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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Middling, 22 3-4 c. 1 WEATHER For Georgia—Cloudy on coast and partly cloudy in the interior to night and Tuesday. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 198 Death Claims Heavy Toll in Country Over Week-End TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS DEAD, MANY INJURED University cf Chicago Medical Student Beaten to Death By Gang in Chicago COMPANION SLUGGED INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS Week-End Fatalities Range IFrom Automobile Collisions to Flying Mishaps CIiICAGO, Ausfust 24.—-Twenty five perMins were killed arid many others injured throughout the country over the week-end in ac cidents ranging from automobile collisions to flying mishaps. Seven automobilists were killed; five persons were drowned; five succumbed to violence and five others ware fatally hurt in train, storm, wire and launch accidents. The automobile death toll for the week-end in nine of the middle Western states was 87. STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH BY GANG Chicago, Aug. 24.—A University of Chicago medical student was beaten to death and his companion was slugged by gangs Sunday, fol lowing a fancied insult to three sisters, which was resented by the escort of the girls. The slain student was John Klassin, 25 of Mankato, Kansas, junior in the school of medicine. His companion is James R. Mitcham son of a wealthy oil operator of Fort Worth, Texas. Eight of the men, including Archie Carlini, 21 named by the police as leader of the attack, are under arrest, confession ' having been obtained from four of them. Sunday’s crime record was also marked by the death of two feud ■ ists in a shooting afray in “Little Italy” and perhaps ,the mortal wounding of a third. GIRL KILLED IN JUMP FROM AUTO Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24. (By AP) —Miss Luna Glenis Wilkes, f 5, died here late today as the result of a fractured skull and internal injuries sustained last night when she jump ed from an automobile on becoming frightened at a crash with another machine. The car was driven by Miss Pearl Smith, 19, of Adams ville, near Atlanta. OFFICER KILLED IN AUTO CRASH COLUMBUS, Aug 24.—Captain B. I*. Hoey, assistant judge advocate at Fort Benning, was killed at the fort Sunday night when an auto mobile, in which he and Captain John K. Rice were riding, struck a ditch and turned turtle, pinning both oficers under the car. Captain Hoey’s skull was crushed and he died shortly after being taken to the post hospital. Captain Rice escap ed with minor bruises and a slight , scratch on his face. TWO DIE IN TEXAS STORM HOUSTON. Texas, Aug. 24—The death toll of the storm which swept Kemah and Seabrook Saturday night was raised to two Sunday, when Leonard Packer, three, son of' Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parker, died in ' a local hospital. Leonard received J a fractured skull when the Bayside i House and garage of J. H. Bohm-' falk where the Parker family took i (Continued Un Page Five.) i Chapman Declares Anderson Dutch Wouldn’t Do “Such a Rotten Deal,” Says Super-Crook i When Informed of Charges Against Pal; Gets News Sunday ‘lncapable’ of Slaying Hances HARTFORD, Conn., August 24. j Gerald Chapman, when informed i Sunday that Ben Hance and his j wife were murdered August 14 near I Muncie, Ind., and that his long-time ] confederate, George “Dutch ’ An-, derson, was accused of it, declared , that Anderson was “incapable of | such a rotten deal.’’ The news, wheih had been with held from Chapman by the state prison authorities, was carried to him by his counsel, Frederick J. Groehl, of New York, and Nathan O. Freedman, of this city. old that Hance, in his dying statement, had said it was Anderson and Charles “One-Arm” Wolfe” who did the shooting, Chapman, referring, to Anderson, exclaimed: “Why, the man wouldn’t be with-] in a thousand miles of that place. It would be the last place in the | world he would go to.” THETIMESHRECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE I Can't Have Iwo Loves, Says Valentino's Wife In Referring Io Break Winifred Hudnut Declares “Per fect Lover” Opposed Her Desire for a Career By GENE COHN- NEW YORK, August 24. Th.: litle domestic comedy in which Ru dolph Valentino and Winfred Hud nut Valentino are now starring cuts back to a time when a young girl, her heart set on ‘self-expres sion,’ overturned the plans of a wealthy family and defiantly set out to be an artist. hi this gesture the girl anticipat ed by some time the vogue for “freedom” and careers for wom en” and “self-expression” and all those things that noW are com monplace. The difcrence was that this girl was deadly serious. This was no mere pose. Though she readily could have, chosen a leisurely social life she actually went tc work and has been working ever since. What is worse —she came to love work; to demand it as part of her life. So when you read of the sep aration of the Valentinos, or the “marriage vacation,” or whatever theyc hoose to call it, please bear in mind—-for it has everything in the world to with the temporary or (Continued On Page Fiv«i Morgan Says Farmers Not Downtrodden Senator Declares Agriculturists Burdens Light Compared to City Folks ATI T A, August 