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WEATHER For Georgia—Generaly fair to night and Wednesday. 'ORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 193 WALKER’S VETO CUTS OFF SCHOOL MONEY ‘Disloyalty’ Charged Against High Klansmen 0 00. 000000 o 000000000 PARIS AUTHORITIES APPROVE SETTLEMENT fHHBIHET PUIS SEAL OF ffIMH. !N ■ OF COMIC! Members of French Delegation to London Are Thanked for Services to Nation herriot makes report Premier to Read Declaration Before Chamber of Deputies and Senate Thursday PARIS, August 19. The French cabinet today approved the work of th e French delegation at the international conference in Lon don, thanking it for the importat results attained in the interest of France. Such action came after Premier Herriot had made a report on the proceedings of the conference. He will read the declaration before the chamber and the senate Thursday ■MIK EM Bl FOLK SAVANNNAH, August 19—City detectives here announce that an iye witness had been found who will clear up the mystery of tho killing of Mounted Patrolman William H. Hodges, found dead at a call box last Monday morning with James Lockett, whom he had arrested and was about to report to the station also dead in the street by his side. Evidence to connect Peter Harris, confined in jail, with the killing has been per sistently sought; Harris claims that fh ( > dead negro, Lockett, shot the officer and was then shot by Pa trolman Hodges. The detectives announce that the eye witness, whose name is not given, but who will tell his story to the grand jury, declares that Policeman Hodges had" arersted the two ne groes, Harris and Lockett, that they resisted, that a duel occurred between Lockett and the officer and Lockett was shot down, that Harris shot at the officer, knock ing off his cap, shot again and tho officer fell, and then stopped and grabbed the officer's own pistol and shot him a third time fleeing with both pistols in his possession. LOW DEATH RATe' _ IN PHILIPPINES MANILA, August 19.—The death late in the Philippine Islands dur ing the year 1923 was 17.5 per thousand which is the lowest ever '■'■corded, according to a report of 'n Philippine Health Service. The '-•> death rate was eight per cent low. r than that of 1922 and four tci n per cent lower than in 1921. ' here has been a corresponding ll( ase in the infant mortality '■■ '■, toward which the insular gov ernmi nt has exerted much effort. Health officials attribute the de 11' ase in the death rate to increas 'd efficiency of the health organ dion, improved sanitation of pop ulous centers and increased interest m health education of the masses. ! LITTLE JOE ( IF ALL FISH STORIES VIERE. TRJUE. EVER 5 / Wole in The CREEK VJOULO DROP Sl/t. FEET ! THE TMEsWTORDEP feaf} PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DixiE~ggft? Gov. Bryan With Davis Nominee for Vice-President Flays Republicans for Increas ing Cost of Living and Extravagance LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 19. (B” The Associated Press) Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska in accepting the Democratic vice-presidential nomination here last night praised th e party platform as broad, strong and progressive enough to satisfy the principle of “equality before the law,” and a fit instrument through which farmers and wage earners might work their will with out dividing strength and making possible ‘‘the triumph of reaction and selfish interest.” John W. Davis, the presidential nominee, and himself were termed “in harmony with the platform which v/e have been nominated.” The Democratic party stands as a unit, “without the intervention of faction, bloc or section.” he de clared, “free from obligation to either individuals or interests that would prevent it from being used to restore confidence in government and economic justice to the na tion.” His selection as “one from the heart of the gread middle west” as the vice-presidential candidate Cov. Bryan hailed as the Democratic party’s recognition of “the impor lance of agriculture as one of the basic industries of the nation.” Political unrest and discontent throughout the country is a pro test against the inaction of those in public office, he asserted, coupling the statement with an accusation that “failure of the Republican ad ministration to enforce the law against conspiracies in restraint of trade and illegal combinations of business which stifle competition has unnecessarily, unfairly and dis honestly increased the cost of living and permitted the profiteer to ply his trade without let or hindrance.” Entrance of some states in the middle west into the field of com merce, he attributed to “the failure of the national Republican, admini stration to enforc e the low against private monopoly.” Although, he continued, millions of dollars a year wer e saved to the peopre in their coal, gasoline and oil bi Is, he did not favor such municipal or state competition except when “govern ment officials become corrupt and the federal government fails to function for- the protection of the masses. The alternative resub: would be I. W. W’s.’ bolsheviks and anarchy in the community and state,” he declared. Gov. Bryan in discussing what ho termed “a few of th e outstanding issues uppermost in the minds of the people of the great agricultural states,” included “women’s worth and equality, child welfare, th? Democratic party’s interest in and support of labor, the needs of the agriculturalist, water power de velopment, law enforcement and the outlawing of war.” The nominee expressed apprecia (Continued on Rage Four.) WLOfIWIL UM IT HIM Locatelli Will Accompany Americans to This Country On Invitation of Smith REA KJAVIK, Iceland, August 19.