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SPOT COTTON MARKET Monday’s reicepts .183 bales Season’s receipts 11247 bales Strict middling 241-4 c WEATHER—Generally fair to night and Wednesday, FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 133~~ JAPAN AND RUSSIA MAY ENTER Serious Changes Made Against Coolidge WHFELEP DECLARES »rai M TO GET CWM FUND Secret Contract Between Mor gan S. S. Line and Govern ment R, R. Also Asserted SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 7. In a campaign speech to a Seat tle audience Monday night, Sen ator Wheeler, independent can didate for vice-president, charg ed that there had been with In terior Secretary Work’s approv al “a secret contract entered in to between J. P. Morgan’s Alas ka steamship company on the one hand and the government owned Alaska railroad on the other, which fixed divisions of freight rates between the two concerns on joint shipments. He exhibited a cony of the contract which he said Senator LaF'ol lette, independent presidential candidate, had been unable to obtain from Secretary Work. H|e also assailed President Coolidge, in a prepared in ad vance text, which recited an ac count of banking transactions in state funds when the president was of Massachusetts “Senator La Follette one year ago and a half ago asked Secretary Work to furnish him with a copy of each contract entered into by the government railroad and the Alaska steamship company and the Pacific Steamship company,” Senator Wheel er said. Attorney General Rustgard, of Alaska, Senator Wheeler proceeded, obtained th' 1 copy of the contract, and a letter declaring that it ’‘was not for general publication nor for the public,” while he read a para,- graph from the exhibited document which said, “the Alaskan engineer ing commission and the steamship companies will treat all division ar rangement as confidential and pro mulgate the information to interest ed employes only.” Concluding this subject Senator Wheeler said that one of the first steps proposed by the independent ticket candidates was “the breaking of this unfair, illegal hold of the Morgan-Guggenheim group upon the land and water transportation of Alaska MOOlf'W • CWFDRTABLY W Operation Very Simple One, Performed Under Local Anaesthetic BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.) —Wil'iam Gibbs McAdoo, ex-secretary of the treasury, whe underwent an opera tion for- removal of gravel from h;s bladder, yesterday, is reported rest ing comfortably today at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hugh H. Young, who per ' formed the operation,said it was a very simple one, only requir ng a few minutes and that the patient suffered but little. He also an nounced that Mr. McAdoo will re main m the hospital for possibly ’’t. aeration was performed un ■r cal anesthetic, the patient r . t eto t:A, with the surgeon ■regress and was.in excel fll ts throughout. Hu <* rTLE JOE d A fELLOW WHO DOESN'T* MIND THE OTHER FELLOWS BUSINESS USUALLY KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HIS OWN / p 1824 jif HtA WVK*. , J THE TIMESB RECORDER SHEP IN THE T OF DIXIE BELGIUM’S REPARATION SHARE IS $7,500,000 BRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (By The A. F. —Belgium’s share of the $200,- 000,0000 German loan, provided for under the Dawes reparation plan, was fixed at $7,500,000 today. ■MF ' IN IDPY'S HANDS For 12 Days Former Sumter County Man Has Fought For Life CONWAY, S. C., Oct. 7 (By The Associated Press.)—The case of Edmund Bingham, former resident of Sumter county, charged with the murder of five members of his family, was today given to the jury. The trial has been in progress for 12 days and this.is not the first time that Bigham’s neck ha? been in jeapody. ’ LDCALWPWGF! TO THHSMILE General Joe Day Stewart Heads Sumter Delegation of Seventeen A number of Confederate Vet erans left Americus this afternoon by rail for Thomasville, where they will attend the sessions of the State Confederate Veterans Reunion. Accompanying the Sumter county veterans were Miss Frances Sparks and Miss Betty Castellow, sponsors ■ for the Southwestern division. Division Commander Joe Day Stewart was in charge of the dele gation. Accomapniyng hime were: G. 11. Walker. A. M. Caskey, W. W. Dykes, Dr. Henry C. Bagley, J. M. Sims, N. T. Fullford, W. P. Persons, W. T. A. Dunn, T. R. Strange, Leon ard Parker, J. B. Nickleson, C. L, Peacock, T. R. Murphy, J. P. Chap man. The Sumter County Veterans join ed several hundred others, who are occupying four coaches oh the Cen tral of Georgia train. Thomasville has the heroes of the sixties two full days of speech mak ing, feasts and a general good time. NEW ORLEANS GANGSTER SHOT AT BEDSIDE NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7 (By The A. p.)