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WEATHER ' r For Georgia Partly cloudy; probably slower.; ; tl south and east and Tuesday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO 15 3 M jnnc i EADS THROUGH 9 BALLOTS Final BuU 'jihg Starts With fcWfe Change Not eH ( j n Standings Californian Had ®Lu iWearly a Hundred Votes At End of Seven® pni ‘allot While' Governor Smith, His Leip uptM Opponent, Had Gain ed Nearly I®-* Votes Scattered MADISON SQ®f o f n S ' 4 ' GARDEN, New York, June 30. (By the Associated B J)—At the end of the eighth ballot this afternoon at 5 oW icg Jfc standard Eastern daylight saving time, McAdoo conunJL j ea< j j n t | le D emocra tj c national convention with 444« 924 .;fte5. Govrenor Smith at that time had 273 votes. AjjcNeif/ih ballot faileed to change this lead. At the conclusion o l( ] yFjnth ballot, the convention recessed until 8 o clock tomg ,\i eastern daylight saving time. 3 ry*Zh ' MADISON SQ UARE GARDEN, New York, June 30 The Dec fiocratic national convention had completed its El eventh ballot at 4 o’clock this afternoon, standaiy C( | Eastern daylight saving time, and no nomiin s a £j on bac J been reached. At this hour the eighth bal j ot in prog ress, McAdoo conti 4 aue g f- o JyoJjJ f be ] eac ] j n ballot ing, with 443 Llo % otes> wb ile Governor Smith has grown a Tittle iv n strength since the opening ballot, now having ‘ 261 votes. The ballots be tween the various oi] tber candidates on the seventh ballot are practica ]y unchanged from the sixth ballot. r wpmpffi'ffl BIG BUSINESS EL MED ’ BT ■&£*■ Liquor Inlf’est By L'art didate of ‘Blocking Nomina tion’ At New York CHALLENGE BOOTLEGGERS Charges ‘Paid Hirelings’ Being Used To Direct Fight Against Progressives NEW YORK, June 30—William G. McAdoo, addressing a rally held here last night in the interest of his candidacy declared that the liquor, interests as well as “big business’’ and a “subsidized and corrupt press” are seeking to blocic his nomination as the democratic presidential candidate. He also challenged that “boot leggers and', their . allies, spending money in unlimited were attempting to corrupt some of the McAdoo delegates with a view either of swinging their sup port to some other candidate or keeping them'.a way from the con vention hall during the balloting which he predicted, will be drawn out. , . Emphatically forecasting victory in the end and declaring his first control unit vote to prevent the of any on® else, Mr. McAdoo urged his audience, made up of delegates and alternates sup porting him to spurn false hospital ity and remain in their seats, in the convention hall through the battle which will get under way tomor row. “Our ranks cannot shatter by entertainment and threats of star vation,” said Mr. McAdoo. Crooks, gratters and the predatory inter ests are attempting to destroy our government. We know the evil forces we have to fight. We ask no quarter and we will give them none. “The liquor interests with pai l hirelings and are. ing to diro: w gressive democracy.’ ») yl>u won der they don't want me in' t\e pi-e's- They have vision and >. and know if I am iin the White House prisons their kind. <r Warning delegates to beware of Greeks bearing gifts, Mr. McAdoo said his frifends should be on their guard for propaganda in the guise of entertainment designated to ad vance candidacy of some one else. “I’d rathi-r not be president tiian resort to some of the tactics being employed to injure me,” , S o. This year is just about h d gqtj'?! and the New Year resolutip i§. ire just about all gone. j ■ ■" ' -V'- THE TIMEsBrECORDER IN THE ~HE AR T The Ballots FIRST BALLOT— I McAdoo 525 ||| I Smith ( ... . r 240 isl Ralston 59 Robinson 21 Uavis 20 Bryan 18 Saulsbury 7 Ritchie . 22 1-2 Farris ; 20 Silzer Brown, New Hampshire.. . 17 SCEOND BALLOT— McAdoo 431. Underwood 42 Robinson 41 Sweet 12 Smith 251 Brown 12 Saulsbury 6 Cox 61 Silzer ; .30 C. W. Bryan 18 Davis ......... 32 Ritchie 21 Harrison 23 Jonathan Davis 23- Walsh 1 And a few scattering ballots. > third ballot x McAdoo 437 ) Underwood ......... 