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WEATHER For Georgia—Mostly fair tonight and Saturday. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—-NO. 157 AUDITOR SLATE SAYS HIGHWAY NEEDS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ****¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ’ ¥ • ¥ i John Holder Seeking Scalp of Highway Engineer Neel SHOWDOWN DUE AT NEXT MEETING HIGHWAY BOARD Chairman Holder Thinks Neel Is Out of Harmony; Depart ment Can’t Function With out Harmony ATLANTA, July 3. (Special) The expected break between Chief Engineer Warren Neel and Chair man John Holder is now eminent and may be precipitated at the next meeting of the Highway Board. It is being rumored in political t ircles that the split can not be post poned much longer. Mr. Holder's friends say that Mr. Neel is not in harmony with his chief and for that reason he can not be longer maintained. Mr. Neel’s friends for sopie time have said that “John Holder is after Neel’s scalp.” One of the best posted men, on highway matters, a man who has not taken sides in any of the high ways rows, expressed the opinion that it would never be possible for the two men to work in harmony. “Mr. Neel is an engineer, and as such he sees every problem from the standpoint of the engineer and handles it according,” he says “Mr. Holder is a politican and as such he and Neel are bound to clash. A break is inevitable, I believe.” Rumors yesterday and today seem to confirm these opinions and the matter is likely to come to a head at the next meeting of the board. • - t TRIALOFSCOPES TO BE SHIFTED Counsel for Defense to Seek In junction Against Enforcement of State Law NEW YORK, July 3.—Counsel for the defense in the Scopes case today announced that a temporary - injunction against the enforcement of the Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the pub lice schools would be sought Mon day in the Federal Court of Ten nessee. This action was definitely decid ed on at a conference of the de fense attorney shere. Dr. John R. Neal has already left for Tennes see with the necessary data and the application for the federal injunc tion. The injunction, if granted, will prevent state authorities Irom proceeding with the case. The hear ing will take place Monday or Tues day either at Knoxville or in Chat tanooga. The change in plans is said to have been made at a secret confer ence of the five attorneys last night. Those taking part were Bainbridge Colby, Clarence Darrow, Dudley; Field Malone, Judge John R. Neal.| Mr. Malone and Mr. Hayes refused to discuss the conference and the others could not be reached. The action will resul* in two de lays, in getting the injunction against enforcement of the law, and in the hearing of the proposed trans fer. MOVIE MAGNATE WILL MARRY FOLLIES GIRL NEW YORK, July 3. Samuel Warner, one of the four Warner brothers, prominent motion picture producers has confirmed reports that he is to marry Lina Basquet, . 'Cancer in the Ziegfield Follies. No date has been Set for the wedding. DEMPSEY AND KEARNS STILL ON BLACKLIST NEW YORK, July 3.—The names of Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns were continued on New York's in eligible boxing list today as the re sult of Kearns’ failure to appear be fore the state athletic commisison for a final discussion of his status. Kearns’ failure to appear Thurs day was a surprise, since he had an nounced he would accept on behalf of Dempsey the long standing chal lenge of Harty Wills, negro heavy weight, and put to an end his dis agreement with the commissioners. “The matter stands unchanged un til Kearns accepts the challenge of Wills,’’ was the ultimatium of the board announced through Secretary pan Skiljing, _• _ THE TIMESBRtCORDER ESfPUBLISHED IN THE >Jfafe~HEARt'OF OixiE~ffgO? Risks Life 7o Prevent Fire AfteF Santa Barbara Quake •‘OWPtWt Z.z. ..... ; s JSB . . ~ IW® ffc, M. ■ mb ' fill s® It fe'iw ■ Every great disaster has it hero, and the Santa Barbara earthquake was no exception. William Engle is the man to whom the California city’s residents are grateful today. Engle is an electrician. When the earthquake sent buildings, tele graph poles and trees crashing down in a heap, Engle thought of CAILLAUX TO VISIT AMERICA IN SEPTEMBER Plan to Send Debt Commission Approved Today By Coun cil cf Ministers PARIS, July 3.—The French Council of Ministers today approv ed the plan to send the French debt commission to the United States some time this summer. It is predicted that Joseph Cail laux, minister of Finance, will ac company the commission. Armed with a vote of confidence on his [ budget, Caillaux is expected to ar rive in America sometime in Sep- I tember to superintend the final ar rangements for the payment of the French war debt. —■ The chamber of deputies voted confidence in Gaillaux’s budget, 340 to, 204, at a session Thursday night. It is this budget that is expected to 1 regularize French interns?! finances sufficiently to permit Caillaux to leave Paris for Washington. The minister has assured the deputies that it would balance expenditures and taxes in 1925. Caillaux plans to arrive in Wash ington during the last week of Sep tember after a debt commission, which will have preceded him, has discussed preliminary phases of the debt problem, and obtained from the United States assurances that the French capacity %-ill be consid ered in determining the amount and terms of repayment. This prelimi nary commission probably will leave Paris by September. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEET SAVANNAH’, July 3. The' Spanish-American war veterans will | meet in convention here July 3-4. j The local camp has planned a very: live and interesting program for the veterans. All Spanish war vets whether members of the camp or I not are invited. Free parking space | will be provided for those who come i in cars. • • AMERICUS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 3. 1925 the high tension electric power wires that were strung along the city streets. If allowed to remain in the ruins they wore certain to start a con flagration that could noth e cheek ed. So Engle, at the* risk of his life, made *his way throjugh the debris and shut off the power. And disastrous fire didn’t take place. PLANS LAID FOR BIG ROAD BOND ISSUE i Constitutional Amendment Pro vidng 12 Trunk Line High ways for State to Be Pushed i ATLANTA, July 3. —Twelve . I trunk line highways, totaling 2,509 ; I miles and extending through 120 . i counties of Georgia, to be built at a cost of $84,000,000, of which all but $21,000,000 will be borne by the state and federal governments, are provided in a constitutional ' amendment which will be introduced ’| in both branches of the general as- | sembly early next week. According to the. bill ,the state ’ will be zoned for the purpose of is ', suing bonds to raise the respective ■ counties’ share of the necessary 1 funds, with no respect for county ’ lines being paid in the zoning of •j the state. This plan is in line with ’ the manner in which the Atlanta ’ coastal highway project was put ' over, the six coastal counties hav ing been made into an sub-divis’on ! of the state for the purpose of is ", suing highway bonds. I To familiarize members of the leg 'l islature with the details of the road j building plan, a meeting will be held ' next Thursday night at the Ansley 1 hotel with members of both houses present as guests. TOBACCO AND CORN CROPS NEED RAIN JEFFERSON, \July 2. The to bacco and corn crops of this sec-' tion are badly in need of rain, and, unless some falls soon there will be . ! shortage of the crops. The crops) are free from weeds and cotton is ' the only crop that the dry summer j has not injured. The lack of rain i has not wiped out the boll weevil, [ as was predicted by some, and the 1 weevils are doing considerable damage in some parts. Not 418 many lof the farmers are using calcium I arsenate #s should, piost of them 1 using wewil catchers and idoing ’ rapid culitvation. New York Blacks Riot; While Men Ihown In Window White Men KnoJked Through Plate Glass Windows By Elated Mfcrocs NEW YORK, flpiy 3.—-Elated ever the knockout victory of Harry- Wills, negro heavyweight challeng er over Charles Weinert, two groups of negroes, early today beat up half a dozen whites. Two of the white men were knocked through a plate glass window and another one was left in an unconscious state. The speedy arrival of police reserves prevented further disorder. All of the negroes escaped. WILLS AND SHADE SCORE KNOCKOUTS NEW YORK, July 3.---In fifteen rounds of terrific fighting last night, Harry Greb, of Pittsburgh, Pa., retained his world’s middle weight championship against Mick ey Walker, of Elizabeth, N. J., welt erweight king, before a colorful throng of 65,000 spectators in the main bout of a benefit show for the Italian hospital fund. Lashing gamely hack in the clos ing rounds, Walker saved himself from a knockout by a courageous stand which brought the crowd to its feet in a tribute which has sel dom been given a beaten man in the historic ring of the National League baseball park*-But Greb had piled up a tremendous lead on points throughout the fight, and the judges returned a speedy verdict for the title defender. Twenty-four rounds of terrific, fighting crammed into the card car ried the immense audience to the Continued on Page Three. ONE GEORGIAN KILLS ANOTHER Fist Fight Develops From Auto Ride and the Fatal Shooting Follows ALLENHURST, Ga„ July 3.