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WEATHER For Georgia Showers tonight and Sunday except fair in extreme south portion tonight; cooler Sun day in north and central portion. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 99 DECISION IN REPARATIONS PROBLEM MAY SOON BE REACHED OHIO MAN CHOSEN NEW G. O. P. HEAD THEODORE BUM TO BEIWBUM mt cumh Political Conference Held At White Housq Today Selects Him To Manage Campaign COOLIDGE IS SATISFIED Formal Selection to Ee Made At Committee Meeting in Cleve land Wednesday WASHINGTON, Aril 20.—The selection of Theodore Burton, Ohio representative, to be temporary chairman of the republican national convention, was indicated after a political conference at the White House today. Chairman Adams, of the republi can national committee, and David Mulvane, republican national com mtiteeman from Kansas and chair man of the convention on arrange ments of the sub-committee, pre sented Mr. Burton’s name to the president, who approved the selec tion. Formal selection will he made at the meeting of the arrangements committee in Cleveland Wednesday Burton, who was former senator Ohio, will be actively in charge of party, affairs. ■TIME IMO TALK W PEW H. E. Glosser—Tells Committee ’of Conversation Between Wheeler and Campbe'J DIDN’T HEAR WHEELER Something Was Said, Though. About ‘Fixing Up’ Permits In Washington WASHINGTON, April 26.—H. E. Glosser, formerly employed in the office of Gordon Campbell, Mon tana oil operator, indicted with Sen ator Wheeler, testified today be fore the senate committee investi gating the indictment that in Jan uary, 1923, he heard a conversa tion between Cambell and Wheel er in which there was talk of 'get ting the former’s oil permits “fixed up in Washington.” He said that he left the impres sion that he could get it fixed at Washington because of his influ ence. newiSSion FILED in TW Cl Evelyn, Divorced Wife, Will Continue Fight to Keep Mil lionaire In Asylum ■ PHILADELPHIA, April 26.—Mo tion for a new trial in the sanity proceedings against Harry K. Thaw will be filed today, William Gray, counsel for Evelyn Nesbit, Thaw’s divorced wife, announced last night The time limit for filig the motion expires today. PAPERBURNING CALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT A pile of paper burning near the home of W. 0. Easterlin, on South Lee street, called the fire deart ment there this morning. No dam age was done, the blaze being easily extinguished. AUTHORITIES EXPECT THAW TO STAND TRIAL NEW YORK, April 26.—New York authorities expect Harry K. Thaw to cojne hero to answer an indictment charging him with at tacking Frederick Gump, Jr., Dis trict Attorney J. H. Bantoi. said Thursday, George C. Medalie, one of Thaw’s New York attorneys, promised to bring Thaw here as soon as he is freed from the Penn sylvania State Asylum, at Phila delphia, Banton said. Former Judge John M. Patterson, who directed Thaw’s sanity fight in Philadelphia, and other of his attor neys are expected' here today for a conference or.' the Gump case, it was learned at the District Attor ney’s office, _ r Ai , THETJOESW&RDER EEftpy BUSHED IN THE ~HEART OF SENSATION IS SPRUNG IN FLORIDA COURT Wealthy Indians Suffer Under White Guardians, United States Charge? INDIAN MCE H HIM EWffIUUS CMSfD BE ULB IM' Cost of Administering Estates Excessively High in Almost All Cases MANY REPORTS MISSING ' - » Guardians, However, Deny Charges and Say They Earn ed Lawful Fees By ROY J. GIBBONS SAPULPA, Okla., April 26. Munnie Bear,, aCreek Indian wo man was placed under a guardian because she saved all her money. Susanna Butler Dacon , another wealthy Creek Indian, was placed under a guardian because she spent all her money. These are cases revealed by Fed eral Indian Service officials who object to the law of 1908 which placed Oklahoma Indians under con trol o f stale court-appointed protec tors. Indian service employes also charge: That the guardian for Allie. Da - 'ey filed a suit against himself to set aside a lease deal on his wards property on the ground that he had conspired to defraud Allie (Continued on Page Two.) j MAJOR COHEN THANKS FRIENDS FOR HONOR >, ATLANTA, April 26.—Major John S. Cohen, editor of the At lanta Journal, today issued a statement expressing, apprecia tion for having been elected democratic committeeman for Georgia and for the messages of goodwill received from all parjs of the state, in being! unanimous ly elected to „ the democratic national convention from the state. 