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WEATHER For Georgia * Partly cloudy to night and Thursday; local thun dershowers Thursday. ’ORTY-SIXTH YEAR—No7'I43 LEOPOLD FLOUTS INSANITY DEFENSE PLEA 0 o o o o o o 0000000000 00000000 o Judge Callaway Flays High Taxation Before Students At University 0000000000 o o o o o o oo 00000000 SPECTRE OF COMMUNISM REARS HEAD IN U. S. HE «F sum OF W IW DENY GUILT COIFESIOI Quoted As Declaring ‘l’m Not Insane and Not Going to Be Made to Appear Insane’ IS SILENT ON DEFENSE Declines Even to State Wheth er or Not He Intends to Re pudiate Previous Statement CHICAGO, June 18. Nathan Leopold, Jr., who with Richard Loeb, awaits trial on charges of kidnaping and murdering Roberts Franks, 13-year-old school boy, may not rely on insanity as a defense, he is quoted as saying, in spite of efforts of alienists to find mental defects. ‘l’m not insane, and I’m not go ing to be made to appear insane,” he is quoted as saying. He would not say whether he in tends to repudiate the confession made to state attorneys. ALBERT L?ITS“ DIES II LAKE CITY'MIE Was Former Resident of Ameri cus and Remains Will Be Brought Here for Burial Telegrams received in Americus today announced th e death of Al bert Lamar Rees, former resident of this community, at his home in Lake City, Fla., death following an illness of long duration. The remains will reach Americus on th© Semihole tonight if 12:30 o’clock and iftill be taken to Cal vary Episcopal church to remain until hte funera lat 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Rev. James B. LawrenCe, rector of the congre gation adn long a close friend of the family, will conduct the obse quies. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The pallbearers will be Frank P. Harrold, W. H. C. Dudley, John W. Shiver, G. E. Buchanan, John Sheffield and Carr S. Glover. urviving are his widow, Mrs. Lula Walker Rees, four sons, Walker Rees, Law Rees, Lucius Rees and Albert Rees; two daugh ters, Mrs. Cou Rees Green, of Kan sas City; Mrs. Mildred Rees Thomp son, of St. Augtistine, Fla.j be sides large and prominent family connections throughout the south. Mr. Rees, who was 73 years of age, was a member of the Episco pal church, having worshipped in Americus church for a number of years. He spent his boyhood here, and during his early manhood was identified with the municipal, re ligious and civic affairs of the com munity. Kis father, th e late Dr. Albert Rees, who was one of the pioneer residents of Americus, gave • to the city the plot known as Rees Park, near th e high schol, and the old Rees home was built on the spot now occupied by the Fort apart - uts, and was widely known for its splendid hospitality. While a resident of Americus, Mr. Rees was a prominent cotton factor, buying for large concerns throughout the country. He num bered" his friends from every part of the state, and his death has caus ed widespread sorrow in the com munity in which he was so well known and greatly beloved. SHORT IN ACCOUNTS, CLERK SHOOTS SELF s ( NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 18.— Following the discovery of alleged irregularities m his accounts as chief clerk in the office of the county judge of this county, WiL liam B- (Dick) Ferrell, in a letter addressed to County Judge Litton Hickman this afternoon, admitted having received money after office hours which had not been proper ly accounted for. Promising to make every effort to account for every penny, he went to his home, where he shot himself ir the head, ending his life. , , The county is said to be amply protected by Mr. Ferrell's bond. Persia is famoufe for its rugs, most of which is made in America. THE TIMESBRECORDER fcsfl PUBLISHED IN THE~~>^W£7~HEARf~Q'F L DIXIE | NAVY ACCIDENTS TAKE GREATER DEATH TOLL THAN GRIM WAR ITSELF 441 Tk Jfwg nW 467 Killed During World War; 981 Killed Accidentally Since Armistice Signed TRAGEDIES FREQUENT Naval Officials There is Spe cific Cause for Accident, and There Will Be ‘Slips’ By LARRY BOARDMAN NEA ervice Writer WASHINGTON, Jun e 18.