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WEATHER For Georgia—-Showers tonight and Wednesday, generally fair ex cept possibly showers on the coast; little change in temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 130 AMERICUS FIREMEN FIGHT SMITHVILLE FIRE ° ° O o O O O OOO’OOOOO OO 0000000 O O New lax Bill Becomes Law; Levy On Incomes Lowered °_° O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0000 00000 CONFEDERATE REUNIONS BEGIN AT MEMPHIS Nicholas Bides, lime Until He May Restore Romanoffs to Power Aged Former Leader of Rus sian Armies May Again Com mand Cossack Hosts NOW RESIDES IN FRANCE Friends Are Confident Call Will Come Scon to Fight For Im perial Russian House By mil Ton bronner NEA Service Writer SANTENY - SERVON, France, June 3. —Back in the early years ol the World War, Grand Duke Nich olas Nieholaievitch commanded th.-, czar’s great armies. He owned palaces and estates all over Russia. Before he took the ficin with his troops, lie lived the life of a royal prince and wealthy nobleman. But today he is a simple country gentleman in the little Chateau of Choiny, on the outskirts of tin's humble hamlet where for centuries time has stood still. His command, once numbering millions, is reduced now to 20 faith ful Cossacks. His household does not exceed Bor 10 persons. And his table is the plainest. It sounds like a tragic tale—and, in part it is. But the man vvhc, due to the machinations of tne last of the czarinas, was deprived of his title of generalissimo of the Russian armies and sent into practical exile in the Caucasus; the man w-o prac tically was a prisoner of the Bolshe viks before he managed to escape to Italy, is abiding his hour. Although 68, he still is vigorous straight as the Russian pine, well over six feet tall, and but a little grayer than in his campaignrs of 1914-16. He and his friends are confident that soon the call for service will come. Meanwhile, he lives in an iso lation one would think impossible in a place only an hour by train from Paris. Two or three trains a day stop at the station called Santeny-Ser von. The villege itself is a mile and a half away. Here you find some 200 souls, most of whom are employed as farm hands in the sur rounding wheat country of Brie. Although this country voted heav ily for the parties of the Lit Wing in the recent elections, the grand duke is popular with the peasantry. They call Nicrolas, rented estate the Chateau .of Unoiny—but it isn’t a castle. It is more like a French country residence — a low rambling two-story white structure, with ger anium beds around it ana bowered in horse chestnuts, locusrs and other trees flowering at this time of the year. The grounds are enclosed by tall fences. The big barred iron gates are kept locked. France has many comptunistr and Bolsheviks who might harm the greatest of the liv ing Romanoffs. That is why at night the 20 Co. - sacks are’on guard. That is why a half dozen police dogs arc let loose on the grounds. That is why by day the French government has sent down there to do duty at the porter lodge a special agent of the French* Surete Generale. In spite of the fact that many of the surviving Romanoffs not long ago chose Grand Duke Cyril-—new living at Nice—as protector of the rights to the old throne, thousands of loyal Russians the world over look upon Nicholas as the man who ultimately will deliver Russia from the soviets. Nicholas wanders about hi; grounds in the ordinary clothes worn by Frenchmen of the leisure class He never goes to Paris. Considerable part of his time is spent in writing a history of t!a first part of the great war. Long years ago he wrote a history of Rus sia under one of the great czaVs. So by writing now, he simply is return ing to one of his early loves. Most of his guests are Russians who escaped the Soviet Cheka and who have information to place it his disposal. It is significant that most of the able Russians come to Santeny to report to him, instead of going to JQice to report to Cyril. THE EaLgUBLISHED IN THE OF Seeks Russian Throne IwW JiOw'li W! w I W®' . •«- 'R-k ■ s 0 1 < .- < i vara.-*' sfij BISHOP STUNTZ DIES AT OMAHA OMAHA, Neb., June 3. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at the Methodist hospital here at 6:30 o’clock this morn ing. , He was stricken with pa ralysis at Miami, Fla., February 12. HEM ISSUREB workig WBin IN FRfIKH CRMSER Governmental Crisis, However, Continues Acute, and Miller - and May Be Fired PRESIDENT WILLL RESIST Certain That Executive Will Re sist to the End Efforts to Vacate His Office FARIS, June 3. While the governmental crises continues acute, Prospective Premier M. Har riott is at least assured of a work ing majority in the chamber of deputies through a decision of the socialist congress which early to day unanimously adopted a resolu tion pledging his support. The question of Millerand’s ten ure of office, however, remains confused as before, the only thing which appears certain' being that he will resist.to the end all efforts to put him out. BROOKHARTSLEAD OVER SWEET GROWS lowa Senator Apparently Has Lead Over Opponent Ap proximating 7,000 Votes DES MOINES, June -3.