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'■''Tmericus spot cotton today's receipts 103 bides Reason’s receipts ../....13982'bales Strict middling 21 3-4 c WEATHER —Fair and continu ed cool tonight and Thursday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 246’ DEATH TOLL IN SHIP EXPLOSION REACHES 12 "■ ■ 1 L jimms OFF SNSNHAIKWJH ff OTECT RESIDENTS Manchurians Take Town Pre viously Lost Shanhaikwan Suffers From Both Armies (By th® Associated Press.) PEKING, Oct. 22. The initial success of Peking govern ment troops against the Mancu rian forces makes it possible for the Central government's first army headquarters to return to Shanhaikwan. The critical sit uation caused by massing Muck (jcn troops is now considered past. Jap Destroyers Off Shanhaikwan (By the Associated Press.) TOKIO, Oct. 22—Three Jap- j anese destroyers have been or- j dered from Port Arthur to an chor off the post at Shanhaik wan, to orotect Japanese resi dents and property. These are being threatened by /Warring forces of the Peking government which arc today resisting the in vading Manchurian armies. MANCHUS CAPTURE CHIAOSHANSU. SHANGHAI, Oct. 22.—(8y The Associated Press.—Capture of tire town of Chiaoshansu.. near Shan haikwan, by the Manchurian troops of Chang Tso Lin, who previ >usly had taken'the town and lost it, wa< reported here in a Tientsin dispatch. The central government armies defending Chiaoshansu offered gal lant resistance to the Manchurian attack, the dispatch stated. In mak ing the capture, Marshal Chang’s men disarmed portions of the sec ond Shenai division, on the Shihi menkei and Shahosai fronts. Chang Chi Kung, commander of the Shensi province troops, was reported kill ed in the action. Manchurian troops are reported well supplied with artillery and are driving on toward Hai Yang, a town about 11 miles west of Shar.g haikwan, inland. In connection with reports that the Japanese government content plated dispatch of troops to Chin wangtao, Shanhaikwan, to protect Japanese interest there, the dispatch said that Wu Pei Fu, comma ider in chief of the central government armies, had requested the Japanese garrison commander to urge Tokio to postpone such action. INDIANA SAFE FOR DEMOCRATS, SAYS DAVIS VINCINNES, Ind., Oct. 22. IBy The Associated Press.) —John W. Davis, Democratic Candidate for President, brought his campaign to Indiana today. He will speak here this afternoon and at Evans ville tonight. Mr. Davis declares he has won Indianna for the Democrats, as he prepared for his final days speach making in this State. G. O. P. CONGRESSMAN COMES OUT FOR DAVIS WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The democratic national committe last night made public a statement by Herbert Parsons, former republican member of the house from. New York county republican committee, announcing he would vote flor John W. Davis for president. Mr. Parsons said the election of Davis offered the only possibility for the United States to share in the working out of a plan of c<\it*nued world peace and asserted that the people could only insis: on honesty in office “by turning out the party guilty of dishonesty.’’ '[ LITTLE JOE i ? YOU GET ’ FARTHER WITH PUSH THAN WITH PULL/ zT^ - ’ S Y S • r (£)** THE TIKIfSWRECORDER IN THE ~HEART"oF DIXIE “The Toll of the Auto” AUTO ACCS DENT ‘ ~ TYPHOID fever O DEATHS '■ /0 vO&h (l/ST'A ALCOHOLISM 1 OEArHS <0,765 5,007 IfW FIGURES ARE OF 1921 - ..... , , ..H Tear Bombs And Put Ku Klux Mob*To Fight DETROIT, Fich., Oct. 22.—Hurl ing tear gas bombs and red pepp-.is, police riot squads last night dispers ed a mob estimated at between 7,- •000 and 10,0'00 persons, gathered in the street in front of the Avena Garens auditorium, where Aldrich Blake, former secretary to J. C. Walton, deposed governor of Okla homa, was scheduled to deliver an address on “the Ku Klux Kraze.” Police were called when it was re ported that the mob was preventing persons form entering the audi torium. The crowd wa sdescrived to police as Ku Klux Klan sympathiz ers. After the mob had been'’ driven into side streets a number of them staged a demonstration for Charles Bowles, independent candidate for mayor, police report. The only casutly reported was an unidenti fied man struck on the head by a bomb. He was stunned but not otherwise injured. Police remain ed on guard at the auditorium throughout the evening. After the police assumed control of the situation, Blake delivered his address, which he characterizes as a “plea” to members of the klan. He asserted that the members of the organization yjyre .htiyrtßwited by. their leaders. During the address a group of those in the hall arose and noisily left the hall. MINDER OF LEGION IS SHOT Husband of Emery’s Stenograph er Shoots Legion Head In Arm GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 22 (By The Associated Press.) —Col. John G. Emery, (former national commander of the American Legion, was shot and slightly wound ed in his offices here today. The shot entered his left should er. Cogedell Simpson, the husband of Emery’s stenographer, is charged with the shooting'. A divorce suit is now pending against Simpson, LANDIS AND DREYFUS TO MEET AT BANQUET PITTSBURG, Oct. 22.