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Lor Georgia—Fair tonight, Sat-
Iday local thundershowers.
YEAR—NO- 1 68
Missing aviator found on isle in pacific
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ISEJPCHING Pim
viator Landed in Bay At Ur
uppa Island. Adjoining Yet
orfu. in Kurile Group
OPFLD OFF WEDNESDAY
ews of His Being Found Pick
ed Over Wireless by Japan
ese Destroyer Today
TOKIO, July 18?—(By Asso
rted Press.)-Stuart MacLaren,
•itish aviator on flight around the
3 rld, who has been missing since
left Toshimoye on Yetorofu Is
nd, for Paramashiru, in Kurile Is
ids, early Wednesday has been
und safe in the bay on Uhe
uthwest shore of Uruopu Island
joining Yetorfu.
The news was picked up by wire
;s from a steamer by a Japanese
stroyer this morning. The de
■oyer was proceeding to Uruppu
and.
Failure of Japanese destroyers
find trace of the airmen or their
ane was reported Thursday in dis
itches from Tokio. The search
being continued.
British officials believe Mac La
ri came down because of foggy
rather. They expect news from
m soon from Broughton Bay,
limushiru Island, where an en-er
■ncy supply base had been cstab
ihed for just such a misfortune
has apparently overtaken the
ritish flyers.
Mrs. Stuart MacLaren, wife of
e British air commander, said
e had ‘faith in MacLaren’s ability
i come through.!’
“He has had very bad luck,” she
lid. “I had a letter from him
*e other day and he said he was
Jfcng ahead at all costs. ,f
MacLaren are Lieutenant
MPniam Plenderieth, pilot, and Ser-
JBant R. Andrews, engineer.
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HI CIRCULATED
I CHICAGO, July 18.—Stories
■at Nathan Leopold and Richard
■oeb, confessed kidnappers-slayers
■ Robert Franks, first planned to
■ak e their fathers or Loeb’s xO
war-old brother the victim, have
■on characterized by signed to fur
■er the insanity theory of the de-
Bnse.
■ The defense is endeavoring to
Bake the youths appear as diabolic
■ possible in order to prove that
Both are crazy, according to Dr.
Billiam 0. Krohn, alientist, Who
■di testify for the state.* The pro
■cution contends the boys were nor
■al, healthy and well educated and
■xpected to introduce evidence in
■ipport of that contention at tl|eir
■ial, scheduled to start August 4.
I A plan to radiocast the proceed
■>gs of the trial during its progres
las been advanced by a Chicago
■ewspaper, which has submitted a
jeierendum on the suggestion to its
|eaders.
I Provisions for newspaper and mag
|zme correspondents and for visit-
I'g jurists and lawyers, who will
I l ' given admittance preference, will
■leatly limit public attendance at
jl'e trial
Lick thief slim
I FLAMS ATLANTA WOMAN
I Al LANTA, July 18.—Introduc
l!g himself as the representative of
■ dry cleaning house, an unidenti-
■ ' d man Tuesday obtained four ex
■ensive Mrs. H. M.
WPI'-aring with them ; n an auto
■obile which had been parked a
■°rt distance away.
■ Police w?r e set on the trail of
■< man later after Mrs. Cheshire
■ad become suspicious and had in
i'stigated his connections.
UNCLE REMUS’ TEACHER
IS DEAD AT EATONTON
EATONTON, July 18—Captain
ohn S. Reid, one of Putman’s old
st and best loved citizens and the
irst school teacher of Joel Chan-
Iler Harris (“Uncle Remus”), when
he attended the famops “Little Red
school House,” over ton Abercrom
bie Hill, died at his hohie here Mon
;lay night after less than a week’s
ponfinement to his home, , *
THE fIKSWECORDER
I£gM_PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OR
France Stands Firm Against British Proposal
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Brazilian Federals Threaten to
Institute ‘Decisive Operations
At Front
CHIEFS ARE PESSIMISTIC
Little Hope Entertained Now of
Accomplishing ‘Definite Re
sults’ Desired
BUENOS AIRES, July 18. — (By
Associated Press.) - Trustworthy
information received here fron.