—Sena tor Brookhart slowly increased his lead of Burton E. Sweet today as country precincts were recorded, indicating that he had the lead of ’ more than 7,000 votes. SO. GEORGIA SINGERS TO MEET AT CORDELE CORDELE, June 3.—-Sheriff No bles, of Crisp county, who is a sing er well known through South Georgia, gives notice that the South Georgia Union will meet in Cordele June 13, 14 and 15, at which time a great singing con vention will bo conducted. All of the well known singers from all over South Georgia will be pres ent to attend this convention and | , the Cordele and Crisp county pep- I I pie are making great preparations I |to entertain them in a most de i lightful manner. There will be a i I number of special features during; I the convention, but outstanding ' I among these will be the presence I of the famous Vaughn quartet, ? J AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 3, 1924 ■ Wv < 1 GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS (left) AND HIS WIFE. TMEHHW BWMMES Mangled Bodies of Dr. Meis inger and Lieut. Beely Found Near Brement, Ills., Today BELLEVILLE, 111., June 3. —The mangled bodies of Dr. Leroy C. of the United States Weather Bureau, and Lieutenant James T. Beely, of Philadelphia, who left Scott Field-yesterday in the, army Ballon S-3 for a series of air test flights, were found near Bre ment, 111., today, after the balloon exploded. MISS BLAIR QUITS POST IN LOWNDES VALDOSTA, Jone 3.—Miss Mil dred Blair, who has for a number of years occupied the position of welfare worker for Lowndes coun ty, has resigned. Judge Thomas has appointed Mrs. Audrey Simms who entered upon her duties with the beginning of the month. Miss Blair will go to New York this I summer for a special course at Co lumbia University, at the comple tion of which she will take a much needed rest before deciding upon her future activities. COMMISSIONERS TO DECIDE TOLL CHARGE BRUNSWICK, June 3.—-A joint meeting of the city county com missioners will by ‘he’d this week, prdpably Wednesday of Thursday, at which the St. Simon’s Highway commissioners, M. B. McKinnon and E. L. Stephens, will submit their decision as to the tolls to be charged on the Brunswick-St. Si mon’s highway, and while nothing definite will be known as to the tolls until after the joint meeting, it is understood moderate prices hav e been practically agreed to. It is stated that the highway com missioners have decided on a flat >at e of 25 cents for a car and di •...>• .Hid ;>n additional 10 cents for each past nger carried in a car; that i-- to .-ay that a car going to the island with five passengers wot . amount to 05 cents, 10 cents for each pa eager and fifteen cents for the car itself. A car and tvo people would likewise be 35c, > ■ SOUTH VETEBANS 'TO PH MSTEffi OF WOK!! MB .■ _ 1 Memphis Reunion Flans Differ From Those of Previous General Gathering VETS MAY CHANGE PLANS Upward of Seventy-Five Dec orated Floats Entered For Monster Parade MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 3.—Twp parades—the annual march of the Southern ‘warriors of the sixties’ in review before their commander in chief, Gen. W. B. Haldeman, and a floral parade —will be features ot'lhe thirty fourth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans here June 4 to 6. Unless pre-reunion plans are pverruied by the veterans them selves, the old soldiers will ride in stead of marching afoot, as has been the custom. The parade, always one of the most stirring events of the annual gathering of the veterans, will complete the reunion program June 6. General John Hugh Hick man, of Nashville, commander of tlie Tennessee department of the veterans organization has beer. lUMuud grand Tho floral parade o the opening day of the reunion will be sponsor ed by the Kiwanis Club of Memphis with the co-opeation of various pa triotic and civic business organiza tions. Members of the American Legion and British Veterans of the world war will march in the parade and upward of seventy five floats pnd decorated cars have been as signed places in the line. SONS OF VETERANS OPEN REUNION TONIGHT I MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 3. —As- h ter the opening session here tonight, the Sons of Confederate Veterans will have no set program for their ■ convention, but will devote their time to making the United Confed erate Veterans reunion, which is be fng held here at the same time,-a • success, according to an announce ment by W. McDonald Lee, Ricii niond, Va., commander-in-chief. J. L. Highshaw, Memphis, com -1 mander of the Nathan Bedford For > rest Camp, No. 215, will call the convention to order and Rev. B. A. ~ iOwen, Lathrop, Mo., chaplain-in _ chief, will deliver the invocation, j The meeting then will be turned over to J. L. Buard, commander of the Tennessee division, who wdl present Commander Lee. Following ; his address, the commander will in troduce other officials of the organ- ■ ization and the ladies of the staff. • Miss Emily Gaines Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bedell - Parker, of New' Yok City, and a ( Continued on Page Four.) I __ SLACK CERTIFIED Civil Service Commission Man Eligible For Postmaster’s Job At Tifton . WASHINGTON, June 3.