—A. A. Martin, 45 head millwright of the Dunlevie Lumber company, is dead and W. A. Rivenbark is in jail here charged with the killing, which occurred on the main street t>f this place. Rivenbark told Deputy Sheriff E. J. Williams, who arrested him, that he met Martin on the street and in vited him to ride with him. When he asked the millwright what he was doing “out that time of night,” Martin became angry, Rivenbark said. The altercation which follow ed soon developed into a fist fight, according to the prisoner. The fight continued with alter nate knockdowns, according to Riv enbark, who told the officers that he at length drew a revolver and shot Martin as the latter was ad vancing toward him. Martin died from a bullet wound in the chest soon after a physician arrived. Rivenbark has been opera tor of one of the band mills of the Dunlevie company. NO PAPER MONDAY; j TIMES-RECORDER AND \ MERCHANTS WILL ; OBSERVE HOLIDAY The banks in Sumter county > will be closed Saturday, July ( 4th being a legal holiday. Monday will be observed a* < a holiday by practically all of ) ? the Americus merchants and > I the Times-Recorder will not ) publish a Monday. Housewives are warned to do < their shopping Saturday, re- ( .nembering that they must pur- ? chase for two days—Sunday and > Monday. The staff of the Times-Re corder enjoys only three holi days a year, one of these being being July 4th. Co-operating > with the merchants, the Times- 1 Recorder will publish an edition Saturday, but no paper Monday, ? \ July 6th. < The Carnegie Library will also - / observe Monday as holiday. -j SANTA BARBARA IS AGAIN SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE Volilent Shocks, Lasting Six Seconds, Rocks Stricken California Cities SANTA BARBARA, July 3 Two earthquake ahcoks were felt here today, each lasting only a few second. The first shock was the most severe. The vibrations loosened bricks and widened cracks in some of the shattered buildings. A few wrecked chim neys topped to the ground, but no other damage resulted. The first quake rocked the city for about six second and was described as violent. At least three minor tremors were felt last night. They were so light, however, that they caused lit tle alarm or comment. Santa Barbara’s earthquake loss was fixed by the committee of en gineers at $10,000,000. Fire insurance policies which un der the law are automatically can celled when the building is damaged by a force other than fire, were re instated by underwriters and prac tically cvyr building is now covered with insurance commensurate with its present value. In order that everything possible be done to rehabilitate the poor fam ilies, it was decided to accept out side financial aid, which has been pouring into the city. LOS ANGELES AND PASADENA FEEL QUAKE LOB ANGELES, July 3.—Earth tremors were felt here today. It is also reported that tremors were felt in L'asadena. ANTHRACITE COAL WAR SEEN Terms of Miners Known to Be Wholly Unacceptable to Op erators; Negotiations Soon 1 SCRANTON, Pa., July 3.—The ] 158,000 anthracite miners today d•- tided on terms they will serve on ‘ the mine owners for renewal of the • contract expiring August 31. They ■ announced negotiations would be open at Atlantic City on July 9. A ten per cent wage increase for tonnage men, with an additional $1 ' a day for day workers, a two year contract and “complete union rec ognition” described as another way as saying “check off,” featured the demands, which were drawn up by 1 the scale committee of 21 and adopt ed, without changes, by the tri-dis trict convention as a whole. Each and all of this trio of stipulations are understood on good authority i to be wholly unacceptable to the an- > thracite operators. Should the two ! sides fail to become reconciled by [ September 1, a suspension in the [ hard coal fields probably would fol i low. A hard coal digger by long I tradition refuses to “work without i a contract.” [ Perhaps Andrew Mattey, veteran j president of district seven, had this ' in mind which, shortly before ad- > justment, sine die, he sauntered to the edge of the seaker’s platform, hands in pockets, and opened his re- I marks with: “A suspension will take > place.” ! He added that in his belief a walk ■ out would be forced by the opera- < tors as a means of better marketing coal now in storage. “The public will blame the min ers,” said Mattey. “And the opera tors will get the money.” < Operators here smiled at this <' statement .asserting it is merely the (firing of a premature campaign gun Bad New Orleans news. Found big spiders in a boat of bananas, blipped in on the skins. Richest Widow Weds Wilson SSTTI L" F w 1 Sr I I / ■ I I - I .‘,l. ■ L-i'Jt&m-,... DETROIT, July 3.