—Kene saw Mountain Landis, baseball com missioner, and Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburg Pirates, who were at odds concerning the manner in which the investigation of the recent baseball scandal was con* ducted will meet at the festive board here in event the former judge can cancel a previous engage ment, aecordin gto the committee arranging for the Dreyfuss testi monial dinner next Saturday. The committee invite* Commis sioner Landis to attend as a guest of honor, and in a telegram today, the commissioner said he would be on hand if he succeeded in break ing a previous date. WEEKS SAYS BRYAN IS COOLIDGE’S FOE NEW YORK, October 22. De claring in a radio address here last night that the balloting of Novem ber 4 will result in the election of President Coolidge or the election being thrown into congress, Secre tary Weeks, predicted that in the latter event Charles W. Bryan, the democratic vice presidential candi date, would ibe president by a coalition of Democrats and “rad ical elements” in the senate. The voters of the country .therefore, the war secretary argued, are con fronted with a choice between the two men. “The voters know what the presi dent is doing,” Mr. Weeks said. “His record speaks for itself. The voters know that President Coolidge is a man of common sense, calm ness, high character, courage and honesty. They know that he will give them the honest and efficient administration they demand. AMERICUS,* GA., AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22, 1924 By BOfl 0B Fox, Hills and Simmo s Wanted In Slush Fund Investigation In Chicago (By the Associated! Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Sub poenas were issued today for Wil liam B. Fox by the senate commit tee, investigating campaign ex penditures. Fox is president of the American Bankers’ association. Others subpoenaed are Charles D. Hillis, former Republican na tional chairman, and George W. Simmons, a New York banker. With Frank P. Walsh, personal counsel for LaFollette, and Samuel Untermeyer, in the roles of prose cutors, the committee got back to day to the charges that a Republi can slush fund of betwen ten and twelve million dollars is being rais, ed. $548,440 GIVEN BY DEMOCRATS WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—With a total of $548,440 in contributions’ in hana to date, the Democratic Na tional Committee expects to con clude the present campaign on a maximum outlay of $750,000, the' Senate investigating committee was| told yesterday by Clem L. Shaver,] chairman, and James W. Gerard,, treasurer. I Expenses thus far have aggregat-* ed $597,119, according to a state ment put into the record by Mr. Gerard. Os this sum $461,801 has been paid, the statement shows. There is an existing deficit of ap proximately $48,000 on the basis of this showing and Chairman Shaver said he anticipated a de ficit at the en dos the campaign unless contributions came in r.ipre rapidly. At previous hearings officials of the Republican National Commit tee testified to expenditures of $1,700,000 with an estimated maxi mum by election day of $3,000,000. John M. Nelson, manager of the La Follette independent Organization told of collections aggregating $l9O, 000, expenditures of $155,000 and said he expected to wind u pthe cam paign on a total cost of $250,000. -The examination of Mr. Shaver and Mr. Gerard consumed less than’ an hour and as no other witnesses were available the inquiry was ad journed until late today when the La Follette charges of a Republican “slush fund” will be investigated further. LITTLE INTEREST TODAY IN CITY ELCETION Prior to two o’clock only 14O| people had voted in th< municipal! primary. Things were decidedly | quiet around the polls. This is due, | it is said to the fact !' only two i of the incumbents have oppos'tioii. The managers state from the pres ent outlook less than naif the eleg ible voters will cast a ballot in ths primary today. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS PAST WEEK WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—(By The Associated Press.) —Agricul- tural conditions i nGeorgia for the past week are given by the depart ment as follows: The week was dry, w: ’m and-sun ry; very favorable for. the picking of cotton, all of which is open; probably eighty per cent has been gathered and it all will be out by Nov. Ist. Digging sw< >t potatoes and peanuts, cutting cane and say ing late hay crops, made very rapid progress. Some oats were sown, but soil generally is reported a? gettin gto hard to plow. Much corn has been gathered and stored. ~ ? When the Cub Isn’t Covering ‘ ; Assignments ! j —ByW.IICS. [ SOME GOOD tffcwS FROM ATLANTA- Everybody reinmnbers and loves genial Mac PrathefflLwhu is now lend ing his Bie new Biltmore hotel in Atlanta. ffiatng Bill Rover keep the big *>sie;ry running' smoothly and all oj its guests happy and content. v k J One of Mac's-jdfeiends saw him Sunday in AtlantWwe were told to day. and Mac wa®all smiles. “Just had a )ort» talk out at the Pilt v ith Otis Skijpier,” announced i Mae as he shook Minds. “He’s the I finest and the (tniiest fellow in the v. .Id. Nothirw stuck up about him._ He comes A’ht down stairs and talks tfi everybody, has a riiffl ly ■ d time hirwself and makes others happy. I’m strong for Mr. Oils. He’s not only one of the fin< • actors on the stage, but I whs. finer, he’s a splendid fellow to 1 r< v and talk to. “Nv.v we have another guest out there. Never mind her name. She known the world over as one. of the very great artists, but she’s no Democrat. She gave orders that | she was not In to any one; her I meals have been served in her room; and for all we know she lias rev left the room. “Lots of funny people in this world, but me for the Otis Skiiaer, typt concluded' Mac.” “Tell every body howdy for me.” • * a ORDINARY COBB HAS. BIRTHDAY. J Jge John A. Cobb, Ordinary . of i-umter county, celebrated his 86t.l birthday Monday. The Judge has been in his present position' for 20 p ars and for the past 40 years has been connected with courthouse affairs. He served on the conimis sior hat built the city hall and the courthouse. - ?>!r. Cobb is a wonderful old gen t tlei. i and despite his many years, . I his active and jJerforms dailv the duties of his office. Jr. Cobb told us this morning t that he was enjoying excellent , • health and that he does not feel a , i bit older now than he did a year I ago. ’I • ♦ » 1“ I hats rich” laid the cat at he licked the cream off the miik, LOST, ONE TIRE AT THE CIRCUS J G. Abell, a city fire fighter, ' took in the Circus Monday night and while in the big tent some one ( took him. in for the spare tire on his car. Mr. Abell was all “het’ up , over the lost tire but he found out , he hadn’t fared so badly after all. The same crook had gone off i , with a car parked directly back of his. * * * POLICE FORCE DR! SSES UP Monday the entire police force bio? -omend forth in new uniforms.] Some of the officers we noticed had! New hats, new suits and everything an xceptionally high gloss on their badges. The chief says they all got good fits except Officer Silver, Sih - r is 6 feet and 4 inches and any tailor is entitled to more than one chance on him. # * » ONE OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS SAYS “Seth Thoma?, who has been run ning a still has quit selling his pr< duct to the general public, .‘•■ays he an get more for it from a stove polish manufacturer up north.” ENSIGN IS KILLED IN SEAPLANE CRASH WASHINGTON, Oct. 21—En sign William A. Engmans, of Flem ington, N. J., was kilted when his seaplane crashed in Pensacola, Fla., ba; late Monday night the r.avy de partment was advised last night. Th body wa srecovereo. He was a pilot of*the student class of 1921. WaLESCATCHESCOLD; POSTPONESDEPARTURE MONTREAL, Oct. 22—The Pr ace of- Wales caught a slight chill while riding to the hounds at St. Augustine yesterday and at the suggestion of his medical advisor las postponed his departure from M ntreal until tomorrow night It was stated last night that there is nothing serious in his condition. This evening he received some friends with whom he had engage ments. I’he prince spent the dav quietly in .is suite. After his return front th. dance at th ehome of Colonel and Mrs. F. S. Meighen, he remain ed at the hotel, arising at a late hour. 1800 Cattle Were Shot Here I i p II I I I I i I ! They were very business-bae. With 2000 rounds of ammunition, a squad of officials fighting the hoof and mouth plague at Hous ton, Tex., shot and killed 1800 cattle that had been herded into an immense grave. Rifles “rap rap-rapped” in monotone of death until the trench was filled with the lifeless bodies of cattle. Then a steam shovel covered up the trench with earth. WNDOMLS FOR FORT WORTH Only Minor Repairs Were Nec essary to Fit Ship for Return Cruise SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22.