42 ' Smith 255 Cox 60 Ralston 30 Davis 34 \ Glass 29 Remainder scatteAng. FOURTH BALLOT— McAdoo 443 ' Smith 260 Underwood 41 Davis 34 Ralston 30 Glass 45 Cox 59 On this ballot Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, was eliminated, his votes being divided between Mc ’Adoo and Davis. Besides those given there was a decidoteVjw Ador ed vote in this ballot. ,Smith .... -251 1 2 [Underwood .... 42 Walsh 1 'Glass _ 25 Ralston .... 30 Harrison .... ... 23 1-2 Robinson . ..41 Bwee>.... .... ~ 13 Jno. W. Davis.,.; .... 32 Jonathan M. Davis ... ............23 Charles Lj, Bryan .... 18 Saul.;bury 6 Ritchie ...Z..— 21 1-2 Farris .... .... ... 20 KRz.-r .....30 Brown ... ■ 17 (Continued on Page Five.) -A AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 1924 FORMER SECRETARY FALL AND PALS IN TEAPOT DOME OIL SCANDAL INDICTED -. 7 -' : ' T ' ' f y J ■ h '< </ / / \ <V- ' 1 ■' ■ : jL I —TI Methodists Not 7o Consider Wisdom Os Unification Plan Problem One Solely of Acceptance or Rejection By Representatives of Southern Church— Principle Already Approved By Entire Church NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 30. (By the Associated Press) The special session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Sobth, called summarily by the College of Bishops to meet at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 2nd, to debate the question and vote upon the present projected plan of unifi cation with the Methodist Episcopal Church, will neither discuss the wisdom nor desirability of union. Under the call for the July meetng, it is up to the Southern wing of the church eihter to accept or reject the proposed plan which was ratified almost unanimously by the General Conference of the Northern church, which met in May at Springfield, Massa chusetts, it is pointed out. Practically all Methodism favors unification on some plan, it is explained, bur the burning question before the Methodists of today is what shall be done with this proposal. I will require a twothirds vot ■ I .of the General Conference to ratify this recommendation of the Joint Committee on Unification, nor will hat settle things. If favorable action is taken by the General Conference, three fourths of the membership of the annual conferences present and voting is required under the church cannons for ratification of the merger. The plan of separation in 1844 conceded at that time an expedient measure, and upheld as valid by the Supreme Court of the United States eighty years afterward may be superceded by wh'ii/Lme term a more healing c>e It i sinterdSting to note that the plan, developed along jurisdiction al liner, which far-visioned Method i.st leaders of that eurly day fore saw, causes to. arise a possibility of cementing the sectional branches once more into a strong worl I church. That unification and its prob lems is nothing new under the suu to Methodists, but has occupied their attention 'ever Since the church y.as divided in 1844 t is evi denced by he fact tjmt at the gen eral convention ifi Louisville, Ken tucky in 1545 when the Southern church was organized, a resolution was adopted providing careful con sideration. of “any proposition or (Continued On Page Five.) HSLF-WIT WICTED 8f KURDERING W Fffllll IT Cffiffl Victims AH Beaten to Death and Bedies Carefully Covered With Sheets five persons'are slain Boarder Filled With Lust to Slay Included Among Possible Au thors pf'Crime , death, carefully''by sheets or blanks, the bodies Is. Otto Eder, taxicab chauffeur, his wife Frances, their three sons, Roy, 11, Harvey, 0, ■ and Jaek, 3, wcr e found in their > home late last, night. I No disorder appeared about the house, and no attempt at robbery i w ; as apparent. Police said it is I thought the family was killed by a half-witted relative, or a boarder • filled with lust to slay. SPRECKJLES DIES J SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. II Adolph B. Spreckles, nationally -j known sugar and manu r fac'urer, died at his Saturday. Y 111 hem t» hold SPOT LIGHT DURING SESSION IN GENITE Fight Expected to Develop Over Motor Bus Bill in Both Houses of Legislature CONSIDERED INCOME TAX Measures in Both House and Senate Would Abolish Fee Sys tem and Consolidate Offices ATLANTA, June 30.