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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Today’ B receipts ~.1129 'bales Season’s receipts 14211 bales Strict middling 21 7-8 c WEATHER —Fair and continued cool tonight and Saturday. "FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 248 Chinese President Tsau Kun Today Orders .Cessation Hostilities-Dismisses Wu Pei Fu, Peking Commander PEKING □PTUPEfI by christiai EENEPALFENG Calls On Corrnatriots to Join Forces and Stoo War Immediately (By Ihe Associated Press.) PEKING, Oct. 24—President Tsau Kun issued a proclamation this morning to the Chinese for ces ordering immediate cessa tion of hostilities and dismissing Wu Pei-Fu, commander of the Peking military forces, from his post. Feng Yu Hsiang, known as the "Christian general,” controls the military machinery of the Central government cu China to day. , • He performed a spectacular and surprising military move early yesterday when his army returned from the north and took posession of the adminis trative forces of the regime un der the banner for which he was supposed to be fighting. The movement was carried out under the leadership of Gen eral Feng, in conjunction with other elements opposed to Gen eral Wu Pei-Fu’s war program. General Feng intends to stop the Chinese war which has been raging for weeks, it is said. He has called upon his compatriots to join forces to re-establish peacfe in China. He is reassur ing all elements, especially the the foreigners, that there will be no disorders. The streets of Peking are to day picketed by General Feng’s troops, wearing arm bands on which is imprinted. "We are here to preserve-peace and pro tect lives in the service of our country” The dictatorship maintained by General Wu will be broken up and General Feng plans to establish a new government in which will be in corporated all the various factions now hostile to each other. “Rumor mongers” will be exe cuted by order of General Feng. General Feng has withdrawn his 30,000 troops from the support of General Wu Pei-Fu, the nominal chief of the Peking military forces, who now is engaged in desultory warfare with General Chang Tso- Lin, Manchurian war lord. Failure of cable, telegraph, tele phonic and railway communications with Peking yesterday was the first hint that General Feng had desert ed his nominal chieftain and re turned to the capital city. Feng has Practically isolated General Wu, who is operating against Chang in the neighborhood of S'hanghaikwan. President Tsao Kun is in a pre carious position, as his capital is occupied by Feng’s troops. Feng has issued a proclamation demanding that peace be negotiated, but his ul timate object in occupying Peki i is unknown. The, possibility that a professed hristian would seriously contem plate obtaining governmental con p of China is remote. However, ekin for the second time in Its history i s controlled by a Christian. Christian troops seized the city of nfucius following the Boxer up rising. Should Feng conclude a treaty | Chang, who already dominate lne v »st expanse of Manchuria and I 1 t of Chihli, the central govern ment of Tsao Kun and Wu would ,n a desperate position. H is estimaed that high water ns spring washed away several thousand stills. [~ LITTLE JOE i A BERRY IN THE FRUIT JAR IS WORTH TWO ON THE BUSH/ \ 7 xXc’jJ k *'W ” s'Wtl f|| IwJJ I ii \ ©IM4 H-A " THETIMES’tRECORDER IN THE HEART OF DIXIE New Governor 111 JI WU * > Secretary of State Frank E. Lu cas is acting 1 governor of Wyom ing. Ke stepped into the guberna torial office following the death of Governor William B. Ross. TIFTON COTTON BUYER KILLED; AUTO SKIDS (By The Associated Press) TIFTON, Oct. 24.—F. H. Short, well known cotton buyer of this city was kill'd early this morning when the automobile which he was driving turned over on the public highway, four miles south of here. The victim came her? four years ago from Sylvester. AMERICUS HIGH PLAYS DAWSON HERE TODAY Ths afternoon at three o’clock, at the municipal playground the football team of the Americus High school will play the eleven from Dawson High. A large number of students and supporters will accompany the Daw son team, reports from Dawson state, and as this is the first time the local aggregation has played at home a big crowd is expected out to see the team in action. TWO ROME ROBBERS SENT TO CHAINGANG (By The Associated Press.) ROME, Oct. 24. —Eddie Lvncli and Albert Malone, both of Oswego, New York, entered pleas of guilty in court here to robbing a local candy store on October 12, and were sentenced to 10 years on the Floyd county chain gang by Judge Moses Wright. Mrs. Lynch, who was arrested with the two men has been freed. GRIFFIN FINED $350 FOR SELLING DOPE (By The Associated Press > ATLANTA, Oct. 24.