—(8y The Associated Press.) —Locked to her mooring mast afe—North Islandfly ing field,the navy dirigible Shen andoah-is today being groomed for a possible take off this afternocn, east -bound for Fort Worth Texas, their first stop. Her navigators today were wait ing favorable weather conditions, over the southern air route before issuing starting orders. They hope to reach Lakehurst Saturday. Only minor repairs are necessary to fit the- big ship for their trip back East, following the stormy cruise down the California coast from Camp Lewis, Washington. On her trip back across the continent the Shenandoah will follow the same route traversed on her West ern cruise. JAP PAPER URGES RETURN OF HANIHARA TOKIO, Oct. 22.—The English edition of the Nichi Nichi, a publi cation close to the Japanese foreign office, editorially urges the return of M. Hanihara aS ambassador from Japan to the United States. “Hanihara’s return to Washing ton would be a graceful act after the unfortunate immigration up heaval,” The Nichi Nichi says. “The immigration bill was. painfully hard on Japan, but that is no reason why the ambassador who happened to be at Washington at the time should be recalled.” HARVARD-DARTMOUTH GAME TO DRAW 51,000 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 22 Acapacity crowd of 51,000 persons for the Harvard-Dartmouth football game i nthe stadium Saturday was assured today when the four thou sand seats reserved for season tick etholders were snapped up with many persons still waiting in line. GIRL IS SUFFOCATED IN PILE OF COTTON GADSDEN, Ala., Oct. 22. Agnes Jewell Hardaman, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hardaman, of Boaz,was suffocated here late yes terday in a pile of cotton in which she was playing. While her mother was absent, it is believed that the child burrowed into the cotton and the staple caved in on her. 149,960 FORD CARS MADE IN SEPTEMBER NEW YORK, Oct. 22. The Ford Motor company turned out 149,906 cars and trucks in the United States in September, a gain of 0,580 over Augusta and 9,653 more than tn July. The tqtal., do mestic output ih the 9 mpptlifc of 1924 amounted to an in crease of 14,498 over the same pe riod last year. BRITISH LIBERALS ' BREAD CMLITIOU Distrust and Suspicions Mark Fight On Laborites—Would Avert 3-Cornered Race LONDON, Oct. 22. (By The Asso ciated Press.) —The traditional rivalry and their dread of another coalition, seems to be intensifying the opposition of the past between the British Liberals and Conserva tives, on the part of the more ex treme members of these two parties. Distrust and suspicion are loudly voiced among the Liberals, not with standing that Mr. Asquith their lend ?r, has given his blessings to a re ciprocal arrangement whereby the Liberal and Conservative candidates in some constituiences are standing aside so as to avert a three cornered contest, which would work for the benefit of the Laborites. ASSAULT CHARGE FRAME-UP: CLI Cherokee Nominee for Sheriff Says Action by School Girl Is Attempt to Defeat Him CANTON, Ga., Oct. 22.—A poli tical frame-up is claimed by Lee Spear, 25, nominee for sheriff of Cherokee county, who is under in dictment charging assault and bat tery against a 13-year-old school girl. A furore has been created in the county by the action against Spear, and D. T. Smith, who was deputy on the ticket with him, has been put forward as an independent candidate. Spear is free today on SSOO bond. He is married and has one child. The charges were made following an automobile ride Saturday night when Spear is said to have offered the girl a ride home from a motion picture show. The child got into the car, and when she reached her home, about half a mile from the place>tvhere she accepted the rid a , she is said to have told her parents of the alleged attempt at assnulr. There were no indications of viol ence, it is reported. EXPRESS COMPANY PETITION IS DENIED WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—(By The Associated Press.) —The peti tion of the Southeastern Express Co., was today denied by the inter state commerce commission. Th-* express company set aside the com missions order to reconstruct ex press rate sin zone number 2. ..... ... ■■■— DOHENY OIL LEASE CASE BEING HEARD XOS ANGELES. Calif., Oct. 22. The opening session of the govern ment’s suit against the Pan-Ameri can Petroleum and Transport