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’ORTY-SIXTH YEAR—No7'I43
LEOPOLD FLOUTS INSANITY DEFENSE PLEA
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.” :