—Dr. Leroy Griffin ,said to be a physician in Memphis Tennessee, was fined $350 upon conviction by a jury here of selling 80 grains of morphine. The fine was imposed by Judge Samuel H. Sibley who scored physicians who administered or recommended nar cotics except in severe cases. TWO BOYS MAKING LONG HIKE ON WAGER (By The Associated Press.) ATLANTA, Oct. 24. —Malcolm Glenfiening, 21, and James Hoover. 20, two boys from Huntington, West Virginia, passed through here recently on a hike from Huntington to Miami, Florida. The two boys left Huntington with one dollar each and must arrive within 30 days at Miami if they are to win a wager—the reason they are making the long trip. They arrived in At lanta ten days after leaving Hun tington and expressed confidence that they would reach Miami on time. RED BARRON DEVELOPS TEAM AT MONROE (By The Associated Press) MONROE, Ga., Oct. 24.—“ Red Barron, star half back at Georgia Tech for the past few years an<| who is now coaching his old alma mater Monroe A, and H., is develop ing one of the best gridiron ma chines in the history of the insti tution. The team so far this sea son has earned victories over Wind er, North Georgia Aggies and the University High School of Atlanta and has registered a tie with the strong Oglethorpe freshman team. Some men living a dog’s life have no license to do it. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 24, 1924 Demands, Apology And Retraction of Slurs on Sacred Dead By Walker Jackson Charges Governor With Wronging State Which Hon ors Him WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 .Joseph ’P. Tumulty, former secretary to President Wilson., has demanded an . apology from Governor Walker, of | Georgia, for the governor’s charge ( that Tumulty sought by “the chica nery of politics” and “through a i sympathetic president” to “place in j every national war camp a Catholic ' chifrch and drive out the churches of every other denomination.” | “Governor Walker seems to be disinclined to disavow, either pri vately or publicly, his false charge against my honesty and integrity as a public official,” Tumulty said in a statement here Thursday, in which he said. “I feel that in justice to myself and my church that Govern or Walker owes me a public apolo gy.” Tumulty submitted letters from I the late President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson and from Senator John Sharp Williams as “concrete and indisputable evidence that my re ligious’ predilections were entirely disassociated from my relations | with President Wilson.” WALKER WRONGS STATE THAT HONORED HIM. ATLANTA, Oct. 24. —Adding his voice to that of other government i officials who directed the destinies iof the United States under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson during the World war, Marion M. Jackson, of Atlanta, on . Thursday in a letter to The Consti tution, bitterly upbraids Governor i Clifford Walker for his charge, I made in a speech before the Ku I Klux Klan Klonvocation at Kan i £as City, that the Catholic church was, shown favoritism in the war cantonments ,at the expense of all Protestant churches. Mr. Jackson, during the war period, was secretary of the navy , department’s commission on train . ing camp activities for the United I States, gnd as such was in constant touch with, all stations, camps and I fleets of tire U. S. navy, most of I which he visited in his official ca , pacity. The late John J, Eagan, of Al j Fanta, was at the head of the navy | department commission on camp ac- I tivities. and it was under him that I Mr. Jackson served. As he states i -n his letter, this work was “headed Iby an elder in the Presbyterian j church, with another Presbyterian ■ elder as secretary, set up under the I administration of Woodrow Wilson, himself an elder in the Presbyterian church.” Mr. Jackson quotes the charge made by Governor Walker in his klan speech, as re’ported in the of jticial organ of that organization that “ a Catholic secretary of a sympathetic president so manipulat ed the chicanery of politics that he placed in the center of every na tional war camp a Catholic church, and drove outside of the border of that camp, on the back streets, lin the back yards, on the alley | ways, every Presbyterian, every Methodist and every Baptist and ev ery other Protestant church.” 