world cruisers two, three and four were prepared to leave Chignik this for Dutch Harbor, the weather permitting. SHOALS CONTROVERSY BEFORE AGRICULTURE SENATE COniTEE Elon Hooker,. One of Bidders For Famous Power Project Tells of His Offer MILLIONS FOR RESEARCH Claims His Company Could Save Government Huge Sum In Operating Plants WASHINGTON, April 17.—Elon Hooker, one of the bidders behind the Hooker, White & Atterbury pro posal for the operation of Muscle Shoals, resumed testimony today be fore the senate agriculture com mittee which is considering all bids offered for the property. . Chairman Norris drew from the witness' that the Hooker bid pro vides $10,000,000 for research work. Hooker said that he is not con-! tending that his company cou’d give the government any patents on process it could not get itself, but that it could save the government large sums of money through oper ation on 'a business basis. AMERICAN DELEGATES TO ATTEND ROME MEET WASHINGTON, April 17.—Nine teen American delegates to the In ternational Institute of Agriculture which will be held at Rome 2-10, have been appointed by the department of state on recommen dation of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, it is announced. The American delegation will be composed of agricultural experts and business men front all sections of the country, it was stated. The chief proposal to be made to the institute by the American dele gates is that the institute encour age the governments to conduct comparable national surveys con cerning agricultural conclusion throughout their respective areas t » MIE IIIISTER nflHii. Bunn M CHILD ffILH Former Wife of Cooper Alleg- To Have Lead Four Uniden tified Assailants WOMAN LIVE SIN ATLANTA Party of Five Motorists Held At Bedford, Va, In Connec tion With Affair ROANOKE, Va., April 17. —The four year old daughter of Rev. J. R. Cooper, a Methodist minister, was kidnaped last night by four un identified assailants after they hail attacked and severely beaten the minister at his home here. The police said that they had been informed the kidnapers were accompanied by Mrs. Jack Lane, of Atlanta, the former wife of the preacher. A few hours after the adbuctors left, a telephone message from Bedford, near here, reported the de tention of a party of five motorists and a child, answering the gener al description of the kidnapers. The authorities left immediately and are expected to return l?te to ’day with the prisoners. in Americus during 1865, and who served the congregation as senior warden until his death in 1908, when he was succeeded in that of fice by Capt. Cobb. The cross presented Calvary church by Capt. Cobb will be used first on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in a benediction of the cross service, wherein Robert Physioc will act as crucifer, with the serv ice read by the rector, Rev. James B. aLwrence. A special invitation to attend this service is extended to the public i ngeneral, Easter ser vices at Calvary church always be ing of an interesting nature. THE ATTRACTION “Don’t deny it. I saw you kissing the cook.” “Ah, but it wasn’t the woman in her I kissed; it was the culinary expert.”—Klods-Hans (Copenhag en.) Do'you use sheets in your house? They are dangerous. In Boston, a burglar used the sheets to tie a man. One real nice thing about phono graphs and player pianos is you never have to sit around and beg them to'play. > ’ ■y 1 " 1 ■ * The auto race is nojt as danger; ous as the human race. BESSIE TIFT GIRL IS PARTIALLY PMD BT DIVE INTO WATER *it ' Miss Johnson, Stricken While Swimming At Forsyth, Re portekl Improved Today CASE PUZZLES DOCTORS Injured Girl Hyrried To Macon Hospital, Following Unusual Accident MACON, April 17.—Physician<4 reported today the condition of Miss Myrtice Johnson, a student at Bes sie Tift College, suffering from paralysis as a result of diving in shallow water, as slightly improv ed. The young woman is in the hospi tal and her father, J. W. Johnson, of Green Cove Springs, is in atten dance at her bedsire. The dive was made in a shallow pool-at the col lege in Forsyth. p , Miss Johnson stated that she struck on her head in diving into the flbol. The pool was being cleaned and refilled and the stud ent/ had been warned that the wa ter /Was not deep enough for diving. Mi?s Johnson either thought she could safely take the plunge or lost her balance and went headlong into the shallow water, striking the ce ment bottom. Other students noticed that Misr Johnson was injured and they res cued her and summoned aid. CASE PUZZZLES MACON PHYSICIANS MACON, April 17.