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\Wkat’ s Going POLITICS— braziI HONDURAS — GERMANY On in World 'Charles p. stfjvart D ’ It may be signifi- cant that Antonio Sntenza, just ap pointed La Follette campaign mana | ager in California, is a long-time frien of Senator Hiram Johnson. If Johnson is human, he must be sore at the turn I down the Repub licans gave ■ him when he asked tlietfrlo nominate - »- j ’l4 1 STEWART . nl for president. And he has been I ■ ,e iumself in As a La E oilette-its if that’s what he Entenza development implies, e might count considerably on the ‘,t At any rate, his vote would : oU nt in the senate, where he has till five vears to serve. rH EY know now John W Davis knows now tnat he Democrats nominated him for resident. He was told so official, v Monday. Calvin Coolidge will! iear similar news from the Repub-1 leans Thursday. Then the cam )aign will start. The La Follette ampaign opens this week, too, in j Illinois, Missouri and Oregon. PRE.PROHIBITION STUFF Prohibition officials resent the suggestion, from wet sources, that influence had anything to do with the sequel to the raid on the New fork home of Hugo Gilbert de Fritsch. The dry agent is found irinkables, all right—scores of •ases. But it was pre-prohibition stuff. That, pprohibition officials say, sas why the wet goods were return >d with abject apologies and why Agent K. J. Owens, who led the said, was fired; not because they found de Fritsch to be a very rich man, his wife a niece by marriage of Chief Justice Taft STILL FIGHTING The Brazilian rebels are out of the city of Sao Paulo. They say tey abandoned it because their eadtrs have property there and they were afraid, in the fighting it mould be smashed up. They’re (till campaigning in the open coun try. One dispatch mentions hos tilities on a 300 mile front, which doesn’t sound as if they were beat en yet, as; the government claims. MORE TROUBLE The United States thought Honduras’ rebellion patched up. he warring leaders even signed a reaty on the cruiser Milwaukee. But now they have resumed fght ing Moreover, t threatens to slop into Nicarauguan territory. -Nicara uguan troops are concentrating to resist this. American marinos are ashore. COMING TO TERMS German representatives continue | to squabble with the Allies’ repre sentatives over the details of put ting the Dawes plan into effect. But they were expected to do this, by way of convincing the home folk they were doing their best. In reality, it looks as if an agreement would be reached soon •<ING IGNORED English and Russian representa ‘l'’ - have arranged a commercial ri, aty between their countries. It 1S rather vague; probably won’t Prove to amount to much. But the nteresting point is, it’s minus King ’eorge s signature. True, the king’s on such documents has Z? T e form for years - Never, no, 1 s a form that never war Ze in all England ’ s histol ? MISS BURCH TO TEACH Ar PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL „•*. ,' s ’\. Ilah Burch who was prin- 1 "I fhalean academy last year math/™ n r- e ’ Ceted to the chair of Z !natlcs at Plains accredited r' 001 ’ Miss Burck took her stvci 'i r ° nl Columbia University al years since and nas been WEATHER For Georgia __ Partly cloudy to . anr Thursday ;,possibly show s the coast. LITTLE JOE . j IF knickers have to be worn it sb : for. -The ladies to \a/ear. THAN The meM THE TIMESSgtCORDER EBsll PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 189 ALLIED - GERM AN PARLEYS CONTINUE Legislators Grind Out Money Measures FIRST APPROPRIATION BILL PKES SfflTE; MILS GET MET Shepherd-Towner Infant Hy giene Measure Appropriation Made Available This Year GA. TECH GETS $43,000 Valdosta Woman’s College and Forsyth Aggie Share in First Money Measures ATLANTA, August 13. The first appropriation bill reaching the senate today providing $5,000 to meet the provisions of the Shep herd Towner act for infant hygiene passed a vote of 36 to 6. This bill was amended in the senate, making the money available this year in stead of next. The bill appropriating $43,000 for deficiency for Georgia Tech was amended in the senate tit pro vide $15,000 for the Woman’s College at Valdosta and SIO,OOO for the State Agricultural and Mechanical art school at Forsyth. The Georgia Tech appropriation jo spunojS oqq uo poqonjjß se.w qiq amendment, the vote being 25 to 20, one short of the necessary num ber for passage. Friends of the measure spoke in favor of the bill as amended when it moved to re consider it. Tn the house a motion to recon sider the passage of a uniform ne gotiable instrument law was lost by a vote of 123 to 59. The plan of thg. Chatham dele gation to get. the state port bond bill on the calendar as a special or der lost out in the rules commit tee. Bills passed by the house include one requiring automatic fire doors on weighing more than 125 tons; another repealing the anti-tipping law, and still an other authorizing the City of Brunswick to issue bonds up to 7 per cent of the taxable property for port development. BL- GEN. PISES TS Succeed pershing Secretary