Brazil early today indicates the re
bels are getting the upper hand in
the fighting around Sao Paulo.
It is stated in these dispatches
that the Brazilian federal govern
ment has proposed to initiate de
cisive operations” but the ‘military
chiefs do not entertain hopes of
definite results” being attained.
JOO FEDERAL TROOPS
ENTERTAINED AT SANTOS
WASHINGTON, July 18.—Au
thentic reports on the revolutionary
situation in Brazil received today
by the state department- form the
American embassy in Rio de Janeiro
said 3,000 government troops ar
rived yesterday at Santos and en
trained for the Sao Paulo district.
Fifteen thousand federal troops
already have surrounded Sao Paulo,
the dispatch said, and that city is
being bombarded.
A message dated July 12 and for
warded from Sao Paulo said state
forces were bombarding the city
from Ypiranga and other points. At
Jhat time shell had fallen within
one-half block of the American con
sulate buiding, but no damage to
that structure had occurred. The
Hotel D’Oeste had been struck by
a shell and six persons were killed.
The advices added that the indus
trial center, Braz, was being shelled
and had practically been deserted.
MONTEVIDEO HEARS
REBELS ARE WINNING
MONTEVIDEO Uruguay, July 18
—Fighting between the Brazilian
government forces and the insur
rectionists at Sao Paulo is continu
ing without advantage to either side,
according to authoritative advices
received there early today. Recent
arrivals from Santos declare that
port is vartually closed and the situ
ation extremely grave.
A prominent South American who
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MAY CHANGE SYSTEM
OF COMPENSATION
ATLANTA, July 18.—A bill pro
viding that whenever an employee,
or dependents of an employee, de
mand payment in p lump sum of an
award under the Georgia work
men’s compensation act, the em
ployer be compelled to nay as de
manded, rather than in weekly in
stallments as at present, was r _c
ommended by the comm.ttee of la
bor and statistics of the house
Tuesday.
The bill also provides that re
marriage of the beneficiary under
award from the workmen’s com
pensation board does not terminate
dependency, of the beneficiary on
the employer or responsibility of
the employer. _ _
AMERICUS, GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 18. 1924.
Georgia Democratic Delegate Arrives Home
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Official figures Show
TIMPJ MIN TELLS
Bf Will HOLG-UP
Mrs. Edith Conway Admits
Participation in Robbery of
Banker Clewis in April
TAMPA, Fla., July 18.—Mrs.
Edith M. Conway has confessed to
participation in the daylight holdup
of A. C. Clewis on April 23, when
the banker was robbed of $24,000
he was personally transferring
from a branch bank in West Tampa,
to the Exchange National bank
here.
Sheriff Spencer says that Mrs.
Conway made a jvritten statement
admitting her part in the plot that
led to a bold stroke of banditry
which mystified the public until this
week, when five widely known
Tampans were arrested.
In her confession, Mrs. Conway
absolves her son, Byard, also ar
rested for the holdup, according to
Sheriff Spencer. It is understood
that she says he was only an inad
vertent informer, or innocent “tip
off” man, when he informed the
others that Mr. Clewis made a prac
tice of carrying large sums un
armed. I
A bag of silver currency in ori
ginal packages, identified as par. of
the $24,000 snatched, was found
yesterday afternoon in the house
of R. D- Hogue, former linger print
expert of the police department, and
one of five prisoners held in the
county jail on the charge of rob
bing Clewis. Another money bag
empty, bearing the name of the Ex
change National bank was also
found.
Further search uncovered two re
volvers, used in the holdup, accord
ing to identification of Ted Albury,
one of the five prisoners who is al
leged to have confessed and impli
cated th e others.
A coat discarded by Albury after
the robbery was discovered yester
day by detectives in a search of the'
home on Mrs. Edith M. Conwav. I
former policewoman, on e of the prls
oners.
The grand jury began investiga-l
tion of the cas e this morning. _ a
Only 468 Persons in Sumter
County Paid This lax Last
Year; Incomes Over $5,000
Scarce
438 PAID ON UNDER $5,000
t '•
Twenty-Four Had Incomes
Ranging From $5,000 to
slo,ooo> and 6 Had Great
er Incomes
Some illiminating figures illus
trating the number of income tax
payers in the Third Georgia district
have just been made public here.