—American world fliers will be unable to leave Iceland for Green land for at least three days more owing to damage suffered by 'both planes in the attempted start yes terday, when efforts to get off in the heavily loaded machine were >n vain. Lieutenant Locatelli, Italian avia tor who flew here from. Pisa, in a trans-Atlantic flight in the wake of the Americans, will accept Com mander Lowell Smith’s invitation to accompany the Americana Every man is entitled to life, lib erty and freedom in the pursuit of money. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 19, 1924. In Harmony And Party lion is ml OIN AFTEP BRYAN' notification m Fourth Similar Celebration in Which Bryan Appear ed As Central Figure DELEGATES DEPARTING Many Left Last Night to Return to Homes in All Parts of United States LINCOLN, August 19.—Lincoln, Nebraska returned to normal today after having last night witnessed its fourth celebration attending the formal notification to members of the Bryan family of their nomina tion by the democratic party three times to William J. Bryan last night to Charles W. Bryan, brother of the great commoner. With every part of the United States represented in the notifica tion ceremonies, many delegates present left Lincoln last night to return to their respective homes. HEMPI™ IN W OF FIRPO Commissioner Hitchock Decides to Hear Charges Pugulist on Sept. 20th NEW YORK, August 19.—Unit ed States Commissioner Hitchcock postponed until September 20 tl.e hearing of perjury charges made against Luis Firpo by Canon Wil liam Chase, on behalf of the New York Civic League w Firpo is sche duled to fight Harry Wills Sep tember 11. FIRPO CHARGED WITH PERJURY BY MINISTER NEW YORK, August 19. The Rev. William Shafe Case, of the New York Civic League, which has been investigating the circumstan ces surrounding Luis Angel Firpo’s admission to the country, yester day swore to a warrant for the Argentine boxer’s arrest on a charge of perjury, according to an anouncement by the clergyman’s at torney, Benard H. Sandler. Mr. Sandler said the warrant would be served today. The request for a warrant was made after a four weeks’ investiga tion which disclosed, Mr. Sadser said, that Firpo had failed to tell the truth in regard to Blanea Lourdes Picart, with whom h e ar rvied last July on the steamship American Legion. Mr. Sandler said an effort will be made to have Firpo deported be fore his scheduled bout with Harry Wills in Jersey City September 11. COTTON COMING IN FAST NOW IN EMANUEL SWAINSBORO, August 19.—Cot ton has been coming in this week at the rate of about twenty-five bales per day. It is predicted that Swainsboro will have more cotton and better business this fall than the town has enjoyed for several years. Believe it or Not CHATHAM, Ontario, August 19. —An eagle measuring 8 feet from tip to tip, picked up 14-jjear-old Fred Cunningham, weighing 97 pounds, on a golf course near h>re i last night, lifted him 5 feet in the air and then dropped him when his clothing gave way, according to the story told by the lad today. Cun ningham, clawed and scratched, j managed to net the bird in a wire fence, where it was killed by a citizen. V THIRTY WITNESSES CALLED IN PROBE OF WOWS DEATH Los Angeles County Grand Jury Will Probe Slaying of Mrs. Mors Thoroughly WAS SLAIN ON TUESDAY Kid McCoy, Veterans Pugilist, Held cn Suspicion of Murder of Pretty Divorcee LOS ANGELES, August 19. Kid McCoy, ex-pugilist, held on suspicion of murder in connec tion with th e death last Tuesday night of Mrs. Theresa Mors, be came mentally unbalanced in his cell today, according to police. Alienists yesterday declared Mc- Coy sano. LOS ANGELES August 19. Thirty witnesses have been sub poenaed to testify before the coun ty grand jury in investigation of the shooting of Mrs. Theresa Mors last Tuesday night, and on w.iich sus picion Kid McCoy, veteran pugilist, is be ng hed. P!- E-FOR SOLICITOR CUIS IS ORGANIZED Friends of Sumter Candidate Gather at Windsor and Per f , t Campaign Organization Toe Sumter County Steve Pace for Solicitor club was organized at a m eting held last night in rhe pralors of the Windsor hotel, with many friends of Pace' attending. W. -I. Humber, who is Pace's cam paign manager, was named presi dent of the club, and asked this jnor ing concerning the action taken, he said to a Times-Recorder repi sentative: “I never attended a more earnest or enthusiastic meeting than that held last night by a few of Pace’s *riei. ds. There were between 75 and 100 present representing each disti ict in Sumter county and every one was anxious to offer his serv ices in promoting the candidacy of our nome man. Numerous speakers poin .ed to the fact that Pace is not onp a home man, but is eminently qua fied to serve as Solicitor Gen era’ and that, by unselfish and un tiring efforts as Representative and Senator he merited te unan imous endorsement of the voters of Sumter county. Messrs. Hines and Riley, his associates in the General Assembly, spoke in the highest terms of his earnest, active and' devoted sen ice to the peopl of his district and stat e as Senator. “A large majority of the Aiw icus lawyers were present, and among these Judge J. A. Hixon., W. W. Dykes, G. C. Webb and oth ers referred to Pace’s highest char acter, experience and qualifications as a lawyer, and expressed entire confidence that he would prove to be a fair and fearleSg prosecuting attorney. “An organization was perfected to promote the candidacy of Pace in Sumter and adjoining counties, and I f.