1 Then Mr. Jackson points out that thss men in charge-of the war camp activities, in addition to himself and Mr. Eagan, were Raymond Fos dick, of New York, the son of a Baptist minister and brother of the foremost Baptist minister of the day, John R. Mott, executive head of the National and International Young Men’s Christian association, and John S. Tichyior, associate general secretary, the national ex ecutive head of the Y. M. C. A. work in the army, navy and marine camps. Concluding his letter, after a complete refutation of the gover nor’s charges, Mr. Jackson says: “Whether intentionally or not, Governor Walker has done the state which honored him, a grievous wrong, and has cast a slur upon the living and upon the mem- our sacred dead. “Should he not, as governor of Georgia, and as a professed follow er of Jesus Christ, seek to updo what he has done?” EVENING PRAYER AT CALVARY TONIGHT Evening prayer will be said in Calvary church tonight at 7:80 o’clock, Rev Lawrence announces. SHENANDOAH IW ■■l! Left Fort Worth 10 A. M. To day, Taking Northern Route Eastward By The Associated Press) FORT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 24. The dirigible Shenandoah left here at 10:30 this morning for the air ships home port, Lakehurst, N J. The air monster will take the north ern route over Little Rock, Dayton, across the Applachian mountains through the famous water gap then over York, Pa., and into Lakehurst, Most favorable weather conditions are reported for the trip. The diri gible is expected to reach home Sat urday. COAL PRICE REGULATES PRICE OF GASOLINE TULSA, Okla., Oct. 24. —Gaso- line will be regulated by the market price for coal, Walter C. Tragle, president of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey, said in a ctate ment made public here. He based his statement on an analysis of the petroleum situation by the company. Under existing conditions, gaso line can be obtained from fuel oil in many instances at a cost lower than it can be obtained from crude petroleum. Mr. Teagle said. “Fujb! oil is sold in direct opposition fd coal,’ he said. “Tirf reserves of coal are greater and more certain than reserves of petroleum and the price of coal so affects the price of fuel oil that gasoline is affected in proportion.” DRINKERS WARNED OF POISONED MOLASSES As a friend of humanity the Com merce News urges all people under all conditions to absolutely abstain from strong drink, but, says that north Georgia newspaper, “we have a special reason just now to give a warning to all who have the habit of taking a drink of the stuff dish ed out these days and it is this: At Lula a few nights ago some person broke into a warehouse ownej by Mr. Dank Carter and stole 40 gal lons of molasses to be used in mak ing liquor. Mr. Carter had this left; over when he finished poisoning his; cotton this summer. This syrup' was mixed with calcium of arsenate j and this syrup and arsenate will I now be converted into whisky. The 1 probability is that one drink of the concoction will kill every per son who takes it. There is ’an open grave some day for some person—- maybe for dozens of persons who are so unfortunate as to take a drink of liquor made from this syrup and poison. It may be sold at an early date an dit may bo weeks yet before this poison is of fered for sale. The only sane thing to do is to draw the line on all liquor offered for s»l« in this sec tion ,for it is impossible for anX one to know when he drinks liquor made from this poisonous concoc tion?” Auto Crashes Into freight at Ellaville Man’s Skull Crushed; Baby In jured; Mother Escapes—En gine and Auto Damaged Mr. and Mrs. "Robert Skipper, of Montezuma, with two-months-old baby, driving a Ford car, with cur tains up, ran into a Central of Gear gia freight train this morning about 6 o’clock, at Ellaville, crushing the skull of Mr. Skipper, injuring the baby internally. Mrs. Skipper es caped unhurt. Mr. and Mrs. Skipper, left Mcn tezunja very early en route to some point in Alabama. They reached Ellaville about 6 a. m„ driving very rapidly, it is said. A Central of Georgia freight train en route to Columbus was nut hear or seen by Mr. Skipper, prob-j ably because his curtains were up] tmd the noise of the car prevented I his hearing the, train which, at the! time, it is said, was hidden from his| HIM GETS HOT Pf PLY FFffl IMS Nominee Would Sever Member ship in Masons and Elks If - They Entered Politics (By tha Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—John W. Davis returned to New York today from his final tour of the Middle West, where he has been speaking in behalf of his presidential cam paign. Tomorrow tne Democratic nomi nee will start on his closing cam paign with a series of talks in,New York and vicinity. Last right in Cleveland, Mr. Da vis delivered his final mid-west speech. It was described as the most extended pronouncement re garding' the Ku Klux Klan and oth er secret organization that has been hiade in recent years by any presi dential candidate on his campaign tour. This spontaneous announcement of the klan and other secret or ganizations was given in answer to a heckleu iiy the crowd, who demanded to know what was his attitude was regarding the Ku Klux Klan. “I cannot ibelieve,” Mr. Davis an swered, “that there is any man or woman in the United States inter ested in the outcome of this elec tion who does not know my posi tion. “I stand for the fundamental guarantees favor of religious faith, and practices in the United States and against any threat to diminsh the right of any be cause of his "choice" tiWiiwpt the religion he learpcd. at his mother's Jtnee.” \ ’ .