280 KOO PUPILS OPOIEO K ?TMER STRIKES JIP MW Catastrophe Occurred On West Coast of Korea Near Chinam po In Pacific VESSEL SANK QUICKLY Rough Seas Prevailing At Time Prevented Rescue of Imperil ed Koreans TOKIO, April 26.—Two hundred Korean students were drowned in the Pacific ocean on the west coast of Korea near Chinampo, when a steamer which was taking them to visit a group of Japanese destroy ers anchored off the shore collid ed with the destroyer and capsized, according to • dispatches from Seoul. Th e steamer sank quickly, and due to rough seas, only a small number was rescued. GEORGIA STUDENTS PUT BAN ON DRUNKENNESS ATHENS, April 26. —-University of Georgia students, by- a vote of 472-19 at a mass meeting, put the ban on drunkei ness and served no tice to all offenders that they will in future be reported to the chan c llor faculty and “fired” from the institution. This action was take by the stu dents after members of the Sphinx Club, highest hoWorary organization, and undergraduates had declared in speeches that if the conditions regarding drunkenness and disor derly conduct at the university arc: allowed to centime the institution will never get the support it de serves from the state. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1924 /e . h • 1 |1 : -'1 ■; 1 ! i 1 .'‘l Win V v '* >i j\ Munnie Bear (left), Susanna I Butler Dacon and Allie Dancy j (inset), Indian women figuring S ' / in Oklahoma guardian contro- versy. Early Poisoning Means Prosperity Says Council HEROES ESPECIALLY! ADVISED TO BOST ALL COTTON PLAITS WELL Weevil Has Been Getting En tirely Too Much Sumter Cotton, Banker Asserts TELLS HOW TO POISON Put On First Application 5 Days Before First Squares Appear is Advice Given “Poisoning early and thorough ly is the one method whereby Sum- . ter county farmers can make a nor mal cotton crop this year despite thc boll weevil,” said L. G. Coun cil, president .of the Planters Bank, and on e of the largest cotton plant ers in this section of Georgia, to day. Continuing his discussion of the subject, Mr. Council .'aid: “We have raised just as much cotton every since the advent of the boll weevil as before; the trouble is, the weevil gets too much of the staple. The farmers should realize this and begin their tight early enough to defeat the weevil this year. I want to see every farmer in Sumter county use cal cium arsenate liberally in the cot ton fields, and I want this work to begin just as soon as the time is propitious. ‘ I was greatly impressed with the advice given farmers by Dr. DeLoach in his talk here a few days ago, and I sincerely wish that every farmer in the county would profit-by hi • experience. To ,n.y mind, the one essential to tb<; pro duction of a normal cotton crop in Sumter county is early and thor ough poisoning.. “Let every farmer watch his (Continued on Page Two.) NEGRO SCHOOL ENDS GOOD BALL SEASON; The baseball season at Americus Institute ended Friday afternoon when the Americus negro team won from Albany 19 to 7. The Ameri cus Institute team has beer, defeat ed only once during the entire sea son, it is stated, the season hav'ng > been most prosperous. LEEDS AND PRINCESS BRIDE SEEK ADVENTURE LONDON, April 26. —William B. Leeds, Jr., son of the Ameri can tin plate magnate and hus band of Princess Xenia, Greece, is preparing to make an adven turous voyage from the Isle of Wight to New York in the fish ing smack ‘Salem,’ which is only 60 feet long, and is equipped with a 60-horsepower motor. HAY DEFER BENEFITS UNDER IRINE ACT House Committee Reports Reso lution to Postpone Effective Dale of Section 28 WASHINGTON, April 26.—The enforcement of section 28 of the merchant marine act would be de ferred from June 20 until May 1, 1925, under a resolution reported today by the house merchant marine committee. On a vote of 14 to 2 the commit tee report recommending the post ponement of referential railroad freight rate conferred uon shippers using American vessels which would be declared by section 2. Consideration of the resolution is> asked for at the earliest ossible time. MAD DOG IS KILLED IN MOULTRIE SUBURB MOULTRIE, April 26.