—Disposal of several bills carried over from a previous session and of at least one new measure is expected to be reached this week by the Georgia general assembly when it got un der way at 11 o’clock today, after the week-end adjournment. Three daily sessions last week failed to develop any conclusive action in the lower house and but one resolution was disposed of in the senate. Today, however, with all preliminaries out of the way, and with at least two bills certain of consideration in, the house and oiig in the senate, both bodies were expected to develop their usual stride. A second skirmish over the pro posed repeal of the state tobacco tax very probably will come with consideration of that measure. With its introduction last Friday, parliamentary rules were invoked in fast succession over placing of the bill in committee, it finally g®- ing to the committee on ways and means. The motor bus bill, which would place all bus lines of th e state in cluding jitneys operating in cities of Georgia, under jurisdiction of the public service commission, has been placed well up on the house calendar. It is likely to be the first order of business tomorrow or may (Continued on Page Five) HIGHWAY fflmiE’T DEPART HIDE PUBLIC Recommendation Made That $70,000 Bond Issue Be Un derwritten By Gasoline Tax ATLANTA, June 30- —Recom - mendation that all possible money derived from the Gasoline Tax be spent on State roads and that a $70,000,000 bond issue be floated for the construction of a large mil eage of hard surfaced roads, was made in the annual report of the State Highway Department just made public here. The amount of money received from the gasoline tax is estimated at $1,000,000 per annum, according to the report, which matched with (Continued on Page Five) RAIN PREDICTED DURING THIS WEEK WASHINGTON, June 30. —The weather outlook for the period June 30 to July 5, inclusive, for the South Atlantic and East Gulf States, is as follows: The week will be partly cloudy, with occas ional showers and thunderstorms and temperatures near the nor mal. Democratic Ballot Returns At Rylander and Times- Recorder For Our Patrons • Complete arrangements have been made by The Times- Recorder to secure the results of every ballot taken in the Democratic convention, giving the complete vote of each can didate as rapidly as the ballot is completed. This service will continue from the first ballot until a nomination is made. This service will be furnished us through the Associated Press. The results of each ballot will be read at the Rylander theater as soon as they ar e received and the management of the theater will be kept in touch with the progress of the convention throughout this afternoon and tonight. / This service in the theater will be furnished by the l unes-Recorder. ... ■ .. ( J > Charges Grew Out of Leasing of Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserves to Sinclair Interests While Fall Was Secretary of Interior In Cabinet of President Harding WASHINGTON, June 30.—Criminal indict ments were returned by the Federal grand jury tbday against Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior; Harry Sinclair, E. L. Doheny, Sin clair oil operator, and E. Doheny, Jr., as the growth of the leasing of the naval oil reserves. WEEK-END RECREATION COSTS FIFTEEN LIVES CHICAGO, June 30.—Chica go’s week-end recreation cost the lives of 15 persons, nine of whom were killed by automobiles and six drowned. WOMAN CHANGESVOTE AIM Kim PARTY DENUNCIATION Miss Marian Coley Shifts Posi tion On Issue WWn Pressure Is Brought to Bear ERWIN FIGHT FEARLESSLY Calls On Georgias to Erase Stig ma in Name of Judas Benja min of Confederate Leaders MADISON SQUUARE GARDEN, New York, June 30.