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DUDLEY’S OPERA HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE
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Several Merchants Sustain Loss
From Volvmes of Water
Poured Into Building
The play is ended; the
curtain drops."
This almost proved true of
the Dudley Opera House last
night when flames were discov
ered by a passer-by pouring
from the upper windows of
Americus' 42 : year-old play
house. Quick action on the part
of the firemen probably saved
the entire building from being
razed by the flames.
W. H. C. Dudley, owner of
the building, stated today that
his loss, estimated at SSOO, was
without insurance. The other
occupants of the building, Mit
chell Attyah, John Monohan,
Jr., and the P. and T. Market,
who operate stores underneath
the theatre, suffered damages
from the floods of water that
poured down on their stores
through the floor of the opera
house. None of these merch
ants have been able to estimate
their loss, but it is thought that
the entire loss to the three will
com ewithin $ I 000. Mitchell
Attyah suffered the greatest
damage, a large stock of dry
goods and notions being dam
aged by water.
Mrj Monahan reports that his
loss is insured to the extent of? 590
end Mr. Attayh carries S2OOO in
surancc. The P and T .‘tore is with
out insurance.
At the time of the fire the thea
tre was vacant, and there has been
no performance he’d since Satur-
J’day, Mr. Dudley is perplexed to
know how the fire started. He
stated that he left tbe building at
5:30 Monday afternoon and at that
time everything was presumabl v in
good order.
A thorough investigation of rhe
conduit wired lighting system by
W. C. Jeter, city electrician, reveal
ed nothing to show that defective
wiring caused ’the fire. When the
fire was under control the lights in
the building continued to burn and
Mr. Jeter said he was unable to
find even as much a a burned out
fuse.
The fire originated in the' rear
of the balcony of the theatre, just
back of the moving picture booth
and it was in this part of the house
that the greatest danrnge was sus
tained. Flames leaping high on
each side of the projection room
failed to damage the moving picture
machine.
When firemen arrived on the
scene the flames had worked down
into the rafters and ceiling between
the balcony and the rpof and it was
necessary to chop several holes m
the ceiling and flood this section
with water in order to get to the
flames. Practically all of the ceil
ing o*j>r the balcony was washed
away by the streams of water.
. When the fire was discovered it
looked as though the ent re buildmg
was doomed. The interior of the
building was a roaring furnace.
Mr. Dudley stated this morning
that he would begin immediately to
repair the damaged parts of tbe
play house and that by Christmas
day he hoped to reopen the theatre.
The Opera house is one of the
old land marks of Americus, and
was for 35 years the only “show
house” in the city. During its
long reign as the leading theatre it
has featured practically all of the.
old time stage celebrities and has
only been recently converted into
a moving picture house.
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THE TIMESBRECORDER
EgU PUBLISHED LN THE ,jr<lw.\ HEART OF DIXIE
STONE FIRES ATLANTA FEDERAL PRISON WARDEN
JOB-SISTER DISTORT
CHILD D BOP FIETS.
SDNLFYGHAPGFS
Commissioner Accuses Writer
Os Magnifying and Misrepre
senting Georgia Conditions
(By The Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Dec. If-.—Commis
sioner of Commerce and Labor, Hal
M. Stanley has refused to furnish
any further data regarding Geor
gia’s child labor laws and regula
tions to the National Child Labor
Committee of New York City., as
well as to Miss Jean Mac Alpine
Heer, said to be an appointee of
that Committee.
In a statement prepared for The
Associated Press by Commissioner
Stanley this week, Mr. Stanley as
serts that Miss Heer recently com
municated with him regarding
Georgia provisions of the Child
Labor Law, but that prior to writ
ing him, that she had a signed
article in the New York Herald-
Tribune, in which she severely criti
cised Georgia’s child L’.bcr laws.
In the statement of Commission
er Stanley, he replied to the request
of Miss Heer for int’cimation as
follows:
Under date of December 5, 1921,
The New York Herald-Tribune pub
lished a communication from you,
dated December 2, 1921. Inn this
communication you made a number
of mis-statements concerning Geor
gia. As it is your evident purpose
to obtain information which you
can distort into an argument in
favor of the National Child Labor
Law, I decline to furnish th:.- to
you now, or at any other time.”
In his statesemnt Commissioner
Stanley asserts that there are a
great number of “professional sob
sisters in this country who exist
upon subscriptions furnished by a
sympathetic public.” II.• al'ege
that further, in order for them to
secure contributions “they must
magnify conditions, and distort
facts,” and endeavor to “wring the
heart strings of sympathetic citi
zens who will furnish money to cur
ry on the propaganda.”