—A man deg was shot and killed in Hill Crest, a Moultrie suburb, a day or two ago, but i :<>t until after it had bitten a large number of dogs, according to a report received by the police. The dog sufffering from rabies covered a wide section of Moultrie before it was finally killed. No person was bitten, how ever, so far as can be learned. The dogs that were attacked will have to be kept up, or will be shot, it was announced. , REWARD OFFERED ATLANTA, April 26:—Gover nor Walker has offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest and conviction of Wyst Morgan, who is alleged to have shot and killed Policeman S. C. Goss, near Weldon's Bend, in Gor don county last Thursday. J ■Bl ATTEND ANNUAL 1 IHfflllL MSES Hi RYLANDER THEATER Confederate Veterans Attend in Body, and Hear Splendid Oration Delivered DR. DANIELS TALKS Daughters of Confederacy Dec orate Graves in Oak Grove Following Exercises : Hundreds of Americus residents, , descendants of Confederate sol diers and supported® of the “Lost Cause” assembled this morning in the Rylander Theater to attend the ' annual memorial exercises held there. Eyery, section of the city and county was well represented in the gathering, men, women and chil dren vieing with one another in their efforts to do honor to those • old heroes who yet remain as ex- ■ emplars of the “Old South,’’ and I those never-to-beforgottgn heroes ‘ who laid their lives upon the altar of their country during the sixties. Camp Sumter, No. 642, U. C. V., composed of about forty veterans, ' or less, assembled at the court (Continued On Page Two) HUNDRED QUARTS OF LIQUOR CONFISCATED ATLANTA, April 26.—Nearly 100 quarts of whisky were confis cated Friday and two arrests made > when Federal Prohibition Agents Sowell and Adair captured 1 a liquor car speeding south on Ivy I street. The men arrested were R. L. Mauldin and H. C. Vann, both . of Detroit. The car had been driv , en to Atlanta from the Canadian ■ border, according to the occupants. ; Both made cash bond of S2OO. i TIFT ORDINARY PAYS PENSIONS TO VETERANS I TIFTON, April 26.—Ordinary J. J. Baker, of Tift county, has re ceived a check for $4,400 to pay the pensioners of Tift courty. This sum will pay SIOO each to the forty . four pensioners in the county and f Judge Baker invites them to come i in and get there checks. > The paying of the pensions for the year will be a nice Meromial - Day rememberance for the Veterans jind their wodows. DELAND DOCTOR NOT SURE MISS NICHOLS IS ASSAULT VICTI Among First to Reach Woman But Is Not Positive Regarding Nature of Attack DESCRIBES HER WOUNDS Made Examination At Her Home, Where Bruised Condi tions Were Repealed ? DELAND, Aril 26.—Dr. J. E. Taylor, one of the first persons to reach the victim of an alleged as sault on Aubrey Lee Nickels here December 19, 1921, stated today on the witness stand during the sec ond day of the trial that he was unwilling to express positively an opinion such crime was com mitted. His opninion, however, he said, was that the condition found on examination of the women was of such nature as to make appar ent that the assault was committed. He testified that he called at the vyoman’s home about mid-after noon on the day of the occurrence and found evidence that she had been so seriously handled as to pro duce semi-unconsciousness. Wounds were found on the head, the doctor |said, the (light teye bruised and another wound on the breast. miHmT MACHES.««!» Airplane ‘Seattle’ to Leave For Dutch Harbor Monday Morning CHICAGO, April 26. Major Frederick Martin, who arrived here yesterday in the plane “Seattle” from Kanatak, Alaska, is expected t leave Monday for Dutch Harbor, Alaska. In a severe snowstorm, Major Martin broke flight from Kanatak. alighting at Kumlik Bay, half way between. He resumed his flight af ter 30 minutes checking may and landmarks. «181 WANTED BN SB BA. FARMS Ledsinger Advised Alien Ele ment Not Suited to Develop ment of Rice Lands ATLANTA April 26.