Weeks Announces He • Will Appoint Deputy Chief of Staff to Position WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Sec retary Weeks announced late Tues 1 day that on retirement of Gen. Pershing Sept. 13, next Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, new deputy chief-of staff woud be appointed chief-of staff by the President. Gen. Hines will be succeeded as deputy chief by Brig. Gen. Dtqmis E Nolan new assistant chef-of staff in charge of the supply section of the general staff. Gen. Pershing, who will reach th-3 army age limit, 64, on Sept. 13, is the third man in the history of the United States to retire from the army with the rank of full general (the others being Grant and Sher man. The appointment of Gen. Hines will make no change in his rank and Gen. Nolan will take up his duties as deputy chief as a brig adier general. The rank of general of the armies was conferred upon Gen. Pershing by Congress as a special mark of appreciation for ms services in the war. Gen. lines has had a brilliont ca reer in the army and whs decorated during the war both with the dis tinguished service cross for valor and the distinguished service medal awarded for efficency. He was Gen. Pershing’s adjutant general during the punitive expedition in to Mexico in 1916-17 and accorn* panted him to France. Later he was transferred to command a regi ment and successfully promoted to brigade division and cqrps comman der ‘on account of efficiency on the feld of battle.” The first command of Gen. Hines in France was the 16th Infantry of the First Division and at the ime of the fighting in the Cantigny sector, he was in' command of the First Brigade, First Dvision which he also led in the late offensive stroke in the rgeoin of Soisons. He was decorated for valor for hs action during the So'ssor.s en gagement. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 13, 1924 SCENE WHEN CLARKSBURG WELCOMED DAVIS WMT ’ 4 • M * wffWWt I • > f Wtafca?* j bSbmbmu WM'- ; wW »m? * .-Or" ■'*sgSSK When John W. Davis, Demo cratic presidential nominee, went back to Clarksburg, W. V., first to greet him was Colonel John W. Johnson, political patriarch who taught Davis the political ropes. Davis is shown riding through the street of his old home town with his arm about the shoulders of his mentor. STATE ALIENISTS SWEAR LEOPOLD ANO LOEB ARE BOTH SANE Slayers of Franks Boy Declared Mental Pathologists Responsi ble For Acts MISS DOCTOR IS SOUGHT Woman Wanted As Witness By State and Attachment Issued to Compel Appearance CHICAGO, August 13. The prosecution placed Dr. Hugh T. Patrick and Dr. Archibald Church, of Chicago, mental pathogists, on the stand today in the Franks hear ing both of them testifying tha; Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold were not insane w'hen they kid naped and killed Franks. Writ of attachment was asked by te state for Miss Marion Doctor, to make her appear as a state Wit ness Beating backward over the trail of ‘mental disease’ and “emotional queerness,’ that the defense alien ists have been blazing for a week in the murder trial of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr, aiid Richard A. Loeb, the state Tuesday afternoon pro duced its first psychiatrist to testi fy that the two debonair young slayers were “sane and sounu’ when they killed little Bobby Franks. Dr Hugh T. Patrick, president of .the Chicago Medical Society and pos sessors of a long string of degrees and honors, testified late Tuesday afternoon that he made an examin ation and extended observation of both “Babe’ and 'Dicky” on the afternoon of Junel, just after they had confessed to the murder of the Franks boy, and that in his opinion they were not suffereing from any mental disease. Dr. Patrick said he had first seen Leopold and Loeb in the State Attorney’s office when they told their story. Afterward he had a lengthy con ference with Leopold concerning several matters, the relations of in stinct to reason and kindred sub jects. He observed them all that afternoon with Dr. . V/illiam O. Krohn and examined both defen dants. “Did y?u see any evidences of mental disease at taht t' ne? asked Assistant State Attorney S'barbara. “I didn’t see any,” replied Dr. Patrick. “They acted pei fectly nor mal, except ppossibly they seem ed to lack appreciation of the enor mity of their act.” Dr. Patrick had barely got into his testimony when court adjourn eed until Wednesday morning. Entries lo Close August 28th Fur County Primary Sept. 1 Oth County Democratic Committee Acljs to Hold Election in Sum ter on September 10 The Democratic Executive com mittee of Sumter county met here Tuesday afternoon and perfected arrangements for holding the coun ty primary on September 10, as or dered by the state organization. The only offices to be decided at this time are those of representa tive in congress, members of the general assembly, judge of judicial circuit and solicitor-general. The committee formally ordered that entries for these offices be closed on August 28th, a,nd that en trance fees as fixed by the commit tee be paid to Secretary