—Jason . Scarboro and E. E. Slack were certi , fied today as eligible for appoint , ment as postmoster at Tifton by the ■ civil service commission. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS AT ALBANY It is announced that tnere will be a training school for teachers and workers conducted Wednesday and Thursday of this week in Al bany under auspices of the Geor gia. Sunday school association. There will be entertainment provided for all workers who at tend by the people of Albany, and it is expected there will be a num ber go from Americus to attend the sessions. The training school is de clared by those interested to be un denominational and promoted sole ly by the Georgia Sunday school as sociation. WE INVITE YOU TO TALK WITH EDITOR The Times-Recorder is in re ceipt of another unsigned com munication, which cannot be printed because of lack of sig nature. The subject discussed is <jne in which, perhaps, wide in terest centers, and the writer is invited to come in and discuss the matter with the editor. This paper cannot print anonymous communications, however, much the editor may sympathize with the idea of the writer. [Mfffl. CODLIBGE FUR FHITUK UPON TH BILL B PASSED Admits Measure Grants Partial Relief, Though Possessing Many Defects STATEMENT IS ISSUED Some of Provisions of Bill De clardd By Him As Positive ly Harmful to Nation WAHINGTON, June 3. —The new federal tax law is now on the statute books, but the meas ure will ha v e to weather a detei niined fight by the Coolidge ad ministration to secure a law more to its liking at the next Ses .sion of congress to remain there. {"resident Coolidge served no tice in a statement issued coinci dent with his signature of the bill Monday that the administration would bend all of its energies to obtain the passage at the next ses" sion of congress of a bill “less po ..litical and mote economic. ’ WASHINGTON, June 3.—-Presi dent Coolidge has finaly atached his signature to the lax measure passed recently by both houses of congress, and to which Secretary Mellon had entered strenuous objections. In signing the bill, the president took occasion to express his displeasure over its provisions, stating he sign ed it only in the belief that with all all of its alleged defects, it does grant some measure of immediate tax relief . He affixed his signature to the bill at 4 p. m. Monday, and at once ia 25 per cent reduction in current income taxes becomes effective. Other reductions, amounting to 50 per cent on incomes under SB,- 000 become effective next year. The provision for a 25 per cent reduction in income taxes payable this year, contained in the new rev enue law, may be put into effect by the taxpayer immediately. Per sons paying on the installment plan may cut their second payment, due June 15, by one-half and the last two installments by one-fourth each Those who paid the full tax on March 15 will receive as soon as is possible a refund of one-fourth from the treasury without making application for it. Thus tax reduction, which has held the center of the stage since congress met last December, and which President Coolidge has re peatedly declared is tne most im portant question before the coun try, becomes a fact. But Coolidge sees many large flies in the ointment. He issued a long statement in which he se verely denounced many provisions of the bill, describing it as a tempo rary measure which must be correct ed at the next session of congress. Some of its provisions are positively harmful to the country, he aid. The ■estate tares of 40 per cent, when added to those maintained by many states, amounts to confiscation of capital, he said. SETTLERS RELIEF BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED WASHINGTON, June 3.