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WEATHER -*■**
For Georgia Local thunder
showers tonight and Tuesday.
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR —NO. J 70
coming in great numbers, it s pre
dicted at a meeting of National As
sociation of. Building Owners and
Managers. This is made possible
by recent improvements m express
elevator service, operators handling
the cars by push buttons. Stops
will be made every tenth floor.
There’ll be local elevators for each
deck of 10 floors.
High land values are compelling
man to resort to inventive ingenuity
that is magical. The high building
and the elevator are simply attempts
to escape from land rentals.
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funeral
A pet black poodle dog was
poisoned and buried in the same
casket with his owner—a woman,
57, of Ferndale, N. Y. This she pro
vided for in her will.
The Hereafter will not satisfy her
unless the dog has a soul and it can
accompany her. For complete satis
faction, there’ll have to be a sep
arate heaven for every individual.
No two would agree on spccifca
tions. One would want dogs pres
ent, lots of them, another no dogs
( at all.
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RELIEF
prance, paying her people for
war damages, has alreadv handed
over 24 billion francs. She has put
her o. k. on damage claims of 6b
billion francs and expects the final
total to be as high as 85 oillions.
The value of the frjmc has fluc
tuated so much there’s no way of
estimating how much of the expen
diture will be recovered from Ger
many in reparations.
When the books are balanced a
century from now, however, Uncle
Sam’s final war loss may not be far
from the top. We also were “de
vastated” financially into the bil
lions.
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COST
A railroad has to haul a ton of
.freight 48 miles to get enough
money to buy a pint of ink, 115
miles to buy a monkey wrench, 75
•miles for a crosstie, 3350 miles to
pay a freight train crew for a day’s
work. So claims Dr. David Friday,
statistics sharp of National Trans
portation institute.
The cost, of course, frequently de
pends of whether or not the road is
being milked by a supply company.
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HOSS
Here’s a horse that has carried a
boy 22,000 miles since 1911, to and
from school. That wouldn’t be a
bad mileage for a car. No gasoline.
No tires. No parts to be replaced.
The hores, of course, has to eat.
He has to be garaged and curried.
But, all in all, he’s the most perfect
transportation device to date. And
the safest,
Th e hoy who rode the faithful
steed—Reuben Wilhelm of Bazine,
Kansas.
TAX
New York state collected 25 mil
lion dollars income taxes from its
residents in 1923. New York City
gets nearly half.
Blate income tax is spreading. •
Income taxes levied by cities may
come later. Money will have to be
raised some way. Municipalities in
most eases are dangerously, close to
the saturation point or limit in
mortgaging the future.
PEMSSEiffI
FOP ITTKffi
Summary Punishment to Be
Meted Men Who Killed
American At Teheren
TEHERAN, Persia, July 21.
Martial law has been declared here.
Several persons supected of com
plicity in the killing of the Ameri
can vice-conkule, Robert Imbrie,
who died Friday from injuries re
ceived when he was beaten by a
fanitical mob while he was photo
grahping a sacred fountain, have
been arrested.
full report
is AWAITED
WASHINGTON, July 21. A
full report from Minister Kornfeld
at Teheran on the slaying of Ameri
can Vice-Consule Imbrie still was
Continued on Page Three.
Stiff collars are going out of
style. Men wear soft collars now
to protect the women’s necks.
A blind man is the only one who
can’t sep any use for silk stockings.
THE HMESHrKORDER
pygdLEUBU S HEP IN THE HEAR T~ OF
LEOPOLD AND LOEB BEG FOR MERCY
APCHWDERERS I
PLffl GUILTY in I
counnrcKffl
Slayers of Robert Franks Admit
Guilt and Plead for Mercy
Through Attorneys
ARE WARNED BY JUDGE
Degree of Punishment to Be Fix
ed After Hearing Scheduled
to Begin Wednesday
By Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 2 U
The fate of Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb, indicted for the
kidnaping and murder
of 14-year-old Robert
Franks, was rested to
day “in the mercy of the
court.” This resulted
from a plea of guilty
made today in court by
Clarence S. Darrow,
chief counsel for the
boys and affirmed by
them “after they had
been duly warned by
the court of the conse
quences of this plea.”
The “degree of punishment,”
which may vary from intermediate
prison sentence through a life sen
tence in the penitentiary, incarcera
tion in an asylum or death, will bq
determined after a hearing which is
to start Wednesday.
FimlEWfM
GN NIPPON STM
Lost Vessel Was Old Freighter
Without Radio and Carried I
No Passengers
TOKIO, July 21.—Fifty-seven
persons were drowned when the
Nippon freighter ‘Matsuyama Maru’
foundered off the coast of Goto Is
land, near Kyuhsu, July 11, accord
ing to a report received here today
from the Kobe office of’the own
ing company.