com pany to cancel the Elkhills naval reserve oil lease granted the E. L. Doheny interests crowded Federal Judge J. McCormack’s court there Tuesday, outnumber those attend ing the sensational criminal trials held in Los Angeles in the past sev eral months. The government’s amended bill of complaint charges conspiracy be tween Albert B. Fall, former sec retary of the interior, and E. L. Do heny involving the payment of SIOO,OOO by Doheny to Fall, which was. followed by granting of dis leases. )n the naval reserve to the Doheny interests, whole value in possible profits have been estimated by Doheny at $100,000,000. ,| „ | M| NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Oepn 11am Close Jan 22.94f23.05123.10J23.09 Mar 23.25|23.44>23.45|23.37 May 23.45i23.60j23.64;23*.«2 Oct 23.75|24.05|23.92i23.90 Dec 22.81!23.10;22.99|22.98 PRICE FIVE CENTS FOUR MORE DIE EPI EXPLOSION CRUISER TRENTON Four Other# Remain in Critical Condition Turret “A Little Hell” (By the Associated Preas.) NORFOLK, Va„ Oct. 22. Four mere death last night are added to the list of victims on the cruiser Trenton, resulting from an explosion Monday. This brings the total death list up to twelve. Os the six surviving members of the turret crew on duty at the time of the disaster, four still Re main in critical condition.* Among the dead are: Melvin Franklin Seaman, sea man, 2nd class; HOG 76th street, Brooklyn. Joseph Cohen, seaman, first calss, 246 Monroe street, New York City. Arthur James McCormick, Char leston, Mass., and Franklin B. Jek ery, Lynn, Mass., seamen, were the men not expected to live through out last night. John Uzzolino, of Newark, N. J., also a seamon, was the third man reported in a critical condi tion. Ensign H’enry Clay Drexler, Beth any Beach, Del. Roland Phillips Hanson, Soldier, la., seaman. Bronard Beverly Byair., Bristol, Cbnn., seaman. William Alfred Walker, Mayo, S. C., seaman. Bennett Williams, South Boston, Mass., seaman. George Robert Cholister, Merch antsville, N. J., seaman. Experts Investigate. Three experts from the navy ord nance bureau at Washington have been ordered to Norfolk by Secre tary of the Navy Wilbur to assist in an investigation to be conduct ed aboard the Trenton in an ef fort to determine the cause of the explosion, which occurred in the forward turret, it was announced today after navy officials here had declared they were unable to find the slightest clue to the cause for the accident. They declared the records of the navy showed no parallel disaster. Three charges of powder, each weighing eighty pounds, went off in the explosion, it was learned to day. One charge was being hoist ed out of the magazine and had just cleared the door when the explosion occurred. The door closes automatically and it suggested that friction, either from the door or from the hoisting apparatus, which is electrically controlled, might have created the spark that caused the disaster. Lieutenant John Arthur Sedg wick, Winthrop, Mass:, who rescued two of his shipmates when he and five others were hurled overboard by the blast, insisted upon regard ing his lightly. He is burned dbout the face and head and is suffering from a sprained wrist. Doctors have issued orders that the lieutenant remain in bed for five days at least, not having ascer tained possibly whether he inhaled smoke or flames in the explosion. “A Little Hell’ “It was a little hell, that’s what it was,” the officer declared in commenting on the explosion. “There was fire anT smoke every, where and 1 thought everybody on the ship would be burned. But the men did not care for them selves. They were looking out for their mates. There was np ‘ev everybody for himself’ in that gang of real men.” All the injured, and oil)eft, aboard the Trenton, praised the he roism displayed by Lieutenant Sedgwiek and Ensign Drexler. The latter lost his life in rescu ing injured shipmates. ROTARIANS POSTPONE LADIES NIGHT EVENT Because of the death cf Mrs. K. E. Allison the directors of the Am ericus Rotary club Wednesday mom ing postponed the club’s ladies night celebration arranged t’on Thursday night at the country club. Mrs. Allison was the wife of Ro tarian Allison. The Rotary club will meet Thurs day at 1:00 o’clock at the country club for the regular weekly lunch eon. No guests will be present, and no program rendered. Only the urgent business of the club will re ceive attention. The death of Mrs. Allison, it is said, is the second in tho I immediate families of the [ club, tile death o£ Bo'tam i George I Ellis being tha ffrst. The members of the club will at tend the funeral of Mrs. Al. I lison, ... . .