—Robert Hackett, a gangster, was shot and fatally wounded at his | bedside shortly before break of day this morning by several men who had invaded the gangster’s home. No arrests have yet been made. BANDITS GET $25,000 IN SERIES OF HOLD-UPS DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 7 (By The A. P.) —Approximately $25,000 was today obtained by bandits, heavily armed, in a series of pay-roll hold ups here. LA FOLLETTE INVADES PENNSYLVANIA TODAY ... ROCHESTER, N: P„ Ort. 7. (By The Associated Press.) —Sena- tor La Follette, independent candi date for the presidency, left early today to carry his campaign into Pennsylvania’s coal district. He is scheduled to speak at Scranton, ga. tonight. WORLD FLIGHT AVIATORS ARE GIVEN AUTOMOBILES CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.) —Lieutenant Lo well Smith, commander of the army world flight, and Relief Pilot Arnold each will be presented with an au tomobile by Chicago admirers, it is said here today. ESCAPED PRISONER IS KILLED BY POSSE LAWRENCEVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 7. (By The Associated press.)—• Sidney Rosson, one of the prisoners who escaped from.the Lawrence county jail Sunday, was shot and killed by a sheriff posse Monday night. TRUCK BURNS: TOURISTS NARROWLY ESCAPE ATHENS, Oct. 7. (By The Asso ciated Press.) —While en route to Florida, the family of W. M. Huff narrowly escaped death near here Monday when the truck in which they were riding burned. Three members of the family were slight ly, t _ AMERICUS? GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1924" » ‘ kt mil [ A New Game for Americus Boys ..'fT,« ? gm 1 \|W A- - It-**’- W y \ we ' »• 3&-. , . In St. Petersburg, Fla., they have invented new sport to em ploy old auto tires. Ten pins are set up on a sidewalk or any Sumter Delegates Leave Wednesday For Macon Formal Nomination of Walker and Harris Many Dele gates Expected The Sumter county delegation to the state convention at Macon Wed nesday will leave Americus Wednes day morning on the Central of Geor gia at 6:51, a member of the dele gation said today. The delegates from the county all of whom are expecting to attend are Representatives George W. Ri ley and A. Edward Hines, Frank Harrold, W. W\ Dykes, Dr. Thad Wise, of Plains, Neal Ray, Mrs. H. O. Jones and Mrs. S. H. McKee. The alternate appointed, some of whom are expecting to go to Macon, are George Israel, Cobb Summer ford, Ross Dean, Robert C. Lane, T. O. Marshall, Ben Easterlin, of An dersonville, Mrs. Henry Clay and Miss Sarah Cobb. A number of others are planning to accompany the Sumter delega tion, which will remain in Macon all Sumter-Mercer Alumni Meet Here October 16 List of Mercer Men In County— Two Prominent Speakers Alumni of Mercer University in Sumter county will hold an impor tant meeting in Americus Thursday night, Oct. 16, when A. B. Conger, of Bainbridge, and Dr. John B. Turneiyof Albany, come for a con ference with Mercer men relative to the Mercer alumni war memorial program. The program calls for the erec tion on the Mercer campus of a $150,000 building as a memorial in honor of Alumni who fell in the world war. Robert C. Lane and other local Mercer Alumni will aid in arranging the meeting here. Mercer men over the United States are engage ! in a joint effort to raise the $150,000 needed for the memorial building which will take the form of a com bined auditorium, gymnasium and classroom structure, it is said. Sfeorge H. Carswell, of Irwinton, is national director of the undertaking with distinct directors assisting him in organization work. Dr. Turner and Mr. Conger will