The figures were secured from th'j
Department of Internal Revenue
by Hon. Charles R. Crisp, represen
tative, in congress from this district,
and they show that only 1,561 per
sons in the entire district,
embracing nineteen southwest
Georgia counties, paid income taxes
during 1922. And of this number
only 22 paid on net incomes amount
ing to SIO,OOO or over. In S'umtdr
county, the largest and most pros
perous county in the district, 6
residents paid on incomes of more
than $10,000; in Randolph 4 paid
on incomes in this class; in Crisp
there were 4 such returns; 3 such
returns were received from resi
dents of M*.con county; in Ben Hill
(Continued on Page Jour.)
What’s It All
About?
What’s all the scrapping about
in Sao Paulo, Brazil? If you
want to know —as all intelligent
readers do turn to page
7 and read what Charles P.
Stewart, a correspondent of The
Times-Recorder, has to say. He
shows you that the South Amer
ican rebillions are not the
"comic opera” affairs many
have pictured them. Stewart
knows what he is writing
about. He spent six years
there. He was South American
manager for the United Press
Associations, and later he ran
an English Language newspa
per. His story is timely and
authoritative. It’s a real story,
one you will enjoy and profit
by reading- —Lditor.
STATE PORT BILL
CONSIDERATION IS
POSTPONED 2 WEEKS
Unanimous Consent Ls Secured
To Defer Action on Meas
ure Until July 30th
CASON ASKS FOR TIME
Measure Would Increase State’s
Debt By $15,000,000
Through Bond Issue
ATLANTA, July 18.—Consider
ation of action upon the state port
bill was postponed today in the
Georgia senate until July 30th. Th's
action was taken on motion of Sen •
ator Cason, of the First district,
one of the authors of the measures,
and was by unanimous consent.
The measures proposes to amend
the constitution of Georgia so as to
authorize increasing the state s in
debtedness by not exceeding $15,-
000,000 for the establishment of
terminal facilities on deep water at
some Georgia port, to be hereafter
designated by the electors of ttw
state. Both Savannah and Bruns
wick are urging passage of the bill
and both these cities will seek to
have the state port, if created, lo
cated there.
PORT BILL
BEFORE SENATE
ATLANTA, July 18.--With the
Atlanta viaduct bill set over until
next Tuesday as a special order of
business, there was nothing of mo
ment in the way of consideration
today by the state senate of the bill
to create a state port terminal on
deep water. There were a number
of local bills on the calendar after
committees made their reports to
day, but none of them were expect
ed to receive attention until next
week.
As explained by supporters of the
state port bill from Savannah at a
banquet for members of the lejXis
lature last night, the port measure
would authorize the state to im
prove a deep water harbor with
terminal facilities .including
wharves, docks, warehouses, rail
road tracks and grain elevators.
The improvements would be made
through state bonds, not to exceed
$15,000,000. The site of the pro
posed terminal would be chosen by
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Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of
Montana, shown above, has an
nounced he will support Senator
LaFollette for president, notwith
standing his participation in the re
cent Democratic National Conven
tion. Senator Wheeler is quoted in
press dispatches as basing his objec
tion tq Davis and Bryan ticket up
on the former connection of Davis
with certain giant financial institu
tions as an attorney.
LANGLEY INTRODUCES
NEW CHILD LAOR BILL
IN GEORGIA HOUSE
Measure Would Restrict Em
ployment of Children In
This State
EXEMPTIONS ALLOWED
Senate Puts in Day Confirming
Appointments of Governor
Walker
ATLANTA, July 18.—The intro
duction of several new bills featur
ed the early hours of the morning
session of the Georgia house of rep
resentatives today. Among them
was one by Floyd Langley which
would prohibit the employment of
persons under age, with the excep
tion of telephone and telegraph
operators in manufacturing or in
dustrial plants working between 9
p. m. and (5 a. m.
senate session
AGAIN BRIEF
ATLANTA, July 118.—In a
brief executive session the Geor
gia senate today confirmed four ad
ditional nominations to county of
fices submitted to Governor Walk
er. They were Frank M. Scarlett
to be solicitor of the city court of
Brunswick for four years begin-,
ning January 1 next; Paul Turner
to be judge of Henry county court
for the term of four years begin
ning October 28 next, and J. M.