—A bill designed to afford relief to settlors on reclamation projects and to pro vide sweeping changes in reclama tion law's, was reported today by the house irrigation com,mittee. Confessed Murderers * NATHANLEOPOLD -W'.. I wTf RICHARD LOEB KING LBfl. ■ WM HOUSE' IT WHILE HUM Large Plant Employing Sixty People Threatened By Flames Discovered at Noqn FIRE TRUCK SENT THERE Americus Firemen Render Val uable Assistance in Confining Flames to Burned Building Fire originating in the “shaving house’’ of the King Lumber com pany at Smithville, 12 miles south west of Americus today, caused a chemical motor truck belonging to the fire department here to be sent there to assist in subduing the flames. The fire was discovered while about sixty workers employ ed there were at dinner, and the cause of the fire is unknown. The loss was estimated at 1:20 o’clock, when it appeared that the fire was under control at between S4OO and SSOO. Th e plant, which is located with in the limits of Smithville, is one of the largest plants of its kind operating in this section, and when first discovered, it was feared the entire town might be The plant is owned at Cuthbert,, and the amount of insurance car ried is unknown here, but it is be lieved the loss is entirely covered. The Americus fir e truck rendered valuable assistance in subduing the flames, according to a telephone message from Smtihville early this afternoon. MONEY ORDER BLANKS STOLEN IN FLORIDA VALDOSTA, June 3.—lt has been discovered by the postmaster at Lake Mary, Fla., that early in May thirty-five blank money orders were stolen from that office and it is known that some of them have been filled out and cashed. One or more of these stolen orders were cashed at the Oakhill, Fla., post office earjier in the month. Joe P. Johnson, postoffice inspector in charge, has sent out a general alarm asking all officers, post masters, banks and others to keep a close watch for suspicious money orders from that postoffice men tioned. Mrs. T. N. Hawkes has returned to Atlanta after spending l several days at her home here 4 .. e — - - - - New York Futures F'C. Open High Low Close Jan. „25.&0|25.80|25.80|25.72|25.80 Mar -25.83|25.85|25.90|25.72|25.90 July ~29.77 29.73|29.80|29.57|29.80 Oct. .26.72126.75126.80'26.61126.80 Dec. ..25.97i25.98[26.Q5|,25.81j26.05 Americus middling 29 l-2c. PRICE FIVE CENTS ffIHD lUPY T 8 HEAR COHFESSIGHS OF BOY TO IT CHIB Loeb Identified As ‘Gland Rob ber’ By Charles Ream, Al leged Victim TREATED VICTIM CRUEL Out of Car Following Operation and Left to Die Upon Highway CHICAGO, June 3. —The state’s attorney prepared today to submit to the grand jury the confessions of Nathan Leopold Jr., and Richard Loeb, sons of millionaire, fathers and university students, the admitted kidnapers and slayers of 14-year-old Robert Franks, while investigators bought a possible connection of them with the unsolved killing of Freeman Louis Tracy, also a stu dent, and the multilation attack last fall on Charles Ream, a taxicab chauffeur. Ream has declared the youths held in the county jail are the assailants who kidnaped him in an automobile, 'dragged him, threw him out of the car after the mutilation loperation.. When taken to the str.te attorney’s office, Ream shouted ‘it’s thl-m—it’s them,” and fainted. He was positive of identification Reams identification of Loeb was dramati. Ream was taken to the room in the criminal-court building where (Continued on Page Five.) ■ELL TO PRESIDE FT PPPffILItM F.IEET Yyoming Congresman Chosen By Manager of President Coolidge’s Campaign WASHINGTON, June 3.—Frank A. Mondell, of Wyoming, will be permanent chairman of the republi can national c. nvention opeing here Tuesday, June 10, it was announce*! today by William M. Butler, nation al committeeman from Massachu setts ana manager of President Coolidge’s campaign. ROTARY LUNCHES AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH Members of, the Rotary club will hold their weekly luncheon Wednes day at 1 o’clock in the First Meth odist church. The ladies of the church will serve the luncheon, the income from which will be used in helping erect the new church edifice It is expected the F. J. Robin son division passenger agent of the Central of Georgia will be a guest and address the Rotarians. On Friday of this week, the Ki wanis club will hold their luncheon in the First Methodist church, the ladies preparing the menu. BODY OF MRS. ADAMS BURIED IN OAK GROVE The body of Mrs. J. Q. Adams, who difid in Cordele Sunday was brought to Americus Monday after noon for interment in Oak Grove cemetery here. Funeral services over the remains were held in Con dele at the home of her brother, W. H. Tommy. Other relatives who survive are a brother, W. V. Tommy, of Cordele, and one sou, George H. Adams, of Charlotte, N. C. De ceased was well known and highly respected in her home community, where her death created widespread sorrow. NEW TYPE MELON IS SOON TO BE MARKETED WASHINGTON, D. C. June A new type of melon called the Texas Honey Ball, a cross between the Texas Cannon Ball cantaloupe and the California Honey Dew, will be found in the markets this year reports the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The melon is round and averages about 5 inches in diameter. It is said it is not sus ceptible to damage from bruises caused by ordinary handhug, M