-el sure that with the organ ized effort that is going te be put loi i that we will have an over wh ming victory. Reports in hand ,ind 'ate that Pace will carry Lee Schley, Stewart and Webster coun ties by good majorities, and with the unanimous endorsement of the home folks as indicated bj' reports Jaft night, his victory will not only b* cer.ain but will be the kind he -o justly deserves. The message / bring is simply this: makt Sumter solid for Steve.” BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO SALES CONTINUE HEAVY ATLANTA, August 19.—Dur ing the week ending August, 16, approximatelyffi e and a half mil lion pounds of bright leaf tobac co were sold on the floors of Geor gia warehouses, it is announced. Heads G. A. R. I®;# 1' 9k 9 I Dr. Louis F. Arenberg, of Un iontown, Pa., was selected as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the na tional encampment at Boston. He will preside until the next re union to be held at Grand Rap ids, Mich. He is the head of the Pennsylvania department of the G. A. R. LA FOLLETTE TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON, August 19. . La Follette plans ti begin ac- I tive campaign for presidency in i mid-September. BONOSAPPLICAfiONS BEING ACKNOWLEDGED Jack Holst First Americus Ex- Service Man to Be Advised of Action Taken Bonus applications filed through John D. Mathis Post No. 2 American Legion are being acknowledged by the adjutant general’s office at Washington. Jack Holst is the first Americus man to receive acknowl edgement of his application, but others are expected to come in daily hereafter. The acknowledgement is accom panied by a form card signed by Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, adjut ant general of the army, which reads as follows: “Your application for adjusted compensation has been received in this office and you have been as signed a number, which you will find in the upper left-hand corner of this card and which will hereafter be referred to as your application number and will identify your appli cation. ‘‘Do not write to the War De partment asking when your appli cation will be approved as you will bn notified when it has been acted on However if the War Depart ment communicates with you in your reply thereto or in the case of any necessary coresppondence or iginating with you such as change! of address etc. be sure to refer to your application number.” Each of these cards bears an identification number that furnished Holst being No 1040350 and all correspondence relative to any ap plication must bear the number as signed the applicant as stated there on. Post officials desire that all ex service men entitled to adjusted compensation payments bear this in mind Should the card be lost to gether with th e number thereon geat inconvenience might be exj.*r rinced in again establishing the identity of the holder and because of this the cards should all be pre served carefully. In addition it would be a wise precautionary measure for each applicant to re cord the number of his application in some other safe place, so that in event the card be misplaced the number might be readily ascer tained . Practicing on a saxophone is dan gerous. You are liable to learn to play it. LOUISIANA KLUXERS BEGIN TITANS'TRIAL IT ALEXANDRIA Supporters of Anti-Mask Legis lation Are Charged With ‘Dis loyalty’ to Order HIGH KLANSMEN ATTEND Discipline to Be Applied Those Who Supported Fuqua for Governor ALEXANDRIA, La., August 19. —The trial of at least one, possibly all three suspended “Titans” of the Louisiana state Ku Klux on charges of “disloyalty” in connec tion with their support of anti-mask legislation enacted by the recent legislature and their support of Henry L. Fuqua for governor began here today. It is understood that high offi cials of the klan will participate in the trial. COUHLWIIITK COURTEOUS 11 M ‘Please’ and ‘Doctor’ Used in Coloquoy Between Attorney and Alienist at Chicago CHICAGO, August 19.—Cour tesy raised to the highest degree .marked the cross-examination today lof Dr. William O. Krohn, state j alienist and last witness in the judi cial hearing to determine the punish ment of Nathan Leopold and Rich ard Loeb, for kidnaping and mur dering Robert Franks. The witness and attorney ad dressed each other “please” and “doctor.” Monday afternoon Dr. Krohn, last witness for th e state and prob ably for the hearing, •. ecited at length the observations and reasons for declaring the defendants ment ally sound and then got into a hamm<?r-and-tongs exchange with Benjamin Bachrach , of defense counsel, who started his cross ex amination of the state’s ace. Frequently the doctor’s replies to the staccoto fire of questions about his qualifications as an expart brought laughter from the crowd. Judge John R. Caverly admonished both to refrain from by-play. Fin aly Mr. Bachrach asked the court to instruct the witness to answer a question relating to the doctor’s ac tivities at