The freighter was an old vessel,
without radio, and carried no pas
sengers.
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BN HOIK MURDER
Tragedy of 22 Years Ago
Prompts Man to Attempt Sui
cide —Victim Still Living
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 21.
Tortured for twenty two years by
the memory of a murder he never
committed until he finally tried
vainly to take his life, at Portland,
Oregon, officials announced here
that they will not seek the return
of Oliver Cameron «jn a hospital
here.
Messages from that city declared
Cameron tried to commit suicide
because of a murder twenty two
years ago here, repealed a strange
tragedy here Thursday. For search
of records showed that William
Gay whom he shot in a quarrel ap
parently never died.
Two indictments, one charging
assault with intent to commit mur
der and the other charging carry
ing concealed weapons were found
but no murder indictment was dis
covered.
Officers in the sheriff’s depart
ment say their search for the mur
der indictment has not yet been
completed but apparently nine ex
ists. •
They believe Gay recovered from
his wound and Cameron was in
dicted only for the assault. Hav
ing fled Birmingham immediately
after the shooting to become a con
science tqrtured wanderer, no
tnore was ever heard from Came
ron until Thursday’s dispatch from
Portland. '
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 21, 1924
COTTON SOARS ON] GOVERNMENT REPORT
Heads Kiwanis
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This is the latest picclure of
Victor M. Johnson, new presi
dent of Kiwanis International. Ho
lives in Rock Island, 111.
FEDERALS HUNCH
ASSAULT AGAINST
SAB PAULO REBELS
Buenos Aires Despatch Indicates
Fighting in Progress for Pos
session of City
AIR PLANES BEING USED
i
Communique Refers to Recon
naisance for ‘Operations That
Are Now Proceeding'
BUENOS AIRES,
July 21. —Federal as
sault against Sao Paulo,
held by the insurrec
tionists, may have al
ready begun, according
to indications contained
in official dispatches
from Rio Janeiro. A re
cent communique is
sued by the government
referred to an airplane
reconnaisance for op
erations that are now
proceeding.”
ADVANCED POSITIONS
TAKEN BY FEDERALS
WASHINGTON, July 21.—New
fin'd advanced positions have beer!
taken by Brazilian federal troops
operating about San Paulo under
command of General Potyguara, ac
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08. DBM MO BRIDE
WE KILLED N FALL
Were Attempting to Climb the
Matterhorn in Swiss Alps
When Accident Happened
ZERMATT, Switzerland, July 21
—Dr. Braun, of Vienna, and his
young wife lost their lives yester
day in a fall while attempting to
climb the Matterhorn with the aid
of a guide, when they fell 400 feet
to the bottom of the precipice. ,
MAGRUDER TO SPEAK
WEDNESDAY AT LESLIE
Much interest is being manifest
in the address to be delivered
Wednesday at Leslie by W. A. Ma
gruder, who will speak on dairying
to the farmers there. •MA Ma
gruder, who is a former dairy com
missioner of Tennessee, has been
secured to speak twice in Sumter
county, and farmers who contem
plate going into cream production
should arrange to hear him. In
addition to his talk at Leslie, ha
will also speak at Americus Wednes
day grinning at 7:45, his address
here to be delivered in the Superior
court room at the court house.
COUNTY ■ SEEKS
22,760 ACRES SHORT
BN W DIGEST HERE
Taxpayers Refuse to Furnish In
formation Upon Which Equal
izers May Complete Task
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
Board Members Feel They Have
Made ‘Conscientious Effort’
to Perform Duty
By Associated Press
Seeking diligently to
locate 22,760 acres of
land known to exist in
Sumter county, the tax
equalization board has
reached a “standstill”
in its work, according to
one of the members of
that body this morning.
Taxpayers who failed
to return their lands by
land lot and district
numbers have all been
requested by the board
to supply this informa
tion, but hundreds have
faced to pay any atten
tion to the notices sent
them.
The law is explicit on this point.
AU property returned for taxation
must be described as required by
the board, and the tax equalizers
have ample authority under the law
to compel property owners to, givo
this information. Those whp fail
or r ‘fuse to supply the information
on demand may be punished by fine
and imprisonment on motion of the
board, but Chairman Frank Wilson
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NAYY ITCHES BELOW
AS ARMY’S WORLD
FLYERS CROSS OCEAN
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Cruiser Richmond Skips Out of
Port As Advance Guard of
Look-Out Ship
NEWPORT, R. I. July 21—The
navy today began the task of keep
ing watch below while the army
world fliers soared over the Atlantic
’on the homeward leg of their jour
ney.
