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WEATHER
For Georgia Local showers
and thundershowers tonight and
Sunday.
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR— no. 169
PERSIANS MOB AMERICANS AT TEHERAN
robt. limit, badly
BftTEN iffl KICKED,
DIES OF IHJUBIES
Religious Demonstration Re
sponsible for Brutal Attack on
Americans Friday
SEYMOUR IS BADLY HURT
Two Americans Mistaken for
‘Bahias’ While Seated in
Carriage Observing Procession
WASHINGTON Jul y|
|9 —( By Associated
Press) —A message re
ceived today by the
State Department from
American Minister
Kornfield at Teheran,
Persia, said Vice Consul
Robt. Imbrie died from
shock at 3 o’clock ves
terdav afternoon after
having been brutally
kicked and beaten by a
mob.
Vice Consul and Melin Seymour,
also American, had stopped his car
riage to watch a religious demon
stration in the city, the message
said, and were rushed on. by the
mob who mistook them for mem
bers of a sect known as Bahias,
against whom the demonstration
was directed. Seymour’s condition
is said to be so serious that he is
unable to make any statement.
BRITISH OFFICERS
CONFIRM DETAILS
LONDON, July.l9.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—British officials to
day confirmed the death of Major*
Robert Imbre, American vice-con
sul in charge of Teheran, Persia,
who, it was stated, was attacked by
a fanatical mob yesterday mofn-1
ing while photographing the public
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miK Smm
TO PRODUCT CRM
With a creamery already estab
lished in Americus, the most im
portant thing to insure success of
the venture is the establishment c.f
proper and adequate permanent
pastures. This is the op'inion ex
pressed today by George 0. Mar
shall, county farm demonstration
a’gent, who is anxious to have every
farm in the county get his name on
the creamery payroll without delay.
“In order that &umter county
farmers may know the best grasses
to produce maximum cream yields,’
said Marshall today, “I have arrang
ed a permanent pasture demonstra
tion for Monday morning. Co
operating in this effort are experts
attached to the agricultural staff
<>f the Central of Georgia railroad,
which corporation is alive to the im
portance of developing the cream
industry in this section as well as
the profits to be derived there
from.
“The firs, of these demonstra
tions will be held at the farm-store
of J. H. Meyers, on the Dawson
road, several miles-out cf Americus
in the Crpxton’s Store community.
Here there exists an ideal Dalias
grass pasture, the advantages of
which will be fully explained by
experts. Tino demonstration will
begin at 9 o’clock Monday morning.
“Following the demonstration at
Myers’ store, the experts will drive
to the farm of George Derisco, near
Leslie, where another demonstra
tion will be held, beginning at 11
o’clock the same morning. It is im
portant that farmers interested m
selling cream and profiting through
the establishment of a creamery in
Americus attend these meetings,
and I ardently urge all’who possibly
can to be present.’ 1
DENVER POST EDITOR
DIED THERE TODAY
DENVER, July 19.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —Harry H. Tani
mott, editor and part owner of the
a . Denver Post, died here early today
after a short illness.
E RI T
THE TIMESy* RECORDER
ESILpuBLISHED IN HEARfor
Police And Soldiers Clash Iris Portuguese
PRIORITY TO BE GIVEN NEW GERMAN LOAN
COMMITTEE WIED]
WHEELED. WILL RUN
WITH LAFOLLETTE
Democrat Selected as Vice-
President on Third Ticket at
Washington Gathering
CHANGES FIRST DECISION
Yields to Entreaties of Progres
sives and Decides to Run on
Third Ticket
WASHINGTON, July 19— (By
the Associated Press.) —Senator
Burton K. Wheler, Montana
Democratic prosecutor for the
senate Daugherty investigation,
today announced his acceptance
of second place on the Independ
ent presidential ticket headed by
Senator Robert M. LaFollette.
Although he previously declared
he would not accept such desig
nation, Wheler yielded and re
versed his decision after he had
been urged to do so by FaFollette
and several of his principal advis
ers.
Senator Wheeler, who won na
tional distinction by his conduct
of the senate Daugherty investi
gation, after accepting the vice
presidential nomination of the In
dependent ticket today, immedi
ately began his campaign with
a broadside against the political
affiliations of Coolidge and Da
vis.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—At a
conference of Progressive party
politicians held here Irida;,, Sen
ator Burton K. Wheeler, of Mon
tana, was selected to run as vice
president, with Senator Robert M.