—Georgia and Georgians played big parts ip the decision of the Democratic Nation al convention here Saturday after noon when the convention definitely decided by one to go before tha country without speciiicaly de nouncing the Ku Klux Klan in its platform as a menace to the security of the nation. To a lone woman delegate of Georgia, Miss Marian Coley, goes the responsibility of deciding the momentous issue of whether the Democratic Party would go before the country de nouncing the Klan. She was one of the few Geor gians who originally voted in fav- Gontinued on Page Three. COHSSMI LITTLE DIES IN KHINGTEIIN WASHINGTON, June 30.—Rep resentative Edward C. Little, Ol Kansas, died at a local hospital ■here. Death was caused directly by a slight stroke of paralysis. He had suffered a breakdown due to overwork and had been a patient in the hospital for several weeks. Rep resentative Little, a Republican, was serving his fourth term in the House from the Second Kansas Dis trict. He was known as an auth or and had served in the diplomatic Corps as consul general to Egypt. As lientenant-colonel of the Kansas National Guard, he took part in several engagements in the Philip pines. He was born in Ohio. He is survived by his widow and one son, Donald. New York Futures I Pc. Open High Low Close I Jan. ..24.05124.00|24.00]23.80|23.45 I Mar . 24.20124.12|24.17|23.97|23.97 July ..29.03 1 28.95|29.22!28.93j29.20 Oct. ~24.95;24.80;24.95|24.75|24.85 I Dec. ..24.06j24.17i24.25j24.05i24.17 J PRICE FIVE CENTS EIGHTY-THREE DEAD IK PATH OF STORM DEVASTATING OHIO Lake Erie Coast Wrenched From Sandusky to Loraine With Many Persons Killed LOSS PUT AT 30 MILLIONS Scores In Serious Condition, With Hundreds Reported Less Seriously Injured LORAINE, 0., June 30. —(By the Associated Press.) —— The number of dead in Loraine ■» the result of Saturday’s tornado at 7 o’clock this afternoon jump ed to 70 today when reports from those searching for bodies over night were consolidated. CLEVELAND, June 30. —Eighty i three persons are known to be dead in Ohio as a result of Saturday’s severe, wind rain, and electrical storm, which swept the coast of Lake Erie from Sandusky to Lor rain, wrecking a large portion of Lorrain and parts of Sandusky. Although the loss of life is not as great as at first believed, relief workers said today the list of the dead may grow. Several hundred persons are reported injured, severe al scores seriously, and property damage estimated at more than 30 million dollars. The great loss of life was at Lot rain where teh latest count showeda 59 dead and 118 injured, a severe hurts. The property loss there was (Continued on Page Two.) IWCWTS TO CLOSE ILL MT HEIT FRIDAY Thursday Half-Holiday to Be Omitted Because of Following National Occasion The usual half holiday on Thurs day of this week will not be ob served by some of th e merchants, but will be observed by others. Fri day, July 4, being a legal holiday, practicaly all of the stores and banks will be closed. Some of the merchants are averse to closing both Thursday and Friday. Manager Hambrick of the Rogers cash and carry stores stated that both Rogers stores will reiAin open all day Thursday, but Will close all day Friday. Manager Massey of Piggly-Wigg ly will remain open all day Thurs day and close all day Friday. Barker Grocery company, Sparks Grocery company and Harris gro cery will remain open Thursday and close Friday. All of the Americus banks will close at noon Thursday and remain closed until Saturday morning, ob serving the usual Thursday half holiday and also July 4th. J. A. Pinkston, Jr., of the Pink ston company, states that Pink ston’s will close at noon Thursday and remain closed until Saturday morning. Cohen’s Walker’s’ Pearlman’s, Kress’ and Churchwellwell’s will be open all day Thursday, it was stated by their respective managers today, and on Friday these estab lishments will all be closed for thei entire day. y A hypocrite is a man who can’t even believes what he hears when hq talks to himself, ,