come to Americus from Dawson, where they held a conference with Mercer Alumni Thursday morning. Their tour ends here, and is .1 pert of a state-wide simultaneous Mercer alumni tour. ■ “The list of Mercer men in this county given below is as nearly cor rect as could he determined by the Alumni office,” Mr. Lane said to day. “Any corrections that mav be made will be highly appreciated ns the Alumni secretary is making ef forts to list Mercer Alumni in every county correctly.” The list of Mercer men in Sum ter county as shown by the files of the Alumni office are as follow# Burnett, E. Stanlev, Leslie. ‘ 1 Callaway, T. F. Rev,, Americus. Castellow, Alpheus 8., Americus. Cato, Frank L., Americus. r ?n, PasQ Fiv«). smooth surface. The game is played the same as bowling, ex cept that only one roll is allow ed to a frame. day Wednesday, returning Wednes day night. GOVERNOR EXPECTED AT MACON TODAY. MACON, Oct. 7.—Governor Clif ford Walker is expected to arrive here today for the state convention which will convene in the City Au ditorium, making the Hotel Lanier his headquarters. Many delegates and observers be gan arriving in the city Monday and others will come in today, partic ularly those committeemen who rnutf bold meetings before the openjng of the convention. John S. Cohen and Mrs. Edgar Alexander, Georgia’s national com mitteeman and committee z woman, have made reservations pt the Hotel Dempsey for Tuesday and tomorrow. It had not been learned last n’.ght the exact hour they will reach Ma con, but plans have already been made for their entertainment. Sen. William J. Harris is expected to Continued on Page Three. IWBK PUN PIMP CfflPlH Another Trade and Pay Affair Being Signed Up Today In Americus A number of Americus merchants have signified their desire for the Chamber of Commerce to again aid them in putting on a trade-at-heme and pay-your-bills campaign, under the same conditions as the two held last year and which, merchants say, proved satisfactory to them and to their customers. Secretary Everett went to work on the campaign Monday, many mor chants signing up for lue campaign. Others are being interviewed today and the chamber secretary expects to wind up the lists by Wednesday night. “We don’t want to miss any local merchant,” said Mr. Everett. “The campaign is open to all and should any one be sk'pped, they may phone me at the Chamber of Com merce, an ! I will see them.” During the campaigns last year a number of merchants reported many “aged” accounts as having been paid up, a stimulation in business and good results all atcund. MINE GATEWAYS AND BRIDGES DYNAMITED M’ALASTER, Okla., Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.) —The gate ways to mine No. 12 of the Rock Island coal and Mining company, near Hartshone, were dynamited Monday night. Two railroad bridges also were dynamited at the same time. The damage is said to be slight, but the coal field is aroused over the incident. No arrests have jet been made. ’ BRITISH PREMIER WFSMBM MacDonald Will Resist Censure Vote General Elections Inevitable LONDON, Oct. 7.—(By the As sociated Press.) —British Premier MacDonald today scored commun ism in hid address to the annual Labor party conference. “It is a product of charism and war bru tality,” he said. The Prime Minister confirmed in dications that he has planned re sistance to a vote of censure and also resistance to a vote on the lib eral’s amendment seeking' inquiry into the circumstances of the re cent filing of Sedition charges against a communist editor. It is indicated that the govern ment would not shrink from disso lution and would call an election if the Laborites fare put to the test. LLOYD GEORGE ATTACKING LABORITES LONDON, October 7. A defeat of the Labor government in the house of commons Wednesday, fol lowed by the calling of a general election, is now regarded as in evitable. This prospect became practically certain when premier MacDonald’s cabinet decided Monday that the government would oppose both the conservative motion, of censure and the liberal amendment to it, which will be debated in the house Wed nesday. If the Laborites persist in their present course, it will mean that they deliberately