—Miss Myr tice Johnson, a Sophomore at Bessie Tift College, is at the Oglethprpd Private Infimary, paralyzed from her shoulders down, the result of a, plunge into a shallow pool of wa ter at the college at Forsyth, Ga, Tuesday. She was brought to the local private hospital early yester day morning. While no bones were broken in Miss Johnson’s body, doctors are baffled over the strange injury to the young woman. She is conscious yet is completely paralyzed from her shoulders down. Doctors at the infirmary stated last night that probably by this morning they could determine what, if anything, could be done to relieve Miss Johnson’s ailment. Miss Johnson’s mother is dead, ,but her father, J. W. Johnson, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., arrived here yesterday to be with her. A, brother Dan Johnson, of Millen, an 1 n sister, Mrs. Clarence G. Pittman, of Ridge; Avenue, Ingleside, arc also with her. MOULTRIE’S BUSINESS HOUSES ASKED TO CLOSE MOULTRIE, April 17.—Promi nent laymen of the Moultrie churches who are interested in var ious lines of business will lead movement to get all business houses and offices to close while the morn ing services are being held at the churches during the evangelistic campaign which is to be carried on by all the churches for a period of two weeks beginning next Sunday. The services will be held in the morning from 10:30 to 11:30, but the business houses will be asked to close from 10:25 to 11:35, giv ing five minutes to reach the churches and five minutes after the close to get back to the places of business. The movement is designed to get the business men and office people together with the sales people to at tend the morning services. ATTENTION KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Election of officers, at Masonic Hall, Good Friday, April 18th, 7 p. m. Every member of De Mol&y • Commandery urged to be present at , 7 p. m. This election comes on reg ular meeting of M. B. Council Lodge No. 95, and we want to be through by 8 o’clock, so as not to interfere with them. J. E. Kiker Recorder. Wible Marshall, E. C. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gaines and children have returned from a stay of seveaal months in California, and will again make, their home in Americus. w— • ...k— • • THOMASVILLE STORES TO CLOSE EARLY NOW | THOMASVILLE, April 17.—The regular t> o’clock closing starts next Monday, it being the custom to be gin on the first Monday after Eas ter. The festive season was late this year so many have already started the early closing. The first Thurs day half holiday will occur on the first day of May, the regulap sum mer schedule being started by agree ment on the first of May each year. manaplestedToday AT WAYCROSS MAYBE » 0F ‘QUEER’ Attempted * to Pass Alleged ■Counterfeit Bill On Owner of Filling Station CLAIMS DAYTONA IS HOME Search of Car Occupied By Pris oner Revealed Small Quan tity of Liquor WAYCROSS, April 17.—A man giving his name as J. R. Williams, of Daytona, Florida, is being held in the city jail for federal authori ties pending investigation on a charge of passing a counterfeit SSO bill yesterday. Williams bought a tire at a filling station, and attempt ed to make paymenbwith the alleged counterfeit note. The owner of the tire, suspecting the bill to be bogus, communicated with the po lice, who said that jt was counter feit. A search of the Williams ear re vealed a pint of whiskey. NEW DISCLBSURES IN IIDIIM TO CIIME Sensational Evidence Uncovered In Notorious Mer Rouge Murders In Louisiana WASHINGTON, April 17.