‘The cruiser ‘Richmond,’ the flag
ship of Rear Admiral Magruder
commanding the light cruiser squad
ron, slipped out of this port today,
the advance guard of about a dozer,
vessels which are to be stationed
along the route of the aviators from
England to Scotland, then byway
of the Orkney Islands, Iceland,
Greenland to the North American
continent, on the bleak coast of Lab
rador, and onward across New
Foundland and Nova Scotia to
Boston. _
MOULTRIE PASTOR
EXPOSES DANGER OF
POLITICAL RELIGION
In today's is«ue the Times-
Recorder publishes the text of a
sermon delivered by Rev. Walter
H. Binns, of Moultrie Baptist
congregation, in which the
preacher deals impartially with
the subject of religion in politics,
now being so generaly discussed
in Georgia. In his discource the
preacher gives his opinion of the
Catholic hierarchy as well as the
Ku Klux Klan, and flays both in
stitutions as undemocratic and
un American. This discourse ap
pe rs on the editorial page, and
dot btless many, readers will pe
ru e it throughput carefully and
with interest. I
New York and
New Orleans
Futures Go Up
NEW ORLEANS, July 2 I.—Following the announcement
oi the government drop report on condition of the crop, cotton
futures soared 200 points on the exchange today. October ad
vanced to 26.80, and December 26.75, a gain of abont $lO
a bale.
1 oday s sensational rise followed publication in Sunday
newspapers of sundry crop reviews, in which the existing "satis
factory financial situation” was ex-1-—.-. ,
pected to stimulate activity in cot
ton circles. L. O. Moseley, com
menting on the situation wrote:
FUTURES LEAP 200
POINTS AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July 21.—Cotton
jumped 180 to 200 points in the
local market today on publication
of the government crop forecast.
October went to 27.65, above
which figure further trading was
prohibited under the rules of the
exchange.
DECREASE OF 210,000
BALES IS FORECAST
WASHINGTON, July 21—A de
crease of from 210,000 bales in tho
cotton crop forecast as compared
with that made three weeks ago
was shown, today in the first semi
monthly report of the department
of agriculture, which placed the
crop at 11,934,000 bales.
Prospects for the best crop year
since 1919 , a financial situation
which is “very satisfactory” to lead
ing bankers of the state, and a feel
ing of optimism and confidence iu
business circles, would indicate that
Georgia is on the threshhold of an
pra of prosperity the like of which
has not been known in this section
in five years. Belief that while
Georgia will b 0 unable to return to
financial normalcy for a year or so
yet the state will recoup a flattering
per cent of reverses suffered in the
fall of 1918, is general throughout
the state.
Concerning the Georgia crop, it
js asserted that in that state boll
weevil damage to cotton has been
reduced to a minimum during the
year, chiefly through the use of
more than 400 carloads of calcium
arsenate, intelligent and frequent
application of the poison and the
vigilance of farmers in picking up
punctured squares and destruction
of larva.
A cotton crop estimated at one
million bales, the largest corn crop
in several years and a greatly in
creased yield over 1922-1923 in
smaller crops, including peas, beans,
melons and truck products, is tho
prediction of conservative Georgians
residing in various sections of the
state, gathered from first-hand in
information. The tobacco crop is
the best in the history of the state-
Coupled with optimistic reports of
crop prospects in the strong under
current of confidence in business
circles, particularly noticeable in
banking and retail business. Lead
ing AManta bankers, including offi
cials of the federal reserve bank, ex
pressed themselves as “highly satis
fied” with the outlook and predict
that fall business will reach a new
high level since 1918, in so far as
“settling up” is concerned. That
same feeling is reflected in reports
of bankers in many sections of lower
and middle Georgia, where condi
tions depend in great degree on cot
ton production.
SHARP PRICE
RALLIES RECORD
NEW YORK, July 21—Sharp ral
lies in grain prices aroused great,
interest in financial and business
circles last week. Both wheat and
corn spurted to now high records
in excited trading. September corn
rose to SI.OB 1-2 which is 30 cents
above the price which prevailed
when Congress adjourned. Septem
ber wheat sold up to $1.28 1-4 a
a gain of 23 cents.
While speculative activity natur
ally accompanied these advances
and caused rather wide fluctuations,
the basic factors were indications of
a change in the supply and demand
position. Crop reports indicated
that the new corn crop would fall
substantially below last year’s yield
Meanwhile th e supply of the cash
commodity was relatively small and
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LITTLE JOE
Patience will solve
AUV PROBLEM, SAXS
DR ELIOT BUT TWATS
COLD COMFORT A
SIX FOOTER. WHO IS
Trying to pull oh
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FIYEFOCFL BILLS
Pf SSED BY SEWE
Stovall Amendment to Rejection
Amendment Subject of Warm
Debate in House
ATLANTA, July 21—Convening
at 11 o’clock today, the Georgia
state senate quickly passed five lo
cal bills, introduced a couple of
new measures, passed one general
bill, then adjourned until tomorrow.