NHJK HOOKS
Oil TO ffISHIP
Flys 2000 Feet, Then Frees
Self—Double Feat Accom
plished For First Time
(By The Associated Press';
BELLVILLE. HL, Dee. 16- For
the first time in the history of
American aviation the double feat
cf an airship successfully picking
up an airplane, while in full fligl.L
and then carrying it throught the
air, 2,000 feet up in the air, and
finally casting it off without ar. ac
cident or mishap, was accomplished
here at Scottsfield.
The feat was accomplished joint
ly by Lieutenant Frank McKee, in
a dirigible TC-3 and Lieutenant
Clyde Finter, of McCooks field,
driving a Sperrt Messenger plane,
of the smaller type.
A metal hoo kattached to a frame
over the motor of the' plane was
used to catch on to a small trapeze,
.swinging from cables slung under
the bombing rails of the ship. The
feat was accomplished at an eleva
tion of 1,500 feet.
The experiment was tried at
Langley field, near Norfolk, several
months ago, but the hook in the
nose of the plane pu’led out and
furthe rtests were abandoned.
From a military standpoint much
importance is attached to the ex
periment, which may lead to the
fitting of dirigibles of. the Shenan
doah type with gear for carrying
several planes. Thev w”l serve as
mother “shins” to the planes, car
rying them long distances and then
releasing them when the scene of
action is reached.
COOLIDGE NOMINATES
M’INTOSH AS COLLECTOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—Presi
dent Coolidge today nominated, Jo
seph W. Mclntosh, Illinois deputy
collector of currency to ! e cont'cl!
er, succeeding Henry W. Dawes
who recently resigned ti c office.
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1924
Witnesses at Kid McKoy's Trial
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Mrs. Perlstein Mrs. Thomas
Sam Stern Miss Antebus
Above are spur witnesses at the
murder trial of Norman Selby (Kid
McCoy) in Los Angeles. _ In the
Dont Forget the
Poor and Needy
’Tls so easy to forget. That’s
why We are rurlnjr.g a few lines
each day to remind you of the neces
I sity of contributing td the Empty
I Stocking Fund. We ace not beg
' ging. We are merely appealing to
i you, who are in more fortunate
' circumstances to help the poor and
needy cf Sumter county.
Contributions to the Fund are
not coming in as they should. L’ss
than a hundred dollars has been re
ceived to date, and children have
donated a large portion of this. As
we said before, the burden of caus
ing for the communities poor at
Christmas time is too great to be
thrown upon the shouldeA of the
youngsters. This is aman’s job;
and to assure each c’rild a happy
Christmas every man hi Americus,
who is ’able, will have to pu-: his
shoulder to the wheel.
Previously acknowledged .... $65.02
A Friend , 5.C0
Cash 1.00
Francis Holbrook 20
Mrs. A. J. Easom .50
Mildred Holbrook 20
Christine Holbrook .20
Sara Stephens .10
Tom Stephens 10
Theron McLendon 10
Jennie Bell Harpe .50
Wade Bradley 10
Mrs. E. J. Shehan 1.00
Gus Harris’ .50
First Baptist Philathea Class 5.00
Martha McArthur .. .15
Mrs. I. E. Wilson 1.00
I. E. Wilson ~.. LOO
Firs Baptist Woman’s Mission-
sionary Society 6.57
Ruth Graham 10
Lilfoy Wallace 1.00
Mrs. Elizabeth Persons, of
Doyle , 1.00
A Savannah Friend 1 00
Total $91.34
OFNIPIL ELECTION
HFPF WEDNESDAY
Mayor, Aidermen and Police
Commissioners Chosen In
Primary To Be Voted On
Tomorrow, December 17th the
general election for the election of
the municipal officers nominated In
the October primary wilt take place
in Americus. The candidates nomi-1
nate dfor office in the October pri-j
mary to be voted on rme - Mayor J. I
E. Poole, Aidermen, R. E. Allison,
W. E. Mitchell, and E L. Carswell,
and Police commissioners C O.
Loving and J. F. Monohan.
All of the nominees a v e offering
for election to succeed themselves,
except Monohan. It will be recalled
that he received the nomination
for police commissioner over S. L.
Hammond, the incumbent when, he
was defeated by the small margin
of four votes.
The polls will be ’oeated in the
rear of the fire department an.l the
hours of voting will be from 9 until
4 o’clock.
A list of the' registered voter;,
eligible to cast a ballot in the gen
eral election appears in. this issue.
top row are his sister, Mrs. Jennie
Thomas and Mrs. Perlstein._ Lt
the bottom row are Sam Sterna nd
Paerl Antebus, the “kid’s” niece.