—More than twice as many navy men have, been killed by accidents since the armistice in action on American ships during the war. For the World War years, 1917 and 1918, the total was 467. With the disaster on the battle ship Mississippi June 12, the post war toll reached 981. During the war the navy lost 10 vessels—a cruiser, a gunboat, a submarine, a collier, two destroy ers, two trawlers and two yachts. Since the war it has lost, nine— eight destroyers and one tug. Indeed, peace-time tragedies in the American navy always have been frequent and formidable in proportions, both as to numbers and the amount of damage done. A list of outstanding accidents for 20 .years: Turret explosion on battleship Missouri, 1904; killed 31. Boiler explosion on gunboat Bien nington, 1905; killed 34. Turret explosion on battleship Kearsarge, 1906. killed 6. Turret explosion on battleship Georgia, 1907; killed 6. Bursting of boiler tube on cruis er Tennessee, 1908; killed 5. Blowout of breech block on cruis er Charleston, 1910; killed 8. Boiler explosion on battleship Delaware, 1911; killed 8. Ramming of Destroyer Woolsey by a shipping board vessel of Pan ama, 1921; killed 16. Loss of naval tug Conestoga in the Pacific, 1921; drowned 43. | Point Honda disaster, 1923, in which, through a wrong change in his course, the commander of a destroyer squadron piled seven vel vets on the rocks of the Southern | California coast; death roll 22. Turret explosion on battleship I Mississippi, 1924. killed 48. | Query: What, if anything, is i the matter with the American navy? Why are accidents so nu merous? Faulty construction, or material? Ar carelessness, or de ficient training, on the part of the personnel? ' The answer, as responsible Navy . Department officials give it, is this: “Os course there, is a specific i-cause of every accident. A court of inquiry may put the blame either i upon material or personnel. But the i very officials who fix the blame know there simply must be a slip once in a while.’’ As for the Mississippi disaster, the prevailing belief in naval circles is that compressed air failed to clean out the bore of the exploding ,gpn—a bit of smouldering waste ytjmaioed in the barrel and ignited the powder charge prematurely. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18, 1924 » * w ** ; Mjßrk Im fIH/ -IB ’MM Z > . \:,;X • <%&s£ >xSx : v 4. VtoS I’--Si ■* Above, raising the submarine S-48 after she had sunk off Bridge port, Conn., on her trial trip. Below, the disaster at Pointy Honda, Calif., last year. Seven destroyers were piled on the reck* through’a wrong change in course, and at right, the Destroyer Hulbert after she had been rammed by another destroyer during maneuvers off Guan tanamo Bay. ‘ 7 wo Capitalistic Parties ’ Denounced By Senator Taylor At Saint Paul Montana Man Addressing St. Paul Gathering Makes Start ling Prediction ST. PAUL, June 18. The prediction that th e Farmer-L.a-1 bor party eventually would ‘dis pose of two capitalistic parties that hold power today,” was made by Charles E. Taylor, Montana state senator, in an ad dress formally accepting perma nent chairmanship in the Farm er-Labor progressive convention. He severely criticized the demo cratic and republican parties, and issued an appeal to farmers and wjorkers to unite more closely for political action, and urged a "ballot box revolution.” RADICAL ELEMENT TO CONTROL CONVENTION ST. PAUL, Minn., June 18. Communist delegates, so bitterly opposed by Senator Robert M. La- Follette, sqqueezed without oppo sition into the picturesque Farm er-Labor “third party convention” which got under way in a big down ‘town theater here Tuesday. Organizers of the convention who have views of forming a na tional Farmer-Labor party to fight the old-line major parties in the coming presidential campaign with drew their objections to seating the Communists at the last moment and the way was cleared for their participation in the convention on an equal footing with the other delegations. Th e first session, attended by some 300 delegates from about 25 states, was given voer largely to or ganization of the convention on a permanent basis. A large number of delegates fail ed to appear and leaders admitted that it was because of the stand taken by La Follette against the convention. A thousand had been expected. Nevertheless, those who are prepared, to tudors and perhapgi nominate La Follette if the Communists will let them, , . D’MUYTER PROCLAIMED WINNER OF BENNET CUP BRUSSELS June 18.— (By the Associated Press.) —Lieu- tenant Ernest DeMuyter, pilot ing the Balloon Belgica, pro claimed the winner of the Gor don Bennett cup race, today landed at St. Albans’ Head, in the English channel, approxi mately 600 kilometers from the starting point. He was the third consecutive pilot thus clinching the cup for Belgium. SSSi PUT IN EfflfNCE IN TfMMWEB Payne Testifies Defendant Was Agitated When Told Father Planted to Return to Ga. CLEARWATER, Fla., June 18 The confession of Frank McDowell that he shot and killed his mother and father last February 19 at St. Petersburg and exactly one year prior thereto burned his sisters to death in Decatur, Ga.,*was .placed in evidence during the second trial of the youth here today on the spe cific charge of murdering his mother. The state made good progress presentingthe case, several princi pal witnesses being heard during the first few hours. „ McDowell was described by R. G. Payne, of St. Petersburg insurance man on the witness stand as having shown great agitation when told that his father planned to return to Georgia to buy a newspaper. Payne and the elder McDowell shared an office together the latter dealing in real estate. 