Among the local bills passed was
one to amend the city charter of
Valdosta.
STOVALL AMENDMENT
BEFORE HOUSE
ATLANTA, July 21.—The sen
ate amendment to the resolutnon of
Representative Stovall, of Elbert,
rejecting the United States child
labor amendment, made by special
order in the house of representa
tives today, brought on considerable
debate. The amendment added to
the resolution of Representative
Stovall reasons for refusal to rati
fy amendment to the child labor
measure.
ATLANTA VIADUCT BILL
TO COME UP TUESDAY
ATLANTA, July 21. Considera
tion of proposed legislation, carried
over from the lightly attended ses
sion of the house of representatives
on Friday, was taken up today,
while the senate had before it sev
eral local bills.
Under the head of unfurnished
business the lower house was to re
sume consideration of a bill by
Representative Huxford of Clinch
county relative to amending the
senate code of 1910 s as to include
all towns, regardless of population,
in the provisions under which they
shall be operated when taken into
an independent school district. The
law already provides that when an
incorporated town of 4,000 or more
population, having a local school
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STEELE TO FACE
OLD MURDER CHARGE
TACOMA, WASH., July 21— Davs
Steele, for 20 years a reputable citi
zen of Nesika, Lewis county, is on
his way back to Kentucky today in
charge of deputy sheriff to answer,
a charge of murder alleged to
have been committed 22 years ago.
It is said that a drunken man, walk
ing along the West Virginia side of
the Big Sdndy rived, was shooting
into the Steel home on the Kentucky
side and that Dave Steel shot across
the river and killed him.
New York Future*
Pc. Open High Low Closß
Jan. ..25.40]24.85!26.45|24.70;26.44 ’
Mar. ..25.75125.12126.55124.85t26!5T
July ..31.40j31.25|32.46131.1
Oct. ..2G.38 25.80127.44 25.67127.38
Dec. ..25.50?25.00^26.57j24.99)26.48
Americus middling spots 29 cents.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ALLIED PRIMS i
■ U REACH
NEK AGREEWIHT
MacDonald, Herriot, Destefanj
and Theunis Discuss Details of
Expected Agreement
KELLOGG ATTENDS MEET
American Representative Pres
ent While Discussion of Dawes
Plan in London 4
By Associated Press
LONDON, July 21
Premier McDonald this
morning conferred two
hours with Premier
Finance Minister Deste
fani, of Italy; Premier
Herriot, of France, and
Theunis of Belgium and
Ambassador Kellogg of
the United States, re
garding ways and
means of obtaining an
agreement bet ween
delegates of the inter
allied conference on the
enforcement of the
Dawes plan.
FRENCH WANT TO HOLD x
GRASP ON RAILWAYS
LONDON, July 21.—The delega
tions participating in the inter-allied
conference to launch the Dawes .’e
iport sacrificed the Sunday holiday
in order to advance the work, so as
to make possible a plenary session
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raUMBfflL'S
BODY TO CEMETERY
Racial and Religious Antago
nism Displayed in Ghetto
Section During Funeral
NEW YORK, Jhly 21.—Demon
stration of racial and religious an
tagonism which for two days have
sundered the Jewish and Italian sec
tions of the Ghetto, were subdued
today, as police escorted the body
of Lefkowitz, wife of Domin-ick
Scola to the church of the Most
Precious Blood and thence to Cal
vary cemetery.
Authority was compelling the
peaceful fulfillment of Jennie’s dy
ing wish. She who had forsaken
the Jewish religion for love, who
had embraced the faith of her Ital
ian husband and who during the
months of her dying had been an
outcast, “already dead” to her par
ents and her sects, was receiving
a Christian burial.
Born and reared in the Ghetto,
Jennie and Dominick had been
playmates since he was 11 and she
10. Two years ago they married.
Jennie’s parents told their friends
“she’s dead” and Dominick’s par
ents told their friends “we have
no son Dominick.” Last June when
she learned death awaited her Jen
nie joined the church of her hus
band.
She died. The ever alert eyes
of the Ghetto say a priest enter
the Scola home and the news
spread like prairie fire.
Soon the adjacent streets were
filled with jostling, frenzied thous
ands.
All yesterday and last night they
swarmed the streets of the Ghetto.
Police reserves were called and vio
lence was averted.
Throngs lined the streets today
by thousands. The gestured and
muttered but there was no violence.
The little cortege was heavily
guarded, police were taking no
chances. Instead of taking tha
body from the bride’s home to the
church next door, Our Lady of Sor
row, the funeral directors were or
dered at the last moment to pro
ceed to the Church of the Most
Precious Blood.
No matter how old an old maid, (
she likes to say “We girls.”
A baby who fell into a Wiscon- ]
sin river was saved by six men, per
haps because she was 18 years
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