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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Middling 23c. For Georgia—Generally fair to night; Thursday partly cloudy with ; scattered showers, 1 FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 188 Fear Wholesale Killing of Chinamen as Result Raids EXTRA CHICAGO POLICE ORDERED TO CHINATOWN Arrest of Beach and Score ot Raids Made Will Likely Start National Tong War ARRESTED CHIEF HAS MAMMOTH DRUG CACHE Veteran Agent Refuses to Re veal Hiding Place of $250,- 000 Worth of Drugs CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Fear of a national tong war, which would bring about the death of hundreds of Chinese in all sections of the Uni ted States, as the result of narcotic investigations which resulted in the arrest of Col. Will Gray Beach, veteran chief narcotic inspector, of Chicago, and a score of raids >n Chinatown, occupied the attention of federal and police ofifcials here today. In an effort to keep down any disorders in Chicago’s Chinatown, sesveral additional, reserve, squad rons are now on duty in this area. Clews have been uncovered, indi cating that the illicit drug industry with headquarters in this city did a national business. Reports that Colonel Will Gray Beach, veteran chief of narcotic agents here, who was arrested Tues day with three of his agents, had re vealed a secret cache where $250,- 000 worth of narcotics, were stored were denied last night by federal officials. Patrick Roche, of the intelligence unit of the internal revenue bureau, who directed the arrest of Beach and his operatives on charges of trading narcotics to peddlers for stolen merchandise said that Colonel Beach had “made damaging admis sions,” but had not told of a nar cotic cache or made any written confession. The 53-year old deposed chief, a native of Tennessee, and for thirty years in the government service, (Continued on Page Six) FORESTRY BILL BECOMES LAW Forestry Administrative Act Passed By Senate Today Awaits Walker’s Signature ATLANTA, August 12. When Govenor Walker signs the forestry administrative act, passed by the senate today, Georgia will have a board of forestry, consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, State Geologist, Director of Expansion at the State Collqg'e of Agriculture and five citizens’ of the state. The board is to be appointed by the Governor and named with reference to their geographical location. Members'of the sub-committee of tlie house appropriation committee are in an all day session today in an endeavor to dispose of about 100 special appropriation bills which total about $12,500,000. Huge Snake MOULTRIE, August 12 —Rattle- snakes, which contribute heavily to the more than one deaths a year in the United State from snake bites, lost one of their number re cently in’ the death of the largest one seen here in several years. A rattler, seven feet long, 15 inches in circumference, with eighteen rat tles was shot a few days ago while crossing thhe road by a driver of the Tifton-Moultrie bus about three miles north of Norman Park. Germans Fight For France In Morocco, Say Rhinelanders BERLIN, Aug. 12.—One-half of the foreign legionaires fighting on the side of France against Abd cl Krim in Morocco are Germans, in the opinion of Berlin military ex perts. Not only is it untrue that Germans have come to the aid of the Moroccan chieftain, they say, but no the contrary France is being supported by about 12,000 to 15,- 000 German subjects enrolled in the foreign legion. This rather startling fact is ex plained in the following manner: In article 179 of the Treaty of Ver sailles, Germany undertakes not to permit any of its subjects to enter the service of another power, ex cept that it is specifically provided THE TIMESff RECORDER qKHI PUBLI SHED IN THE HEART OF DIX IE Evicted from Home, Gives Birth to Babe On Roadside Nineteen Year-Old Mother Sub jected to Inhuman Treatment At Hands of Parents CHICAGO, August 12.—jPesert ed by her husband and father and evicted by a constable from her on ly hon e, Mrs. Anno Cooper, 19, gave birth to a child yesterday as she lay on the roadside in the vil lage of Phoenix, sotithwe.-’ of Chi cago. The baby died a few hours later at Phoenix where it. and the mother were taken in a hearse, because um ambulance was available. Chicago physicians, who attend ed the mother and baby, attributed death to exposure and premature birth, induced by the sight of a pis tol in the hands of the constable. The mother is in a serious condi tion and is not expected live thru the day. An investigation by the coroner will be asked and an inquest held. Bill To Limit Ad Valorern Tax Rate of Counties Object is to Make Valuation of Property More Nearly What Property is Worth ATLANTA, Aug. 12. —The pres ent session of the legislature has had brought before it a great many proposals to amend the constitution of the state, and one of the more recent ones introduced would limit the ad valorem tax rate of counties to seventeen mills. The measure, which is by Repre sentative Miller, of Muscogee, is termed by him as an “automatic equalization bill.” Its object, Mr. Miller says, is to make