200 GRADUATES GET DMAS IT ATHENS COMMENCEMENT Rose Bush, S. A. Cartledge and Mary Tumipseed Honor Graduates Today AUGUSTA MAN; SPEAKER Inordinate Spending By Both State and National Govern ments is Condemned ATHENS, June 18. —Judge E. H. Callaway, of Augusta, in deliv ering tlje baccalaureate address at the graduation exercises marking the closing of the University of Georgia’s 124th commencement discussed the tendency to impose excessive taxes oh the public by in ordinate spending by national and state governments. Nearly 26© degrees were award ed students having completed the prescribed courses. Among those to graduate with highest honors in the bachelor of arts department were Rose Bush, of Athens; S. A. Cartledge, of Athens; Miss Mary Turnipseed, of Griffin; who was awarded the Hamilton McWhorter prizes for genera! excellence in the freshmen class. The speakers from the senior class included Miss Esther Bush of Athens, the first woman ever to represent the senior class at grad uation of the University. 08. PfflETOfflK BEFORE NEGPD MEET County Health Officer Will Ad dress Negro Physicians On ‘Negro Health Night Last night under' the auspices of the local committee there was pre sented one of the most unique, beneficial and well roftnded pro grams in the history of the Georgia Negro Medical association. The attendance was large and the addresses of welcome were ringing with enthusiasm and appreciation. Much credit is due the local com mittee for the successful presenta tion of such an offering, it was said by one delegate. Tonight’s program is known as “Negro Health Night” and promises to eclipse last night’s program. There will be noted and acthorita tive speakers who will address the hudience on specific health topics, chief among those who will appear being Dr. J. W. Payne, County Health Commissioner of Sumter county. It is urgently requested that the Americus citizens will avail them selves of this opportunity and be present at Bethel Baptist church Lamar street, at 8 p. m. lee SirrT. ■ ELECT SENATOR LEESBURG, June 18.—As it is Lee county’s time to elect a sena tor from this the 10th Senatorial District of Georgia composing the counties of Worth, Daugherty and Lee a warm contest will no doubt be made for the placee. It was assured this morning that Mr. J. P. Horne, Editor and Pub lisher of the Lee County Journal would be a candidate for the place. Mr. Horne came to Lee county several years ago and since that time has made many friends and will no doubt make a good race. Others are mentioned for the place but so far none of them have made their official announcement and qualified with the executive com mittee. Dr. C. L. Ketcham, a prom inent farmer has announced for Representative from Lee county but so far no one has announced to op pose him for this place, but it is understood that others are contem plating making the race. JAPS REGARD EXCLUSION REPLY AS REASONABLE TOKIO DISPATCHES STATE Document to Be Examined in Friendly Spirit, Tokio Foreign Office Announces —Decoding Now Complete—Government As Yet Un decided Regarding Further Action On Exclusion Issue TOKIO, June 18. (By Associated Press.) The American reply to Japan’s protest against exclusion of Japanese from the United States marked a spirit of friendliness and reasonable ness, and will be examined in the same spirit, it was authoritatively stated here today. Decoding of the document after the cabled transmission was completed at the foreign office late today. Official comment is being withheld pending a study of the terms. The government has not yet decided on fur ther action regarding the exclusion issue. HUNDRED AND FORTY- SEVEN CHINESE FIRED Governor of Tsingtao Uses ‘Big Stock’ Methods in Political House Cleaning TREASURY LEFT EMPTY Ousted Officials Expected to Make Counter Attacks on Re sponsible Officials TSINGTAO, China, June 18.