—Dr. A. C. Busey, the “man of mystery,” who claimed to have knowledge of the inside story of the Mer Rougi “hooded mob’ murders that shocked the nation two years ago, and who disappeared from the federal peni tentiary in Atlanta several weeks ago, has been arrested in Harling en, Tex., by Department of Justice agents, it was announced here late Wednesday. It was Busey who first revealed that Thomas F. Richards, one of the men supposed to have been killed by the hooded mob of More house Parish, La., is still alive! Richards,, he declared, was Jfld-. naped and has since been held a prisoner by the killed Wat Daniel. ' Busey disappeared from the pris on farm at Atlanta several weeks ago, following a number of visits he had received from national offi cers of the Ku-Klux Klan. At the time, prison officials were uncer tain as to whether he had simply escaped of his own volition, or had been kidnaped by those who feared the exposures he was in a position to make. The capture ofßusey and the evi dence which tbe Department; of Jus tice has secured probably will re sult in the reopening of the whole case, it was learned Wednesday. William J. Burns, chief of the Bu reau of Investigation of the ; Depart ment of Justice, whose men found the fugitive, declared that the de partment now has “complete evi dence” against the perpetrators of •the Mer Rouge killings, and that this information has been turned over to Governor John M. Parker pf Louisiana, a foe of the Klan. PRAYER MEETING TONIGHT There will be a prayer meeting at f irst Methodist Church tonight Thursday, 7:30 p. m„ conducted by officers and teachers of the Sun day school. You are cordially in vited to attend. By light-years is meant the num ber of years required for light to ji-. . iaLiSiiwkMfcu New York Future* PS. Open High Low’ Close Jan. . 24.38J24.14 24.25 24.14 24.38 May . 30.47;30.65 30.65 30.47-30.47 July . 28.89,29.09 29.09,28.73 28.89 Oct. 25.24125,30 25.30 25.01 25.24 Dec. , 24.59|24.60 24.60 24.45 24.59 Americus strict middling 30 l-4c. PRICE FIVE CENTS KffIWSM HE'S IN II TELL COMMITTEE FEIS Cincinnati Oil Refiner Will Re spond to Subpoena Requir ing His Presence OSER TELLS OF HAMON Says Oklahoman Asked Texas Delegates to Vote For Low den At Chicago WASHINGTON, April 17.—Wil liam Cooper Proctor, of Cicinnati, notified Senator Walsh, of the sen ate oil committee, today that he will arrive in Washington tomorrow in response to a subpoena served yes terday. Proctor, who financed the campaign of General Leonard Wood in 1922, and will be questioned con cerning campaign contributions and happenings in the Chicago conven tion. Phil E. Baer, United States mar shal of Texas, testified at today’4 hearing regarding his acquaintance with Jake Hamon, who Baer said, was a delegate to the Chicago convention, and that Hamon sought to get the Texas delegation to vote for Lowden He added the deU gation was split among Lowden, Wood and Harding. The witness ’ said he had nev£r conserved with Hamon about hj/ political ambitions. He also denied conversation with John Smith, following the Hamon funeral, which, Smith told the coin mittee Baer said Hamon intended to make Baer rich if he became, secretary of the inteion paillTneTwe” MILLIONS OF CARS ATLANTA, April 17.—Statistics made public here show that the rail roads of the country, loaded and hauled to destination, within a period of eight and a half months, an average of one million cars of revenue freight each week. A striking method of illustrating how large this volume of traffic is will be shown by assuming that these cars could ail be made up into one train and that a locomo tive and a caboose would be added to each 50 cars. This movement would thus call, it is pointed out here, for 20,000 locomotives and 20,000 cabooses. If the 20,000 locomotives were placed at the head of the train with the forward locomotive at Savannah, Ga., and the train fol lowed the route through Jackson ville, Fla., to River Junction, these locomotives would extend continu ously for 311 miles, or to within 35 miles of River junction. If the one million cars were placed behind these locomotives they would extend through River Junction to New Orleans; thence through El Paso, Tex., Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal., to Port land, Ore., thence to Seattle, to Spokane, to St. Paul, to Chicago on to New York, to Washington and through Atlanta and Birmingham to a point 96 miles west of the lat ter point. ' ’ If the 20,000 cabooses were then added to this train it would ex tend 132 miles further or to a point 10 miles north of Hattiesburg, Miss. In other words, the total length of the train would be- 8,587 miles. This represents the work done every week for many Weeks in 1923 by the railways. PRECISION From a small school girl’s essay on “My Family”; “In my family there are three of us, my father, mother and me. I am the youngest.”—London Daily News. ‘ ■> PUBLIC ECONOMY Bub—l have stopped drinking. Dub—That will save your friends a lot ©f medey!—Life, . #