the valuation of property more nearly what the property is really worth. By so do ing, Mr. Miller suggests, it will in crease the amount of taxes collect ed by the state and for the common schools of the state. With the tax ing power of the state limited to five mills, Mr. Miller says, the on ly way the state can secure more revenue from its ad valorem tax is by raising the valuation of proper ty. In some counties, Mr. Miller ex plains. the county ad valorem tax rate is as high as 33 or 34 mills, while the property is listed for tax ation at only about 20 to 25 per cent of its real worth. By limiting the tax rate of coun ties, the county authorities will be forced, he says, to raise the valua tion, which will thus raise the reve nue for the state. Another argu ment in favor of such a measure, its author points out. is that it will be good advertising. While the coun ties would collect just as much tax under the proposed bill, the tax rate would be lower; and that has a psy chological effect on home-seekers, Mr. Miller thinks. Boy Lost Youth Missing Since Nov. 7th DOUGLAS, Aug. 12.—Assistance from the press in the search for Cleo Roberts Brown, thirteen year old boy, who disappeared from the Douglas public schools on November 7, last year, is asked by the youth’s mother, Mrs. Major Brown. Cleo was described as having a fair com plexion, large for his age, light hair, bluish gray eyes, with a scar over the left eye and a large scar in the edge of hair over his right eye. that this article shall not be appli cable to the French foreign legion. During 1922 and 1923, many Ger man young men found themselves out of jobs. Others found the daily grist of Germany’s reconstruction task too dull and unadvetnurous. They readily listened, it is said, to the arguments of French recruiting officers, who told them of comfort able wages, exciting service, and s> carefree life in the French foreign legion. In this way at least 15,000 young men enlisted in service for France, little thinking that they would soon be called upon to shed their blood on the battlefields of Morocco for a nation against which they fought only a decade and less previously. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 1925 First Picture Ever Taken of an Actual Lynching ■ V' •-•w. > y ■ C<- * Wr IP® Taking the law ii its hands, a mob of nearly 500 men took Miller Mitchell, negro, from the jail at Excelsior Springs, Mo., and hanged him to a tree in a nearby field. Miller, accused of having attacked a white girl, told his executioners that if he had time he could prove his innocence. This photo, taken during the actual lynching, is said to be the first of such a scene in the Farmer Back On Feet Again Prosperity Smiles On Agriculture, Jardine Says Secretary of Agriculture Finds East and Southeast As Only Dark Spots in Country BY LARRY BOARDMAN WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—The American farmer is getting back on his feet—slowly but surely recov ering from his long postwar slump. This is the opinion of Dr. Wil liam M. Jardine, secretary of agri culture. He based it upon personal ob servations made during his recent eight weeks’ tour through the farm ing sections of the country. "What I saw and heard on that trip,” he said, “not only convinces me that this will be a fairly good season in itself, but that agriculture is at last actually out of danger. “The farmers are all greatly en couraged—and so am I. “Up until last spring they were weighed down by a great surplus of products that was a ‘hand-me-down’ from the war. “It was hard to work off this surplus. It meant drastic retrench ment during a four-year period of acute distress. “But now they have accomplished “As a result, they arc facing the prospect of fairly good incomes this .year, and are moderately optimistic regarding the future. “They are paying off long-stand ing debts and getting out of the shadow of bankruptcy. Their farms are no longer hard to sell. The pur chasing power of farm products is 90 per cent of what it was before the war—the highest it has be. an since 1920. “These are some of the evidences that agriculture, as a whole, is get ting out of its rut. “As to specific conditions— “ln the Corn Belt, which suffer ed during the post-war depression, indications point to the return of at least some degree of prosperity. Continued on Patrc Three Fine. Body Burn Young Girl in Hay Stack CARLISLE, lowa, Aug. 12.—Rel atives of missing girls were appeal ed to by authorities to view the body of a young woman found Mon day in the ashes of a straw stack that was burned on the night of July 24. So far the officers have only one material clue as to her iden tity. Beside the body was found a glass brooch. 2 1-2 inches long, bearing a butterfly inscription. Investigators have found evi dence, they believe, that indicates the woman was kiled and her body brought to the hay «tack in an au tomobile. Death was due to skull fractures. WEEKS LIKELY RESIGN POST Pg Being Made in 'Capital to Lay Qualifications of Potential Candidates Before Coolidge WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Re newed indications that Secretary Weeks will retire as head of the War Department followed today by preparations in several quarters here to lay before the President the qual ifications of various potential can didates for the vacancy. Among the names mentioned as possible suc cessors of Weeks are Work, secre tary of the departmen of interior, and New, postmaster general. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 12. —An intimation was given here by Secretary Weeks after a conference with President Coolidge that he might not return to his post in the fall. Leaving his residence alone for the first time since he was stricken seriously ill in Washington early in the spring, the war secretary mo tored to .White Court late yesterday and conferred for a half hour with the president. He described the visit as social. ‘4oo' INVITED TO BRIDGE OPENING Coolidge and Numerous Gover nors Among Those Receiving Invitation SAVANNAH, August 12.—Presi dent Coolidge, governors of Flor ida, Georgia, South Carolina and | North Carolina and the secretary of; war have been invited to attend the formal opening of the Savannah river highway bridge here October 7, Thousands of persons along the route of the new Atlantic coastal hgihway, of which the bridge is a connecting link are expected to visit Savannah for the opening ceremo nies. An active committee.of one hun dred are working on the plans for the celebration, which will probably include a monster barbecue, mimic , warfare by land and sea and air forces or army and navy, a gover nor’s ball and a grand parade. The bridge, wheih makes possible quick transportation between the coastal regions of South Carolina ind Georgia and means much to those sections, was opened to traffic luly 23. PROHIBITION OFFICERS REMAIN IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Aug. 12.—Officers i to direct the work of enforcing the 1 federa 1 prohibition law in North | Georgia will be. retained here de i spite the fact that headquarters for I the district which includes Georgia I under the reorganization of the j government prohibition forces has ’ been moved to Charlotte, Sunday Dance Law Fails To Stop Tybeeites Solicitor General to Open In vestigation When Notified That Bill Was Signed SAVANNAH, Aug. 12.—The re cent dancing law passed by the Georgia General assembly failed to stop the light toes when the band struck up the inticing times at the Durden and Powers pavilion last Sunday. Waiter C. Harhridge, solicitor general of the Savannah district, in a discussion of the new law pro hibiting Sunday dancing in the State of Georgia, said he had not been officially notified by the authorities in Atlanta and until /he is he will make no effort to stop the Sunday pastime. He said that upon notifi cation he world however, attempt to have those, he believed to be guilty of violating the late statue, indicted by the Grand Jury. The Grand jury meets next Mon day and it is expected that a num ber of Sunday pleasure seekers who insist on dancing as their recreation will be indicted. Last Sunday when tl*e band at the Durden and Power dancing pa vilion began to play those “Jazzy Blues” many wishful glances were cast at the shining floor and then first one couple and another skipped lightly to the sound of the whining trombone until the crowd resembled that of the pre-prohibition days of dancing. There were several spectators ' from Atlanta present and it was sun- ; pected that Representative Peacock < was in the few, but no one would < admit it, however. WAGE FIGHT FOR M’CRAY PARDON; Governors, Senator and Jurists Intercede for Former Indiana Governor WASHINGTON, August 12. One of the most imposing campaigns ever undertaken to secure clemency for a federal prisoner was launch ed here today on behalf of War ren T. McCray, former governor of Indiana, who is serving a ten-ycar sentence in the Atlanta federal . penitentiary for using the mails to defraud. Co-incident with the presentation to Attorney General Sergent of a | a formal application for pardon, the | Dpeartment of Justice was given ■ more than 200 letters supporting' the request and bearing the signa tures of 14 governors and former' governors, seven of the jurymen who found McCray guilty, 3Q bank-1 era who were invloved in the finan j cial operations which resulted in his conviction and a number of ' senators, representatives, business ; men and ministers of the gospel. I< FOSTER VOTED “NO” TO J HUGHES COUNTY BILL ATLANTA, August 12.