LaFollette, candidate of that group
.for the presidency.
Wheeler was offered the past
late Friday afternoon by a special
delegation from the national com
mittee of the conference for pro
gressive political action, after he
had been induced to reconsider his
former refusal Cutting into nc
democratic party, the LaFollette
forces have selected as their vice
presidential candidate the man
whose work in the last congress has
given the democrats some of then
most powerful ammunition against
the administration.
Late Friday night it was indi
cated Senator Wheeler would ac
cept the nomination when he an
nounced to newspapermen "I will
possibly accept the nomination,
though I have not definitely made
up my mind.” At this time, Senator
Wheeler stated he would communi
cate his formal decision to leaders
in the LaFollette movement today.
MINISTER NAPS AT
WHEEL; AUTO WRECKED
MONTEZUMA, July 19.—Rev
George Matthews, pastor of the
First Methodist church at Marshall
ville and brother of Judge H. A.
Matthews, of Macon, took a nap
which nearly cost him his life yes
terday afternoon, when he went to
sleep driving his auto on the turn
pike near Flint river. The ear
crashed down a 15-foot embank
ment and overturned. Rev. Mat
thews was uninjured. The ma
chine was wrecked.
MISS M’COLLUM HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
MACON, July 19.—Miss Carrie
McCallum, of Jeffersonville, was
orought to a local hospital this af
ternoon suffering from injuries
sustained a short distance from her
home, when an automobile driven
by her brother ran into a telephone
pole.
Se is suffering from severe
bruises, but is not believed to be
injured' internally. Her brother
was attempting to get his car out
of the way of another machine and
in doing so crashed into an embark
ment. The car- was hurled against
the pole. i
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You’ve heard of the most photo
graphed girl in the world. Well,
here’s the., ‘telephoto girl”—the
most telephoned face in the
world. It was this beauty that the
research laboratories of the
American Telephone and Tele-
fflEHmiL SEMS
BILL LIKELY IB PE
Expected That Final Action
Will Be Taken On Measure
Within Next Few Days
ATLANTA, July 19.—-When the
biennial sessions bill, generally ’.<■
geirded ns the most importasfc nicfis
ure facing the general assembly
this year, reaches the floor of the
house final action within the next
few days, it w’ill start its journey
towards a vote with 58 cut of the
206 members already on record as
favoring its passage. These arc the
menfbers who voted for the bih
when it was passed by the house
during the session of 1922.
* The measure at that t me receiv
ed a favorable report of 143, while
38 voted against it, and 26 were /
absent. Os the total membership
of the house that year, 79 are mom-'
bers of this year’s body. Os
number, 58 voted for the bill, 1'
voted against it and 11 were no,
present.
Atkinson, of Chatham; Meet,
Bird, Boatwright, Boswell, Braddy,
Branch Carr, Childs Coilins, Cur
pepper DeFoor, DeLaperricre)
Dykes, Fletcher, Grovenstein, Had
dock, Hatcher, of Burke; Hatcher,
of Muscogee; Hillhouse Hines, of
Decatur Hines of Sumter; Houston,
Hyman, Jones, Jones, of Cowetaf
Kngiht, Logan, McClure, Mc-
Garity Maddox, Mann, Mayo, Mites,!
Moore, Parrish, Penland Perkins of
Muse’Ogee; Perryman, Philips, of
Jasper; Phillips, of Telfair; Piekrer,
Price, Riley, Russell, Rt\therford/
Sapp Shettlesworth, Singletary,
Smith, of Bryan ; Steele,-Sttekland,
Tatum, Trippe, van Landingham,
Way, Whitworth, Williams and
\V orthy. ,
HOLDEN ADVOCATES
LUXURY TAXES
ATLANTA, July 19.—When ad
journment was taken Friday after
noon the house was discussing a
bill by Representative Huxford, of
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 19, 1924
graph company selected for ex
periments on ways of retaining
clarity and loveliness in repro
duction and transmission of tele
phoned pictures. She adorns the
booklet of instructions just is
sued to demonstrate methods of
making telephone pictures.
CLEM SHAVER NAMED
TO HEAD CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK, July 19. The
man kvho first dreamed, years ago,
that his friend, John W. Davis, was
decreed by destiny and politics to
be at great president of the United
States, now assumes the official
task df piloting his protege toward
the White He use.