-Iff ever the tiiWK when 4ie would not be willing to speak in defense of these principles Mr. Da vis said: “I hope ray arm will fall palsied to my side and my tongue will cleave to the roof of my mouth.” The candidate sairf he was a member of two secret organizations, the Elks and Masons, and asserted, “if the day should ever come that they should seek to enter the poli tical field, I would feel it my duty as a man and a citizen to sever my connection with them instant ly.” Replying further to the question er, Mr. Davis added: “I do not believe, and in my judgment history will bear me out, that any lasting good ever can be accomplished by the inclusion in politics of any secret order what ever.” Close advisers are convinced that the Davis campaign swing through the Middle'West has materially im proved the Democratic chances for victory in the states visited. 4 MEN HANGED IN CANADA FOR MURDER (By The Associated Press) MONTREAL, Canada, Oct. 24. At dawn today four men paid the death penalty on the goHow.-, for the murder of Henry Cler ,/ < baifk messenger, who was killed after robbery .>f the collection car of the Bank of llochelaga last April. Two others implicated in the rob-’ bery and who were sentenced to hang esca >e.l the noose by a last minute commutation of their sen tences to life imprisonment. view by the passenger station at Ellaville. z Skipper’s Ford struck the freight about midway, demolishing the auto mobile an dinjuring the engine, so terrific whs the empact. Many rushed to the scene of the disaster. Dr Bridges was called. Examinatio nshowed that Skipper’s skull was crushed and his chances for recovery small. Ho was placed in the caboose of the freight and an engine ran the caboose, with the injured man and doctor Bridges to Columbus. The baby was said to have been internally injured, but just how seriously, could not be learned Fri day morning. The baby remained at Ellaville with its mother, who, though badly shaken and suffering fro inthe nervous shock, was not otherwise hurt. Homes at Ellaville were thrown open to the nibther and her injured baby, where both are receiving raed ical attention. New Premier Maili; \ \ w Dr. W. W. Yen is China’s new war llrae premier. His appointment held up by politeial bickerings, was rushed through after civil strife be gan to assume serious proportions. H " formerly was minister of agri culture and commerce. Dr. Yen is a graduate of the University of Virginia. mi m ~ dies n Mw Funeral and Interment At Al bany Saturday Former Americus Resident Telegrams received today in Amercius announce the death of Mrs. Henry Lanier, a former resi dent of Americus, at her home in Alb; ny today, following a long ill ness. Funeral services ;will be held frsm'-Irer home” if! .Albany’Saturday -aft- ‘ Al- bany cemetery. During her residence in Ameri cus, Mrs. Lanier made many sin cere friends by her lovable dispo sition and splendid traits of char acter and her death will be mourn ed by a wide circle of friends in this community. Her husband, the late Henry La nier, wh odied several years ag’o, was a prominent resident of Am ricus for some time, and was a brother of Frank Lanier, of Amercus. WILLIS CLEARED OF CHARGE OF MURDER ! COLUMBUS, Oct. 24.—Wi1l Wil lis, tried for the second time on :T i charge of murder in connection I with tire slaying of Will Green, j negro, Sept. 6, was acquitted early I last night by a jury in Muscoggee Superior Court. Trial of the case started Monday. The verdict was rancned after the jury had considered the case ! only twenty minutes. Ben E. | Newsome and Tom Crews were joint ly indicted with Willis on a mur der charge and it is expected that Ihe cases against them will be nol ! pressed tomorrow. I The State contended that Willis and Newsome, accompanied by Crews, shot and killed Green be cause of alleged whisky “Ups’- against them by the negro. BRYAN’S NAME MISSING ON DEMOCRATIC BANNER NEW HAVEN, Oct. 24.—Omis-’ sion of the name of Governor Charles W. Bryan, democratic nomi nee for vice president, from a ban ner raised by local democrats and containing the names of the demo cratic nominees for president and state offices, was noted today. The committee in charge declined to ( comment when asked for an expla tier.. The banner occupies a con spicuous place in the business cen ter of the city. It was put in plies with ceremonies. COOLIDGE SCORED FOR DRY LAW ATTITUDE I . WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. A; statement declaring “a nation ■.