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OVEPPIDF POSTIL
MES VETS
Arizona Senator Wants Immed
mediate Consideration Os
Returned Measure
(By The Associated
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, to
day moved to give immediate
consideration of President Cool
idge’s veto of the postal sala
ries bill. An overruling objec
tion was made bv Senator Sterl
ing, of South Dakota. President
pro tem of the Senate Cummins
stated that the motion was in
order and ordered a calling of
the roll.
This action blocked the ad
ministration move by which it
was hoped the veto vote would
be held up until action to in
crease postal rates would come
before the senate.
The vote taken on the Ash
urst motion for consideration
stood 5 I 30. Fourteen Repub
licans voted to take up the bill
and three Democrats opposed.
ROMPERS' BOOY
BREHS LOOSE
No Damage Occurs—Train Pro
ceeds Toward Washington
Where Body Will Lie
(By The Associated Press)
PIEDMONT, w. Va., Dec. 16—
The locomotve pulling the train
which is bearing the body of Sam
uel Gompers, deceased president
of the American Federation of La
bor, today broke loose from the
train a few miles west of here on
a seventeen mile grade. The coaches
after breaking loose came to a
stop under their own breaks with
out damage and the train resumed
its trip eastward.
GOMPERS’ BODY
AT CAPITAL TODAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 Ar-
rangements were announced last
night for receiving the body of
Samuel Gompers here this after
noon and for a funeral procession
from the union station to the Amer
ican Federation of Labor building
where the casket bearing the late
labor chief will lie in state for six
hours before starting on the jour
ney to its last resting place in
Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Arriving here at 2:45 p. m. the
body will be taken through the
presidents’ room at the station to
the plaza where a funeral proces
sion will form and escort the body
to the federation building in North
west Washington.’ The- public
will be admitted to the building
after Mrs. Gompers and immediate
members of his family have visited
the body.
CONFEDERATE VETS
BURNED TO DEATH
IN HOME FIRE
Second Tragedy To Visit Mis
sissippi’s Institution This
Month
(By The Associated Press')
BEAUVOIR, Miss., Dec. 16.
—Two Confederate veterans
were burned to death and two
others badly injured when a fire
destroyed a dormitory of the
Jefferson Davis Soldiers Home
here early today. All the vic
tims are natives of Mississippi.
Twenty of the old men were
asleep in the frame building
when the fire was discovered.
Volunteers fought their way
through smoke and flame and
carried many of the old vets to
a place of safety. The two vic
tims of the blaze could not be
reached by the volunteers be
cause of the intenseness of the
heat, and their charred bodies
were found later.
The fire is the second tragedy
which has visited the home this
month. A few days ago an epi
demic of dvsentejy, caused from
an infected milk, took the lives
of six of the inmates and sent
thirty-six more to the hospital.
Kirsn
MTIO DIVDRCE
Sues On Grounds of Desertion
In Paris—Marired Lynch
In 190 S
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 16.—French courts,
today recorded the granting of a
divorce to Mrs. Flora Camilla Posey
Lynch, of Atlanta, from Stephen
Andrew' Lynch, whom she married
in 1908 at Ashville, N. C. The de
cree was granted on the grounds of
desertion.
ierTcusinW
OF SUN ECLIPSE
Scheduled For Early in Morn
ing of January 24.—Visible
** In Many Sections
A total eclipse of the sun will be
visible in Americus ear’y the morn
ing of January 24. Spots will be on
the sun a little more than two hours,
the middle of the eclipse occurring
here about 7:48 o’clock, central
time.
A total eclipse of the sun will be
visible in the eastern section of the
United States if the weather is fa
vorable, in a shadow path stretch
ing from Minnesota, just each of
the Red Lake, extending over Mich
igan, part of Canada, New York,
Pennsylvania, to New Jersey, Con
necticut, Massachusetts and Rl.oue
Island.
Naval observatory scientist/; say
it will be the first time tne east has
been able to witness a total solar
eclipse'for many years. The cen
tral path of the eclipse will run
very nearly through such centers of
population as Buffalo, N. Y., and
New Haven, Conn. The eclipse will
terminate in the Atlantic Ocean
north of the British Isl-'-s Commu-'i
ties outside the shadow path will
witness the eclipse as partial.
In the Hudson river area the
shadow path will be about 110 miles
broad. The Naval obsc-vatory be
lieves, while in Minnesota it will
be about 85 miles.
ALBANIAN REBELS
MARCH ON CAPITAL
LONDON, recember 16—Alban
ian rebels are advancing on Tirana,
the capital, of the country, fol
lowing the capture of Kroja, a
comparatively large town in cen
tral Albania, according to Central
News dispatches from Belgrade.