John Allen, Fort before that date. It is indi cate 1 that the election will be a quiet one, with only the offices of solicitor general and members of the general assembly contested. It is g- nerally conceded that Judge Z. A. Littlejohn and Judge Charles R. Crisp will be unopposed for re election to their respective offices. KLUXERS LOSE IN 2 STATE PRIMARIES Candidate of Hooded Organi zation Running Bad Third in Ohio G. O. P. Race COLUNTBUS, Ohio, August 13. ,(By Associated Press.) —Harry L. Davis of leveland, former gover nor, had a two to one lead over his closest opponent in the race for the Republican nomination so r gover nor it today’s primaries, on returns from 612 out of a tota of 8,300 pre< nets. U.Homer Durand of Coshocton, an announced liberal candidate fav oring beer and light wines, was run ning second and Joseph B. Seiber, Ku Klux Klan candidate was run ning third. James A. White, form er superintendent of the Ohio Anti- Saloon League was running fourth. Goernor A. V. Donahey had es tablished a better than three to one lead over his only opponent, Jameg C. Beatty, for the Demoeratis gub ernatorial nomination. COT ART, KLANSMAN, SEI OND IN ARKANSAS I ITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 13. (B\ Associated Press —A. midnight con 'illation of returns from 356 of the state’s 1,969 voting precincts sho ed three of the six candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Tuesday’s pprimary bunched closely for first place. Tom Terrell of Little Rock, with 5,2-11 votes, clung to a precarious lead of 121 votes over Lee Cazort of Clarksville, who had the en dorsement of the Ku Klux Kl«n vyitl 5,120 votes. Judge John E. Ma,tineau of Little Rock was third with 4,768. DISQUIETING REPORT CAUSES FLYERS TO REHN IN ICELAND Harbor at Angmagsulik Small and Filled With Floating Ice> Cruiser. Raleigh Finds TO FIND NEW LANDING First Reports From Supply Ves sel Gertrude Rask Had Been More Encouraging REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August 13.—After plans had been complet ted for American world fliers to hop off from Iceland to Greenland to morrow, a disquieting report from Cruiser Raleigh, off the coast ot Greenland, causes a sudden change in the schedule. The report from the Raleigh says that the harbor is too small and is nearly filled with float ing ice to make a safe landing. It is probable that a new landing place will be selected. FIRST REPORTS MORE ENCOURAGING REYJAVIK Iceland, August 13. —Lieut. Lowell Smith and Lieut, pric Nelson, American world fly ers were preparing today for their Iceland to Greenland hop they had expected to attempt Thursday The attempt will be made following a report from the supply ship Gertrude Rask to the effect that weather conditions are now favorable to the attempt at Angmagsulik. SffINDBILM COTTfm RECEIVED Americus’ seepnd bale of new cotton came.ih Tuesday afternoon with Clyde C. Griffin and Morgan Brothers sharing the honors. The Griffin bale was delivered at the warehouse of L. G. Council and came in a short time after Morgan brothers’ second bale had been weighed at the Commercial Ware house. The Morgan bale was not sold. Griffin brought in the first bate last year from his fine farm in the 28th district on August 11. The Griffin bale, which was the first of the season recieved at the Council warehouse, weighed 454 pounds, classing middling hnd was sold by Mr. Council to B. B. Ford & Co., of Macon, for 35 cents a pound. Mr. Council stated follow ing the sale this morning that he expected to receive five or six oth er bales today, having been advis ed by several of his customers to thia effect. DB IS PREPARING INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN BEGINNING HI ONCE Democratic Nominee to Start Drive Before Country in Speech at Columbus, Ohio MESSAGE TO COUNTRY Radio to Be Used to Transmit Utterances of Candidates to People of Nation ABOARD METROPOLITAN SPECIAL, New York, August 13. John D. Davis, Democratic presi dential candidate, back in the East, is preparing to carry on an inten sive campaign. The Democratic nominee, it is an nounced today, will inaugurate his drive for th e presidency in an ef fort to carry a message to the whole country in his Columbus, 0., speech on Tuesday, August 26. Radio will also be employed in transmitting Davis’ speeches ot the vo.ters of the nation, Democratic campaign managers stated today. Before leaving Clarksburg for New York, Mr. Davis issued the following statement to the people of Clarksburg: “Nothing I can say will adequate ly express my gratitude for the encouragement I have gained from my friends during this stay in my home. It has meant everything that affectionate memory taught me I should always find here. “For th e tanglible evidence of your regard shown by the complete ness of the arrangements, the un tiring effort of the committees and the unfailing courtesy and gen erosity of my townsmen to our guests, I can and do thank you from the bottom of my heart. I shall always remember it.’’ BIGCROPIHEANSLQW Pfflf. ® COUNCIL Banker Just Back From New York, Estimates Sumter Crop at 23,000 to 25,000 Bales A big cotton crop means low prices, andd drouth conditions in Texas held the key to the price situation, in the opinion of L. G Council, Americus banker, who has just returned from a business trip to New York A crop above 13,- 000,000 bales, Mr. Council said to day means a price around 22 cents a pound for the farmers’ cotton, white a 12,000,000 bate crop will probably bring around 25 cents, and production under that figure will make the staple worth about 30 cents he continued. This est mate and prophecy as regards pries was made by Mr. Council after con versations with numerous bankers and cotton factors in New York, and probably are based upon the ihiguhest authority obtainable. Speaking of te cotton crop in Sumter county, Mr Council was most optimistic ‘I believe that Americus warehouses and those in other parts of the county w.ll weigh around 23,000 to 25,00 bales this season,’ said Mr. Council. ‘The farmers about Americus and in fact all through this territory, have worked their crops well, they have been aided by favorable weather conditions, and generally speaking they have poisoned their fields ac cording to approved methods. This combination of activities has re sulted in a prospet that exceeds anything in sight at this time dur ing the past three years.”’ Referring so the probable total crop of the entire South Mr. Coun cil said that Texas holds the key to the situation. Upon the outcome of she prevailing drouth n that state depends the ultimate yield he be lieves. Viewing the situation as a whole, and the crop prospect herj jn particular, Mr. Council is of the opinion that prosperity lies ahead for this entire section, and that tha industrious farmer will certainly get his share of this. New York Futures F'c, Open, Hjgh Low Close Mar. ..27.72'27.42‘27G2126.60'26.60 Jan. ..27.98.27.52|27.60|26.83|26J3 May ..28.08127.71127.71,26.93|26.93 Oct. .28.35127.81 27.92!27.17|27.17 Dec. -27.81127.46'27.46126.70|26.70 Americus middling spots 27c. PRICE FIVE CENTS ROHR EVACUATION ' CONFERENCE PUT OFFTILLTOMOW Meeting Called for This After noon Not to Be Held, Says Terse. Announcement MORNING MEET FRUITLESS Belgian, French and German Representatives Unable to Agree Upon Details LONDON, August 13.—The eva cuation conference has been post poned until tomorrow. MORNING CONFERENCE WITHOUT RESULTS LONDON, August 13.—The con ference of Belgian French and Ger man representatives ended at 1:30 this afternoon without reaching a solution of the question of Ruhr evacuation, it was stated imme diately following ajournment. Delegates attending the confer ence said that another , meeting would be held later in the afternoon at which further attempts would be made to reach a settlement of details involved in the issue. M ® FLffll mis TOPHUS Lieut. Locatelli Forced to Turn Back After Encounternig Heavy Fog On Coast STROMNESS, Orkney Islands, August 13.—Lieut. Locatelli, Ital ian aviator, who left here at 11 o’clock this morning to attempt a continuous trans-Atlantic flight re turned a short time later. turn was caused by a heavy fog en countered off the Orkneys coast. COUNTY BOARD TG USE SAME UK The County Board of Education at its August meeting decided that it would make no changes in books used in the county schools, unless it be found that some one or more of the books now used, are obtain able. In such event, Col. J. E. D Shipp, president of the board, said today, the state adopted books will be substituted. The board is anxious to continue the use of the same books wherever possible to promote the greatest efficiency and economy No changes will ever be made, the present mem bers state, except when absolutely necessary ,or for some good reason. THIRTY-ONE SUMTER TEACHER£AT STUDY Thirty-one teachers in Sumter’s rural schools matriculated at vari ous summer schools for additional study during the vacation period, it became known here today . Among the institutions at which these stu dents studied were the University of Georgia, Athens; Milledgevilla Normal, Mercer College, and a number of others. YOUNG STRIB HANDS LEONARD KNOCKOUT CHARLESTON, S. C., August 13.—W. L. (Young 1 ) Stribling, Georgia boxer, knocked out Leo Leonard, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., in the.third round of a scheduled 12? round bout last night, the feature of a card arranged for the enter tainment of the veterans of the Old K'ickery division, in convention here, before a crowd of 10,000 peo ple. In the semi-final Lew Mayrs, of Baltimore, won a newspaper de cision over Boots Antley, of Co lumbus, Ga., who claims the myth ical featherweight, championship of the South. Experts gave eleven of the twelve round, the other be ing declared a draw. Stribling completely outclassed the veteran, Leonard, who landed scarcely a blow during the three rounds. Leonard took considerable punishment during the first two I stanzas and it_was evident early in : the opening rounds that the Georgia I boy was master of the situation. Leonard was floored twice in the j third before Stribling landed the knoekout punch. . < ~