Clem L. Shaver, lawyer and
stock raiser of West Virginia, is
the man. His forihal appointment
as the new chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee and cam
paign manageryfor the Democratic
presidential nominee, John W. Da
vis ',was announced last Friday. It
followed fllore than a week of con
ferences m which Davis himself in
sisted that his old friend the
frtend who had nominated him as
a candidate for congress 14 years
<Jgo—should receive the job. Sug
igestions from old-line Democrats
that a figure better known nation
ally and w’ith more political expe
rience be named, were brushed
aside.
. Shaver, with some other “fool
frjpnds” of Davis, who begun'pro
moting him for the presidency way
back when Davis himself insisted
he wouldn’t have it. Shaver put it
over and Davis insisted upon the
proper reward.
. Believe it or Not 1
MELDRIM, July 19.—Engineer
George Bell, who pilots the Central
inf Georgia engine between Egypt
and Savannah, is the original hunts
man' without a gun.
When he reached Savannah with
his passengers this morning 'he
could have carved six more notches
in the boiler of his engine. It was
that many wild turkeys he killed
three miles from Meldrim, making a
total of nine he has killed in the
past few days.
Engineer Bell is rapidly gaining
the title of champion turkey killer
in this section.
Whether it was the speed of the
engine or the dumbness of tin
young turkeys in failing to get off
the track, Engineer Bell has yet to
explain, ,
DIVERGING VIEWS
CAUSING ANXIETY
IT LONDON MEFT
Method of Dealing With Ger*
man Defaults Still a Perturb
ing Feature to Allies
SEEKING COMPROMISE
Lull in Negotiations Expected
Over Week-end, With Many
Delegates Absent
LONDON, Julv 19.
(Bv Associated Press.)
—The divergence i n
French and British
views as to the manner
of dealing with possible
German defaults under
the Dawes reparations
scheme, is one of the
perturbing features of
the inter-Allied confer
ence in session here.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made yesterday to thresh' out the
fundamental differences between
(the two nations, but it is hoped
a compromise, agreement may yet
be reached. There will be some
what of a lull in the conference
over the week-end with many of
the delegates going to the Wemb
ley exposition and making other
visits.- ,
COMMITTEE DECIDES
TO GIVE PRIORITY
LONDON, July 19.—The com
mittee of inte-allied conference in
charge of sanitations in the event
of Germany’s default utfer the
Dawes scheme, today unimmously
agreed to insure investors in a loan
to Germany of priority on all Ger
man resources in the eevnt of Ger
many’s default.
BIJOU DEVELfIPIHG
STRENGTH 111 OH.
Man ‘Crucified On Fiery Cross’
Expected to Win Despite Op
position of Kluxers
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July
19. —The Ku Klux Klan again has
become the foremost political issue
in Oklahoma, with Jack Walton, im
peached governor, leading the anti
hosts in a bitter fight for suprem
acy at the approaching stato pri
maries.
“lighting Jack,” who declares
he was ‘railroaded from the gover
nor’s chair and crucified on a fiery
cross,” has developed sensational
strength in the eleventh hour of a
bitter campaign for the democratic
nomination for United States sena
tor. With the primaries less than
three weeks away, and the plan sup
port divided among four opponents
it was generally admitted by poli
tical prognosticators that Walton
.was sitting in the figurative “driv
er’s seat.”
Since his impeachment, the mili
tant foe of the klan has carefully
laid out his political fences, and
with the entire state his stumping
■ground, has carried the anti-klan
cijfto thousands of voters. In pic
tuy Sque fashion, characteristic of
hi 4 campaign methods. Walton
addressed hundreds of curbstone
gatherings in every section of the
stato: Like a crusader pleading
the cause of religious ‘righteous
ness,” he has wept untils tears
streamed his face, railed at the
"klusiers” and shouted for votes to
send him to Washington and to vin
dicate his fight for ‘religious and
political liberty in Oklahoma.
; LITTLE JOE )
ARout the. time. VO! J
<aET USED To A
STRAW MAT ITS TOO
Soled to \aJEAR*
DEICRITIC NOMINEE
SAYS LIFE NO BED
OF ROSESFORHIM
John W. Davis Tells of Letters
Received and of Great Ad
venture Entered Into
MAY CHANGE PARTY RULE
Committee Said to Favor Ending
of Both Two-Thirds and Unit
Rules in Convention
LOCUST GROVE, N. Y., 19
—On what is probably the greatest
adventure that can come into the
life of any American, John W.