sought defeat on a comparatively minor issue. However, if tire government does not make of the present ques tion, it would be sure to meet with a damaging attack on the Russian view apparently, that nothing' is to be gained by temporizing. Already, campaign speaking has broken out like an epidemic throughout the country. Lloyd George opened his speech-making at Leicester Monday, mercilessly lashing the Laborites and declar ing that an election was made nec esssary by the government's sur render to “a gang of Its own ex tremists.” He denounced the gov ernment in the case of the com munist editor, declaring it had in terfered with the course of just ice, and asserted that the proposed Russian loan was “lunacy.” LIEUTENANT CRISP ORDERED TO CHINA Sails Nov. 1 From San Francis co t o Join Legation Guard Lieutenant Charles F. Crisp, s>n of Representative and Mrs. Charles R. Crisp, has been ordered to sail from San Francisco November 1 for Peking China, where he will be connected with the United States legation guard. Lieutenant Crisp is now in tin city, guest of his parents, having re turned from Wakefield, Mass., and Seagirt, N. J., where he accompani ed the Marine Corps rifle team for rifle practice, It is not known whether the in ternal wars now in progress in China caused his orders to join the Pek ing guard. The United States legation guard is one of the units of the interna tional legation guards established in China after the Boxer rebellion, when the live sos many foreigners were threatened. Lieutenant Crisp : s a graduate of the class of 1922 from the Uni ted States military academy at Annapolis. owboTruT 1 SHIP WANTED NEW YORK, Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.) —-The arrest and extradition of the Canadian owner of the seized British rum shi,p Fred erick B. is requested in a report to the State Department from Division Prohibition Director Merrick. The owner, when extradictod, would be tried in the United States for con spiracy to violate America’s prohi jtion laws. ... .. .. CHINESE WAR He’s Oldest Fire " f 'jgL ■ Mai 1 11 111 ir ‘mnaii , u .u.v * Karl Bisswurm, 82, is the old est fire-fighter in Germany, and probably in the world. He still answers the call in the little town of Bottweil. Hi.; main regret is the passing of the fire horse. wSfiST SUES om GESffl Atlanta and Others Will Wit ness Dirigible in Trans- Continental Flight LAKEHURST, N. J., Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.) —It was de cided, after a conference here this morning, that the giant dirigible Shenandoah would start her trans continental air voyage early today. The proposed outbound route will take the ship over Athens and At lanta, in Georgia, later passing over Birmingham, Ala. Air officials had previously plan ned to set sail at noon today. f DUPTH GIK IN BIG m TOPK Excellent Weather Awaits Sena tors and Giants at Pclo Grounds NEW PORK, Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.)-—Excellent weath er conditions arc again e ured in the nation’s metropolis for today’s fourth game of the world series The Senators lost the first game at Washington and took the second, again playing on their home lot, and were defeated the second time by the Gians in New York yesterday. MONDAY’S GAME A WILD ONE. NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Two singles, an error and’a wild pitch in the sec ond inning gave the New York Giants two runs here Monday after noon and enabled the National league champions to beat the Wash ington Senators, 6 to 4, in the third game of the world series. Battling gamely as they did all season and in the first two games 1 of the series, the Senators rallied in the ninth inning and gave the jliants' a terrible feght. They scored one run and McGraw had to use three pitchers to stop them. WOULD PUT BASEBALL UNDER U. S. COMMISSION WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Rep resentative Sol Bloom, of New York, announced last night that he would introduce at the next session of con gress a bill under which baseball would be governed by a federal com mission. “The nation-wide interest in the world series,” he said, “combined with the ns Hnal chagrin that one of tty? parti, ating