Neel, Jr., to be solicitor of city
court of Parkersville beginning Jan
uary 1 next.
FORT VALLEY BANK
CLOSED BY EXAMINER
FORT VALLEY, July 18.—In
ability to keep up the cash reserve
to the required standard caused the
closing of the Exchange Bank of
Fort Valley yesterday by the State
Bank Examiner.
The Exchange Bank carried a
large volume of old paper, it was
ascertained, which it was unable to
liquidate at this time.
The bank had a capital of $50,-
000, with surplus of approximately
$36,000. Deposits totaled $289,000,
according to a late statement.
W. C. Wright is president; V. L.
Brown, vice president, and S'. B.
Brown, cashier.
All other banks in Middle Geor
gia were said to be in condition to
carry peach and other accounts.
Milk statistics show we are drink
ing so much more milk the cows
may have to start working at night.
New York Future*
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Mar. ..25.89 25.42|25.75|25.25|25.68
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BEL II DIE
PLIH NEGOTIJTIOHS
France Determined Not To Yield
To British Proposal To Give
Bondholders Powers
POSITION IS MADE PLAIN
»
Member of Delegation Chagrin
ed Because Details of Pro
posal Leaked Out
LONDON, July 18.—(By As
sociated ’Press.)—France will not
yield in hc r opposition lo the Br -
tish proposal to give the general
agent of reparations payments and
trustee for the foreign bondhold
ers in the proposed loan to Ger
many large preliminary powers in
determining whether there may
exist default upon the part of Ger
. many in fulfilling that nation’s
obligations under th e Dawes plan.
This position was made plain
1 here this afternoon by a member
of the French delegation who ex
. presses chagrin because proposals
for the protocal submitted by the
i British and French delegations at
. the inter-allied conference here
. have leaked out.
: French members of the commit-
tee of th e conference dealing with
the,-authority,,of the reparation
comfnissiun announced late Thurs
day their determination to jnsiss
upon the taking up bj) the bankers
, of the proposed loan to Germany
as a condition precedent to ths
recognition that the Dawes plan is
in effect. The French also ex-
> pressed their joint conviction that
the economic unity of Germany
could not be restored until the pro
posed loan was underwritten.
The statement was made before
the French officials entered a meet
ing of their committee which was
former by the conference to deal
with the authority of the repara
tion commission in respect to ths
action to be taken in the event of
possible default of Germany in the
execution of the Dawes scheme.
It is understood, according to a
French semi-official source, that
the committee of the conference
which will decide on the means of
naming the American representa
tive on the reparations commission,
whose task it will be, in accordance
with the Herriot- MacDonald plan,
to arbitrate on the question of Ger
many’s eventful default, seems in
agreement to ask the international
court at The Hague to name this
American representative.
mmlh beg
TIN HOURS Os LIFE
ST. LOUIS, July 18.—Respond
ing to the ardent pleas of the two
men, reinforced by those of their
spiritual advisers, Sheriff George
Strodtman early today announced
he had postponed until 4 o’clock
this afternoon the executions of-
Charles Merrell and Hugh Pinkley,
who were to have been put to death
at 6 o’clock this morning.
The sheriff’s decision was made
shortly after he had been called to
the prisoners’ cell and been there
handed a note in which the men
requested a stay until 4 o’clock,
so that ‘we may better prepare our
selves materially and spiritually. If
this earnest request is granted wfl
will die much happier," the note
read.
Both men were sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of Patrol
man Michael o‘Connor, who was
shot down while attempting to frus
trate a hold-up at the plant of the
Morris Packing Company here.
ARREST FOLLOWS
ILLEGAL OPERATION
FITZGERALD, July 18—Dr. L.
E. Thornton was arrested today af
ter indictment by a Ben Hill coun
ty grand jury for involuntary man
slaughter. The case grew out of
an alleged illegal operation per
formed on a woman from Broxton,
who subsequently died in a Douglas ,
i hospital. Physicians of Broxton anti J
, others appeared before the jury, k *