Davis, to use his own words, has
discovered that the life of a presi
dential candidate is not a bed of
roses.
Mr. Davis announced his discov
ery during a speech here after a
non-political reception by his neigh
bors of the Locust Valley section of
pyster Bay, which was much like
the ovations that another man of
the neighborhood Theodore
Roosevelt—used to receive.
The Democratis nominee caused
laughter when he related the tne
contents of two letters he had re
ceived I 'since his nomination. One
ofthem was from a prohibitionist
who will never vote for any man
who had been president of a bar
association. The other writer was
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Kiwanis Club lakes
Initiative For Cannery
Committee Headed By W. M.
Jones Will Co-Operate to
Solve Community Problem
The Kiwanis club discussed at
some length the question of a can
nery, Friday at its luncheon, Sam
Heys, vice president presiding.
Secretary Everett, of the Chamber
of Commerce requested the club to
appoint a committee of three to
work with a similar committee from
the Rotary club and Chamber of
Commerce, on such a project.
He read a letter from out of the
state which sngnified a desire of
the writer to consider Americus as
a possible site for a cannery, un
der certain conditions.
W. M. Jones, speaking to his fel
low club men cautioned them to en
ter the cannery question only af
ter careful analysis. He said that
because' of inferior gooas packed
in the state in the past, that Geor
gia canned peaches had a “bad
name.” He also said that in his
opinion there were better ways of
turning the surplus fruit into a
profit.
James Ferguson said he had in
estigated certain Georgia plans and
he knew of his own knowledge that
their packing was inferior and that
it was difficult to sell Georgia
packed peaches. However, he said
that he as well as others handling
canned goods could sell a superior
New York Cotton
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Capital
FIGHT KILLED IND 1
SEVERAL WOUNDED
IN LISBON AFFRAY
Soldiers of Republican Guard
Use Weapons During Fatal
Fight With Policemen
CAPITAL IS STIRRED
Details of Affair Are Meagre,
and Fatalities May Grow
With Later Reports
LISBON, Portugal,
Julv 19—(Bv Associat
ed Press.) —Eight per
sons were killed and
several wounded last
night in a shooting af
fray between soldiers of
the republican guard
and the police.
The capital is stirred as a result
of the clash between these author
ities, and a close censorship has
been established. It is feared the
number of fatalities will be in
creased when full details of the af
fair is permitted to be known.
UNION Biffin
NONUNION WORKERS
Hundred Armed Men Overpow
er Guards and Force Them
to Leave Premises
M’ALESTER, Okla., July 19.
About 100 miners, most of them
armed, attacked and put to rout a
force of non-union workers at the
Kali Inia coal mine at Cambria,
near here late Friday. Guards
were disarmed and forced to ac
company the assailants as they
motored into Latimer county after
the attack.
First reports to authorities here
said no one was injured, but details
are lacking. Telephone wires to
Cambria have been cut. It is un
derstood the attack was made by
miners form Texas fields. Henriet
ta, Okla., and other fields nearby.
,The sheriff of Latimer county and
la number of deputies have left
Wilburton, Latimer county seat,
for the scene of the encounter.
The march on the mine from all
appearances was carefully planned.
article.
G. O. Loving, of the Loving Oil
Co., authorized the president, of thq
Chamber of Commerce to say for
him that he would invest at leass
$ 1,(100 in a sound project whien
would save our surplus peach crop,
turning it into a profit for our
growers.
Another speaker said to the club
that every organizationof business
men in the county should cooperate
with Sumter growers in solving this,
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AUTO GOES THROUGH
BRIDGE; 5 KILLED
BUENA VISTA, Colorado, July
19.—Five persons were killed mar
here late last night when their au
tomobile broke through a bridge
and plunged 50 feet into the Ark
ansas river.
HARY SHELTON, NEGRO,
HANGED BY LYNCHERS
MERIDIAN, Miss., July 19.—*
Harry Shelton negro as taken from
jail at Scooba near here last night,
and carried about four miles to
ward DeKalk and lynched.
He was hanged from a tree limb
and his body riddled with bullets.
He was said to have attempted
to assault a white woman near Ete«j
trie Mills a week ago* t 4