—Mrs. Matilda B. Dodge, widow of the late John F. Dodge, wealthy automobile man ufacturer, is now the bride of Al fred G. Wilson, Detroit lumber man. The two were joined in marriage at Mrs. Dodge’s home here in a ceremony surprisingly simple. Only immediate friends and relatives were present. Immediately after the cemony they left for New York, to ::ail for an ctended honeymoon tour in Europe. Wilson remarked that he would return to his lumber business as soon as the wedding trip was over. “I’d bo lost without,” he said. Mrs. Dodge had been known as the wealthiest widow in America. WORLD PACTS WOULD HAVE ILS. SUPPORT President Coolidge Pledges Moral Support to Security Pacts to Preserve Peace CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 3. Security pacts to preserve the peace of Europe wore given a pledge of moral supprot today by President Coolidge, who coupled his promise with a warning that on no other terms could America be expected to contribute further to the financial revival of the Old World. “If the people of the Old World are mutually distrustful of each other,” he said in an address de livered here, “let them enter into mutual covenants for their mutual security. “While our own country should | refrain from making political com- 1 mitments where it does not have j political irterests, such covenants would alwiys have the moral sup-' port of our government, and could] not fail to have the commendation I of the public opinion of the world. “On what other basis can there be any encouragement for a disposi tion to attempt to finance a., re-, vival of Europe?” The President was speaking at a' celebration marking the 150th a-n niversary of the day George Wash ington took command of the Con-, tinental Army, and nearly the whole] address had been devoted to a re- • view of the publi cservices of the] Father of His Country. Hi- refer-I ence to the present day problems of i i Europe came just at the end. and was compressed in*o a few studious-1 Iv-chosen words which made no spe cific reference to details of the se curity pact proposals recently un der consideration abroad. A recapitulation of the virtues of Washington provided the cue for the pronouncement which was the first formal statement on the sub , (Continued on Page Eight) ATo Paper Monday PRICE 11VE CENTS EXTRAVAGANCE, INEFFICIENCY IS AMONG CHARGES State Auditor Says State Needs Organization That Will Build and Maintain Roads ATLANTA. July 3.—Lack of efficient organization, extrava gance of use of automobiles by employees, duplication of much work, and that expenses far in excess of the amount required, have been paid to officials mak ing trips, are some of the princi pal charge-1 made against the operation of the State Highway Department in an audit submit ted to the governor today by State Aud tor Slate. I he auditor’s report declares that we need an organization that will build and maintain roads." Mr. Slate in his report, makes the suggestion that the highway board Needs an executive of ficer, in some states referred to as the state highway commis sioner. In this officer, Mr. Slate says, should be vested all the power and auhtority of the board, when the board is not in session." HOLDER’S PROGRAM ADOPTED BY BOARD ■A I LAN JA, July 3.- Practically all ol the resolutions of Chairman John N. Holder, of the state high way department, as announced last week, which will mean a saving, it is said, of between $60,000 and $7.>,000 annually to the department, were adopted at a meeting of the board held yesterday. Chairman Holder presided' while Stanley Ben net, of Quitman, whose appointment (Continued on Pago Eight) NEGRO BOY RUN OVER BY TRUCK Was Riding Bicycle and Hang ing On Truck When Accident Occurs; Fatally Injured A little negro delivery boy, .limes' Hill, 13 years old, was run over at. 2.30 Friday afternoon and probab ly fatally injured when he was thrown under a heavy lumber truck on Spring street near the railroad crossing. The n'-gro boy was riding a bi cycle, holding onto the heavy truck as it came up the hill. In some way his bicycle became en tangled with the truck wheel; the boy was thrown under the truck and the right back wheel of the truck passed over his right shoulder an 1 the right side of his chest. The negro man driving the truck, Will Evans, knew nothing of the accident until stopped some from where the accident occurred, said Ross Hubbard, who saw the ac cident. The truck is the property of J. C. Burgin, who operates the Burgin lumber yard near Americus. The little negro is a delivery boy. for Howell's Pharmacy. The boy was carried by Mr. Hub bard to Dr. Prather’s negro hospital, where Dr. Prather made an imnv.- ] diate examination, saying that tne i boy had practically no chance of I recovery as he was badly injured ] internally. MRS. COOLIDGE ESCAPES BEING RUN DOWN i I SWAMPSCOTT, July 3. Mrs. J Coolidge, of President Coolidge, i narrowly escaped being run down |by a motor cycle today. She was | taking a walk about Swampscott iml hut for a leap to the side of ■ the eroad, probably would have been severly Injured. I CHIEF OF STAFF PERFECTS JULY 4TH MUSTER PLANS WASHINGTON, July 3.—Hoads I of all the Branches and Sections of War Department were called into conference today by Major John Hines as a vreliminary muster of their detailed plans for holding to morrow of a nation-wide muster tests of Jlational defense machine. The meeting was described by General Hines as a preliminay muster the War Department jkx.’l, „ <