—Sen ator Walter Hendrix, 35th dis / trict, thinks he has a fine joke on Senator Allert Foster, 2ftth. ' Senator Albert Foster, 28th, does not think Senator Walter Hendrix, .35th, has such a fine joke on him. He fails to see > anything excruiatingly funny about it at all. I However, Senator Hendrix and several of their colleagues, have been having a series of fine - chuckles over it. Last Friday, when the Hughes i county bill came up, Senator j ' Foster decided to vote against it, and to explain his vote in the < > five-minute period during roil- , j> call allotted to each senator who ; <so desires. Prior to roll-call, } ' a window and was seen to be ( / emerge from the state library j J with a huge volume on ornith- I I ology. He read this intently at his desk for a few minutes and <] as the roll-call began, he went to J ? awind ow and was seen to be / staring out intently, according to J i Senator Hendrix. Several vehement gestures 1 were made to the great open / space he was facing, the Atlan- ; ? tan said, and Senator Foster 'l seemed to be in the throes of de- < livering “the ercat oration.” He ? J concluded those, i«»l as the sten ? torian voice of Secretary Me- ,> / Clatchey roared: > ‘Foster!” \ The senator from the- 28th ; turned, lifted his hand, said: > “Mister President” And began a speech about $ '/ pretty little birds with the self ; same gestures, Senator Hendrix , said, he had been making out of c the window. He voted “No,” to / Hughes county. MAN TELLS STORY OF CRIME TO OFFICER ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12.—Unaware that a man sitting next to him in a juvenile court was a police elcrk, a man giving the name of Thomas B. Hoyt, confided that he had stolen $12,0C0 from the Piggly Wiggly corporation at New Orleans five years ago and fled. Fv,-t was ar rested and held pending information of his story. Jail Dress Not Correct Jor Court, Berlin Convict Holds BERLIN, Aug. 12.—Pride in his personal attire so dominated Bern ard Pulkowsky, a criminal serving a term, that when a new charge was discovered against him before the expiration of his> sentence, he es caped from prison to replenish his wardrobe and then later voluntari ly returned to court clad with sar torial excellence and carrying him self with jaunty pride. Before the date fixed for his ap pearance on the new charge Pulk □wsky asked the warden for leave of rbsenpe to purchase the proper zlotbes saying “It is quite qut of the $ | NEW YORK FUTURES jp 1 Pc. Open Ham Close < Oct. .23.53 23.47123.52123.72 ■ ; !>< c. 23.79 23.75123.78123.97 ( PRICE FIVE CENTS ENNIS' HAT IN RING, OTHERS TO FOLLOW SOON W. C. Neil! Expected to An nounce for Governor When Legislature Adjcurns RUMORED NAPIER ALSO TO SEEK WALKER’S TOGA Nothing Yet From J. J. Brown, But Indications Point lo Him Running ATLANTA, Aug. I:’ With the entry of .1 Howard Ennis, of Mill edgi’.’(’ll', .state senator from the meiil while acting as presiding of tho Georgia senate, into the guber natorial race, that contest is brought sharply into the foreground of state politics. Hard on the heels of the informal announcement of the Millcdg-vilc man is , ,:pc< ted to follow that of W. Cecil Neill, speaker of the House of Representatives, of Columbus, who Iris been listening to the buzz ing of Ihe major Georgia bee for some year:;. Mr. Neil said recently that he did not think it behooved ■■■ man to make such an announce ment while actin gas presiding of fleer of a legislative body. For th-d matter, so did Mr. Ennis, But, wit.! the Ennis gauntlet flung, the gen tieman from down on the Chatta hoochee is not expected to delay long. Rumblings arc also heard from the very capitol itself as Attorney General George M. Napier, apparent llv encouraged by the course of. Governor Walker, will attempt b step across the hail from the attorn ey-general’s ofifeo into the mon commodious quarters of the slate’, chief executive. With these throe already regard cd as being full in the race, the poli tical big-wigs of the state are apply ing their ears closer and closer to the ground awaiting rumblings fr< farther down the hall in the office of the commissioner of agricultur ■ ,T. J. Brown. Mr. Brown, so far, hie. declined to say what he will rur for, if anything. There is expected to be a showet of announcements for statehouse <>i flees at the close of the assemble, as well as for Congress and other offices, now that, the rare for gov ernor is getting well defined. Your Move Checker Tournament in Atlanta ATLANTA, Aug. 12. -Georgia checker players will exercise their strategy in the. annual tournament to be held here at the railroad Y. M. C. A. August. CI-14 15. Macon, Columbus, Thomasville and other litics have enlired twenty-five of the best players in lb- state in an effort, to lake th- championship from Atlanta “sharks.” Honored Jones Receives Oxford Degree ATLANTA, Aug. 12—Oxford University in England has confer red first honors upon Benjamin F. Jones, Jr., and alumnus of the At lanta Boys High school, a letter to the school department received hero recently says. Jones won a four year scholarship at Harvard after graduating from the Boys High here in 1917, While in Harvard he won several medals and iups and was president of the Harvard debating council in his junior year. Jones is on his wav home after receiving his degree from the Oxford school of question for me to appear before the high court in this squalid prison dress. ” When hi s request was re fused he simply made his get-away leaving behind n courteous note to the warden in which he wrote, “My sense of decency simply won’t al low me to appear before the court in prison clothes. But don’t fear. I shall not fail to be there at tha proper time.’’ And he was. The judge showed hp had a sense of humor by his treatment of the fastidious prisoner but as the latter was convicted of having concealed: stolen goods he was sentenced to( ten mouths at hard labor, w