— (By Associated Press.) —Governor Kao En-hung’s “big stick” regime, which began recently with the dis missal of 147 department, officials and advisers, gives promise of furth fir interesting days in Tsingtao’s usually placid existence. Having pacified the police, who were on the verge of mutiny because of three months arreas of pay, the new governor and his staff are on the alert for threatened counter at tacks by the ousted ones. The historic administration build ing, over which the flags of Ger many, Japan and China have float ed, never witnessed a more excitmg day than that of the recent political house-cleaning. Governor Kao be gan operations at 8 a. m., an un heard-of thing, and thq, dismissed employes left swearing all sorts of vengeance. The erstwhile director of general affairs, who was the ring leader in the sallies upon the public treasury admitted to the new ad ministration that there was not a copper to turn over and refused to surrender his records and files. He succeeeded in slipping out of the city after having once been stopped by the police. After the police had been paid their arrears of salary, the gover nor was astounded to receive word that the police chief had resigned, investigation showing that he had been bribed by a wealthy Chinese, who had made a fortune in illicit, opium trade, and who wanted to block any inquiry. The governor gave both men a limited time in which to remove themselves from his jurisdiction. The sole survivor of the former administration is D. T. Lin, director of forestry and agriculture, an American trained specialist in his department. COLD STORAGE PLANT IS BURNED AT CAIRO CAIRO, June 18.—About 2:30 o’clock this morning fire was dis covere dat'the Ice and Cold Storage plant at Cairo which shortly after wards had totally destroyed the ice plant and practically wrecked the cold storage rooms, accorling to re ports received here today. The plsnt is reported to have been from five to ten tons capacity and was said to be operated by Mr. J. C. Trammel, it having been in operation for sev eral years. It is understood the plant was partially covered by in surance. The origin of the fire is undeter mined. New York Future® Pc. Open High Low Close Jan. . 24.77 24.70|25.17|24.50 25.24 Mar . 25.00 24.03|25.38j24.82 25.10 July ..28.54 28.52T2&88j28.50 28.8« Oct. ..25.75 25.58[25.11*25.68 20.17 Dec. ..25.04 24.95|25.34f24.95 25.46 Americus middling spots 28 3*4. PRICE FIVE CENTS CARSWELL PREDICTS 25,000 BALE CROP IN SUMTER THIS FALt After Survey of County Say# Farmres Will Harvet Beat Yield During Years This Fall - m Sumter county farmers will har vest twenty-five thousand bales of cotton this fall. , This is the statement authorized this morning by E. L. Carswell Americus business man, following a careful survey of the entire coun ty, during which he went into many cotton fields and examined plants closely for boll weevil. “I believe Sumter farmers will gather the best crop this fall that they have madu since I came to Americus fourteen years ago,” said Dr. Carswell. “The cotton is in the fields; the weevil is conspicuous by his absence, and there is every reason to believe that the cotton crop in the county is made. “I don’t want any farmer to quit working on account of this predic tion as to the cotton yield,” con tinued Dr. Carswell, ‘for that would be a bad mistake to make. I want every farmer here to keep right on working his crop and using the same measures of boll weevil con trol as he has been doing since the season started. These measures and this work has brought the crop to the present period in splendid shape, and I am willing to put my faith in them to the end. No far* mer in Sumter county has any rea son to be afraid, or discontented with the outlook for a good cotton, yield this fall. Cotton is still our 1 great money crop, and there will be enough of this marketed this fall io take care of every financial olli i gation of the fanner if he will be careful and wise in making expen ’ ditures. ‘ “Other crops than cotton are 1 pouring a goodly revenue into the > pockets of Sumter county farmers, and our farmers have not been slow to take advantage cf the op portunity thus offered them to ‘cash > in on these' as the year wears on. One result of this is going to be • that when the wise farmer markets ■ his cotton this fall, except for a debts carried over from last year, • and certain unanticipated expendi- > tures for fram machinery and ma terials, he will have the whole sum ■ available either for the extinguish . ment of funded debts or for invest ! mpnt and to use as a fund for op erating his farm next year. “Yes, sir; brother, you tell ’em, things surely look good for the far mer here in Sumter county. And • with the farmer prosperous, tha business man can be depended upon -to take car eof himself every time.” :