the Kankakes hospital for the insane in the late nineties Judge Caverly glanced at the clock which was two minutes be yond tho adjournment hour, straigh tened up in his chair and with a twinkle in his eyes announced un expectedly: “We will adjourn now until 10:30 o’clock tomorrow.” The yell of merriment that fol lowed was the greatest of the day' and the only one that brought no rebuke from the bailiff's gavel. The day’s developments added little to the progress in the case but served to bring it appreciably clos er to its end. Mr. Darrow said last night that the defense probably would con clude its cross examination of Dr. Krohn today and would offer no further testifony. Robert E. Crowe, state’s attor ney announced that unless there were unexpected over-night devel opments, Mr. Krohn would be his last witness. KLUXERS THEATEN TO HANG SLAYERS CHICAGO, August 19.—Police last night sought the origin of a let ter urging the hanging of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for vho jnurder of Robert Franks, found on the steps of the home of a wealthy neighbor of Loeb, weighted down with a human leg bone, rest ing between crossed arm bones with a human skull above. The bones were those of a woman, police, said, and bore small metallic tags, The letter read: “If the court don’t hang them, we will,” and was signed “K. K. K.” Because a police guard has been maintained at th e Loeb home sine:: the youths arrest, the officers be lieve the letter was left at the near by residence. < New York Future* Pc. Open High Low Close Mar. ..24.84‘25.06|25.:10|24.95 25.16 May . 25.10125.45i25.78! i 25.30 25.65 Oct. . Dec. .24.90125.00125.36i24.96i25.20 Americus middling spots 24 3-4 c. Americus receipts 38 bales. PRICE FIVE CENTS THIRD AGGIE LOSES APPROPRIATION » BYGENERALASSEMBLY Governor Walker Affixes Exe cutive Veto to Bill Thus De feating Measure OTHER SCHOOLS LOSE, TOO Action to Compel Curtailment of Program of Expansion at School Here Governor Walker last night ve toed the special appropriation bill passed by the general assembly last week, apportioning $13,000 to the Third District Agricultural and Me chanical school at Americus. Tele grams bringing information of his action caused much regret to be expressed among friends of the school here. It is understod the governor bas ed his veto upon the assumption that a majority of the members of the house were not present when the hill as amended in th e senate was passed by that body. This fact, however, does not appear up on the journa of the house, accord ing to Senator Pace, who examined the record before leaving Atlanta. The house journal, he says, shows that a constitutional majority was present and voting when the ap propriation was adopted, and that it is his information that the jour nal is the record that governs all actions taken by either house of the general assembly. John M. Prance, principal of the school, stated this afternoon that the institution would be seriously embarrassed by the action of Gov ernor Walker in vetoing the bill. A number of debts which it had been planned to liquidate with this mon ;ey are already in shap e for filing suit against the schoo, and now there will be no funds whatever for their payment. It is stated, also, that contemplated expansion in the course oT study at the school will be abandoned altogether as a result of the failure of the appropriation. Messrs. Hines and Riley, Sum ter’s representatives in the lower house were not -yen this afternoon, and it is impossible, therefore, to present any expression of opinion regarding the governor’s action from either of them. OTHER SCHOOLS ALSO LOSE APPROPRIATIONS ATLANTA, August 19. Ap propriation bills included in th e list vetoed by Governor Waker to day were those for $5,000 for the Eleventh district; $7,500 for the Fifth district; SIO,OOO for the Twelfth district; $6,500 for the Seventh district, and $13,000 for the Thirteenth district agricultural and mechanical schools. Ul FOLLETTE IN TO MEET THURSDAY To Consider Putting Straight Anti-Ku Klux Ticket in Field in Georgia ATLANTA, August 19. Sup porters of Senator Robert M. La- Follette are considering naming a state ticket to contest with the Democrats for Georgia’s vote in the genera eection in November. A meeting of the followers of the Wisconsin senator has been called for Thursday evening in Atlanta, at which, time tb P matter of nomi nating a candidate for governor and congress from the Fifth district of Georgia will be considered. W. F. Brandt, secretary of the tem porary LaFollette organization, in giving out copies of the call for the Thursday meeting, said: “I have been a Democrat and voted consistently the Democratic ticket for twenty-five years. When the party is purged of Ku Klnxism in Georgia I. shall vote the Demo cratic ticket again here. Senator La Follett e is the only candidate who has stigmatized, the Ku Klux by name and for that rea son I shall support him as vigor ously as I can.” • Gov. Clifford Walker will be the Democratic nominee, having no op position in the Democratic primary which will be held September 10. Congressman W. D. Upshaw, of At lanta, representing the Fifth dis trict, also is seeking renomination. He has one opponent. Harijr Stillwell Edwards, the au thor, is being considered for the independent nomination for gov ernor by th e La Follette supporters, »ne of them said this afternoon.