■.’idol scandal” in regard to prohibition! enforcement “still exists” .and !ha:| President Coolidge “has proven be| will not put an end” to >t, was is ( sued here last night by Samuel ( Untermyer, New York attorney. i The letter from Mrs. Mabel Walk! er Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition en forcement, to the Law Enforcement League of Philadelphia last July on the enforcement question, and the league’s reply were quoted by Mr ! Untermyer in drawing the coi:elu-j slion that President Coolidge hasj “used his power to prevent he poo-j pie from learning the facts." NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11 am Close Jan 22.92|22.91j22.81|22.70 Mar 23.22(23.21 ;23.07 ( 23.00 May 2340123.40 23.30'23.20 Oct. .. 23.70(23.75 22.95(22.75 Dec 22.80(22.75'22.73(22.60 PRICE FIVE CENTS PROBERS SEEKING DIRECT EVIDENCE OF SLUSH FOB Rumcred SIOO,OOO Will Bo Used in Montana to Defeat Senator Walsh (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—Com ing to the seventh day of its in quiry, the Senate campaign fund investigators still are seeking some direct evidence to support the rumors and reports that the Re publicans are assembling large “slush funds” to be used in doubt ful states on behalf of its national ticket. A far-reaching search for evi dence pf a republican “slush fund” has been started as a result of a charge, made before the Borah cam paign fund committee by Samuel Untermyer, attorney for Senator La Follette, that millions of dollars not being accounted for by the re publican national committee are be ing sent into doubtful states to car ry the election for President Coo. lidge. The charge was thrown into the midst of the session Thursday, and Untermyer followed it up immedi ately by asking that the republican state chairmen of New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Illinois be sub poenaed to appeal’ before the com mittee. Senator Borah, chairman, said the subpoenas would be issued. Untermyer announced later a num bra of others whom h • will ask be subpoenaed as witnesses in connec tion with his charge. Untermyer, in support of his etted a telegram received from Senator Walsh, of Montana, declaring there were rumors that SIOO,OOO was being sent into Mon tana by republicans to defeat him. Walsh’s telegram read: “Rumored that SIOO,OOO coming to Montana to be used against me. Not passing, however, through eith er national committeeman or chair, man republican state committee. Kindly question concerning rem t tances to this state.” PUBLISHING INCOME TAX RETURNS ILLEGAL (BBy The Ae«oci»’jd Pre»s.) - NEW YORK, Oct. 24—Frank K, r Boweres, collector of Internal rev- > enue issued a statement today a'r.- . nouncing the publication of income ' tax return.- as a vination of law: • and that violator; are subject to a > thousand doll - t fm? or me year prison or both. Th? statement is r sued does not state whether or net - the local ncwsp-i|.'.rs which pub .' listed partial lists could be prose* cuted. 1 BUDAPEST IS NOW USING METAL HOUSES j; 7" (By The Associated Press.) BUDAPEST, Oct. 24.—The suc cessful use of thin sheet metal in the making of toy houses has been developed in this city into the man ufacture of dwellings. Fireproof materials, covered with j a veneer of metal and made to stand ard design and size, are used to run . up four room bungalows which, com plete with bath, can be erected in 24 hours. The price for such a dwelling is about $950. REAL ESTATE DEALERS MUST SECURE LICENSES ATLANTA, Oct. 24.—(8y The Associated Press) —Real estate dealers in properties outside of the state of Georgia, must secure lieen ' ses before they can legally off; r such lands for sale in this state, ae ' cording to an opinion by Attorney I General George M. Napier, furnish i cd to Secretary of State S. G. Mc- I Lendon, at the request of tthe Geor gia Securities Commission, of which Mr. McLendon is Chairman. Attorney General Napier, in his i in his opinion, states that although ; the law requires that land owners I outside of the State of Georgia who I may offer lands for sale to citizens within the borders of this state, ; must equip themselves with a ii- • I cense, that the same is not, in his ; opinion, a violation of the Consti i tution of the United States. • , -The opinion from the Georgia At torney Generay was requested by >the Securities Gammission due to .j the fact that this commission first J must approve the offering of such lands to the citizens of Georgia,