Tirana is south of Kroja.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout southern Albania, fol
lowing an alarming spread of in
surrectionist activities in that re
gion, acording to dispatches.
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By day Vivian McDonald smiled
at patrons in a hotel cafeteria in
Houston, Tex. By night she went
out with her sweetheart, Ernie
Shoquist and his gang and watch
ed them rob motorists. Shoquist
did it once too often. He was
shot and killed while attempting to
rob a party of autoists. His con
federates were* rounded up and
now Vivian, confessed and repent
ant, is in jail.
WLS.W
Rescuers Find Them Among
Rum Chasers After All
Night Search
(By Toe Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 16.-
Fourteen girls on board the Cam
araderie, formerly an ocean going
ship, were carried adrift on the
storm tossed waters of Union Like,
here last night, and early t day
numerous crafts were organized to
rescue the girls.
After a time the old vessel was
located among nine government
rum chasers, tossing about in the
gale which was sweeping the waters
of the lake.
Police say it will be late in the
day before the storm will permit the
rescuing of the girls.
S» PfMS KRBH
111 TENFMENT FIRE
Others Seriously Burned In
Flames Which Drove Scores
Into Streets
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec 16—Six per
sons are known to have perished in
a fire which swept through a brick
tenement here early this morning
The bodies of the dead have been
recovered.
It is believed that at least three
ether persons were seriously burn
ed by the flames which drove scores
cf families out into the streets.
FATHER AND SON ARE
HELD FOR MURDER
FRANKLIN, Ga., Dec. ‘l6.
George Knowles and bis son, Har
rison, who are said to have f '.tally
wounded O. J. Heard. 19, as he sat
in a church seven miles north o'
here Saturday night, were formally
charged with hi;; murder here to
night, following Heard’s death at a
LaGrange hospital late Monday.
POISON WHISKEY IS
FATAL TO SIX IN GOTHAM
NEW YORK, Dec. It’.—Six per
sons one of them a woman, died
and several other persons, uncon
scious and ail said to be in a seri
ous condition were taken to Be'le
vue hospital recently ; s a result of
what thb police and hospital sur
geons report as a pre-hcliday epi
demic of poisonous liquor cases.
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’ OF ftTH GENERAL
Charged With Being Too Lieht
With Bootlegger Inmates
Os Prison
(By Tbe A««ocialed Pre,*)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.
No comment has been made re
garding the charge of A. E. Sap
tain, deposed warden of the At
lanta penitentiary, that he is a
victim of "star chamber" pro
ceedings.
Extreme secrecy is surround
ing the charge made by the war
den, and an air of mystery is
thrown /.round the whole situa
tion by officials here.
I he charge made by the war
den has created a sensation.
However, Attorney General
Stone continues to withhold all
information, except the criptic
remark confirming Associated
Press despatches from Atlanta,
relative to the charge of the ex
warden. _ j.
HO'JSECLEANING LOOMS
AS GRAND JURY MEETS
ATLANTA, Dec. 16.—Charging
that he is the victim of a “star chsnt
her investigation” of alleged grant
ing of special priviliges to convict
d bootleggers serving sentences in
tl e Atlanta federal prison, A. E.
Sartain, deposed warden, says he
l ad been discharged “solely for the
purpose of paying off old scores of
the part of certain individuals.”
The former warden, who was pre
paring to move from the official r- s
ider.ee at the penitentiary, did not
name the “Individuals” referred to
in his reply to the announcement,
taht his resignation had been au
cepted by Attorney General
in Washington, saying he preferred
to remain silent on this at present.
“My resignation was requested by
the attorney general” he said, ‘‘on
the ground that I was to lenient
with the bootlegger inmates of the
prison. For about t p n week’s past,
several investigators of the depart
ment of justice at Washington have
been conducting a so-called' investi
gaation at this institution. The men
who conducted this investigation are
not trained prison investigators but
“unscrupulous bootlegger chasers,
and they have not so much as inter
viewed me.”
When informed of reports from.
Washington that a house clearing
of officials of the United States pen
itentiary is expected to get under
way, District Attorney Clint, W.
Hager stated he had no informa
tion in regard to the matter in his
office “at present” to present the
jurors.
The district attorney declined to
either affirm or deny the reporst
but stated he had not received an
official report on the situation at
the penitentiary. Announcements
in regar dto the matter, he added,
must come from Washington.
“I can tell you this, howeve-,” he
said. “The grand jury was sum
moned several weeks ago to meet
here Monday. The session was held
and another will be held today-
Nothing in regard to the federal
.penitentiary was submitted to Khe
jury and so far as I kn-ow nothing
other than routine matters will be
brought up.
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