—Establish ment of a colony of Japanese in Georgia for the cultivation of rice which was proposed recently by a citizens of South Georgia would not be advisable at this time, according to an opinion handed down by Attor ney General George M. Napier. The opinion was given at the re quest of J. J. Brown, stat© com missioner of agriculture, who stat ed that he had received a commun ication from G. Ledsinger, of South Georgia, relative to bring)' g Jap anese from California to develop the neglected rice plantations on the Satilla river in Camden county either under lease or purchase by the Japanese. • The attorney general pointed out that there is no written statute that would prohibit the colonization by the Japanese, but added that “since the act of congress excluding Jap anese from the right to own land in thc Ur.ited States is now being considered by the president, having passed both houses of congress, it would seem desirable not to en courage the settlement of Califor nia Japanese in Georgia at this time.” ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING POSTPONED ALBANY, April ,26.—Secretary Manager R. E. L. Neil of the Al bany Chamber of Commerce an nounced today that Colvin ■ B. Brown, chief of the organization service bureau of the United States Chamber of Commerce, would be unable to come to Albany next Tuesday and that the annual mem bership banquet of the chamber has been postponed to a date to be an nounced later, MiSli New York Futures PC. Open High Low Close Jan. . 24.00|23.87|23.87|23.60;24.d0 ’ May ..30.65(30.50130.53130.12)30.65 July .28.90)28.85)28.90)28.41 (28.90 Oct. .24.90i24.84|24.84124’.47!24.90 Dec. ..24.30)24.25)24.30)23.92)24.30 Americus strict middling 29c. PRICE FIVE CENTS UULIfUKEOkCTS TU PECffIIHG REPORT OF DffiS COMITTEE Four Other Big Powers All Ac cept Experts’ Findings in Theit) Entirety REPLIES ARE RECEIVED Italy Declares Report is ‘lndi visible Whole’ In Acceptance Thereof PARIS, April 26.—Replies from four big powers on the reparation commissions regarding the Dawes report all accept the experts find ings wholly. France alone raises th c question of procedure, while Italy declares the report to be “an indivisible whole,” which should be Taken in its entirety, without con dition or qualification. SUNDAY STARir H BEBIUD, IB BE*; mtsi taasius Unusual Sunday School Gather ings Will Be Held in Several Churches Sunday CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE Visiting Ministers to Preach Twice Daily, Assisted By Americus Pastors • ’ The first week of the simul taneous revival closed out with good attendance and splendid inter est being manifested it! Aft vfts churches. The pastors and church es taking part, have expressed them selves as being gratified with the progress made thus far, but are anxious to make the; coming week bring forth a real victory. For tomorrow there will be ths usual meetings of the Sunday school in the morning, followed by the preaching at 11 o'clock, with a special mass meeting to be held in each church at 3:30 in the after noon, closing the day with stirring appeals at the evening hour. The general theme for mass meet ing in each church will be, “Home Builders,” with the entire church, urged to attend. At the Lee Street Methodist church Rev. H. T. Freeman, of Ma con will preach at all the services, delivering a special message at the (Continued on' Page Two) HAZLEHURST NEWS TO BECOME DAILY HAZLEHURST, April 26. The Hazelhurst News, heretofore a week ly paper, will soon make its debut as a daily. The News was estab lished in 1904, and Otto Middleton is editor. PTOMAINE VICTIM GETS SI,OOO VERDICT ATLANTA, April 26.—A verdict for SI,OOO damages was won in- Fulton superior court Thursday by Attorney Lawton Nalley in litiga tion filed by D. L. McPherson, of South I’rayor street, against Mor ris Capiat 'o, et al., as operators of a delicatessen store at 106 White hall street, where sandwiches were purchased* by the plaintiff one of which, he' alleged gave him ptomaine poisoning. McPherson alleged he was taken with a violent case of ptomaii e two hours after eating one of the sand wiches, and that has been under treatment of a physician ever since. ALEXIUS COMMANDERY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS JACKSON, April 26.—AlexiuJ Comma jdery No. 22, Knights Temp lar, has elected officers for the en suing year, the officers to be install ed on May 2. The following were chosen: A. B. Lindsey, eminent, com mander; J. P. Lemau, generalissi mo; W. L. Nutt, captain general; W. P. Newton,, senior warden; R. P. Newton, junior warden; D. G. McMichael, prelate; J. C. Jones, treasurer; L. B. Hopkiiv, recorder, L. J. McKibbenn, standard bearer; A. W. Newton, sword bearer; T. E. Robinson, warden; H. O. Ball, first guard; H M. Moore, second guard; A. C. Finley, third guard; George H, Kimball, sentinel.