teams is involv ed in a scare.al convinces me that the time has come when the federal government should maintain a su pervisory interest in baseball. “Baseball is a matter of inter state commerce. The two major leagues and most of the minor leagues are interstate affairs. Base ball magnates recognized the de mand for some sort of super-regu lation when Judge Landis was chq>W en as "»r but .Ibe big j NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11 am. Close .Tan 25.17|25.30|25.27i25.40 Mar 25.46'25.60!25.55(25.69 May 25.70|25.80!25.77i25.90 Oct 25.97i26.16i25.85|26.12 Dec 25.05|25.15|25.17|25.28 PRICE FIVE crifTS SUKIIffi IS TKEN W MPS OF EEN. SOS CMIIEffI Manchurian Air Craft Using Aerial Bombs As Land Troops Advance SHANGHAI Oct. 7—(By the Associated Press.)-—Sun kiang, 22 miles sputhwest of Shanghai, has been cantured by General Sun Chuang-Fun. Mili tary Governor Fukien and Che kiang troops are reported as now retreating on Singchawn. Manchurian Air Craft Bomb SbanFaikwan I iENTSIN, China, Oct. 7. (By the Associated Press;) Shanhaikwan , located in the province of northern Chihli, was bombed early today by Man churian air craft, while the sur face armies of two factions car ried on an intensive battle for the possession of the city now held by Peking forces. Japan and Russia \ May Take Sides SHANGHAI, Oct. 7—(By the Associated Press.) Out side influences the measure of participation Russian and Ja pan may take in China’s civil war—loomed large Monday as a factor in the fight for control of the Central government of Chi na as opposing armies continued battling on widely separated fronts. Japanese citizens and military organizations are urging their government to interfere as an al ly of General Chang Tso-Lin, the Mti nchurian leader, who is conducting an offensive against the Peking government. Thia Japanese assert their govern ment is privileged to interfere because of special interests in Manchuria, according to reports received here. Russia is report ed to have taken action in favor of General Chang. AMERICAN WOMAN INSULTED BY POLICE. HONG KONG, Oct. 7. (By the Associated Press.) —Mrs. Harvey L. Decker, an Am< rican, and wife of the manager of the Canton City Transportation company, Saturday was subj cted to rough handling, jostling and jeering, and finally 1 • detention in a police station cel.', by twenty Chinese policemen 0 Canton, according to word received here. - Mrs. Decker, who fe in delicat' health, had gone to the police sta tion in connection with a demann for payment of a police fax alleged to be due from her husband on the ground that he is engaged in busi ness in Canton. CHINESE RAILWAY TURNED OVER TO RUSSIA. MOSCOW, Oct. 7.—What is de scribed in soviet circles as an agree ment between Russia and China to block the advances of western pow eis in the Far East has just been concluded in an agreement, whim turns the administration of the en tire Chinese Eastern railway over to the Russian government. The railway administration was delivered to the soviets on October 4, it has just been learned, in an agreement signed September 20 at Mukden between the soviet govern ment and General Chang-Tso-Lin» war lord of Mancbui'iu. In an interview given to the Rosta agency in Pekin, M. Karakhan, Rus sian representative there, describes the agreement as a “crushing blow to imperialist states, destroying their last chance to grasp the Eastern railway.” The Chinese Eastern railway, an import ant strategic line which runs eastward from Manchuli through' Manchuria and on to Vladivostok, had long been a subject of contro versy among various powers which have sought Its control. Since the overthrow of the czar’s government its status has been in dispute. The -railway property returned tai Russia under the treaty is worth half a billion gold rubies, Karaklian 1 elieves. The treaty with Ciuing- Tso-Jan came about through! the earlier treaty between the soviet and the Peking government, which the latter was incapable of fulfill ing. SOUTHERN RY. WOULD ABANDON TENN. LINE WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. (By Tb.o Associated Jress.) —-The Souttern railway today uppliad to the Inter state Comnnrce Commission for M-