24—A brief was reiqk a. prayer was said the other day for the “poor downtrod den city dweller” in the midst of flights of fervid oratory on the bur dens of the farmer. Senator S. 11. Morgan, of Savan nah, a dweller in the city by the sea, took exception to the pleas of many senators who objected to this and to that bceausc of the burden they would place on the farmer. “Now, let’s sec if the farmer is the downtrodden individual these senators would him think. Let’s look at Henry Fulbright’s report. That’s official. It says that in 1924 the assessed valuation of city proper ty was millions in advance of that of country property. Let’s total the assessed valuation of the six big city counties and compare it with that of the entire state. Here, Fulton x DeKalb, Rich mond, Chatham, Bibb and Musco gee have almost half, lacking a few thousand dollars of actually half cf the entire assessed valu ation of Georgia. “Then where would the burden I of taxation fall? It is perfectly pat- ient to be seen that it would fall on the cities in a greater proportion than on the farmer. The farmer has only state and bounty taxes to pay. The city man has city taxes, paving asssesments and special taxes of half a tjozen different va rieties. “Tell me not of the burden of I the farmer. My heart cries for i that of the city man, who, through i all these years, has borne the brunt i with not a single whimper. Let’s I be fair, folks, let’s ,be fair.” Chapman told his lawyers that he knew Wolfe, who is now held by the Muncie police in connection with tne murder; having met him when be a>d Dutch Anderson stayed at Hance’s farm at Eaton, Ind. “I have known Anderson a' long time,” he said, “and he’s incapable of such a rotten deal, particularly after the kind treatment Mrs. Hance accorded Anderson and my self when we stayed with them. Many times, when either of us was sick, she took care of us, showing the k’ndncss of a mother. Hance testified in Hartford because he had to. The police had something* on him, or he never would have ap peared as a witness against n.g. “I’m certain Anderson could not have had anything to do with this on my account, because ho would ! realize that it would only, react I against me, and, heaven knows, I i have enough odds against mo now.” AMERICUS, GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 24, 1925 ATTENTION, BOY SCOUTS Call 99 Regarding Details of Big Banquet to Bo Given Local Scouts WANTED—Every Boy Scout in Americus to attend n free banquet Tuesday night, and have the time of their young and use ful lives. Phone 99. That’s the word the Palladium Club, through President Turner, passed on to the Times-Recorder this morning. All the Boy Scout has to do is phone C. J. Williams at 99, telling Mr. Williams he’ll come, and come hungry. The Palladium club members want the Boy Scout troops of Americus reorganized and the club’s first step is to talk this over with the boys themselves. Mr. Turner knows tha ta boy had rather eat than do anythinkg else, so he is ar ranging for a banquet tomorrow night in honor of all the Boy Scouts in Americus. Os course, he must know how many are coming so he can tell the cook, so boys be sure to phOne Mr. Williams to put your name in the pot. The Palladium club will meet promptly at 8 o’clock—don’t be late, boys, for pic might be the first course. The big eats will be served in the large hall over Coh en’s store, on Lamar street. Now fellows, don’t push. There’s going to be enough for all. And Mr. Turner and the Palladium members want every Scout. If you have been a member of one of the troops here and want to get in the new troops, phone Clyde Williams and report tomorrow night. GEORGIA SOLONS COMPLETE WORK Legislators Wind Up Work After Wrangling for 60 Long Days Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24. (By A. P.)—The Georgia general assembly of 1925 is no more. The tumult and the shouting have died and the captains and kings have departed. Sine die adjournment of the as sembly was taken Sunday morning at 1:55 o’clock after a night of hectic deliberations, which for a time threatened to force an extra session. Governor Walker had authorized The Associated Press to announce ill case the assembly failed to pass the general appropriation bill, that an extra sesison would be called to convene on Monday to complete this work and also to take up the task of enacting tax legislation, which he recommended in his in augural address. PHANTOMBANDIT IS APPREHENDED Fred Niebel, Manufacturer, Confesses to Robbing Bank of $28,000 DAYTON, Aug 24.—Fred Nichol, Dayton manufacturer, arrested by detectives today is said to have ad mitted to them that he is the blue masked, blue robedphantom bandit, who on August 14 held up and robbed employes of the North and Dayton branch of the Dayton Sav ings Bank and Trust company, es caping with $28,000, police an nounced this morning. Nichol, president of the local manufacturing concern bearing his name, told detectives he turned robber because of financial diffi culties. MARINES. GUARDING COOLIDGE, ASLEEP SWAMPSCOTT. Aug. 24.—Twc marines, of the special detail as signed to guard the summer white house, were found asleep at their post of duty this morning,. Charges of neglect of duty were preferred against them, and Captain Adolphus Andrews, the President’s naval aid has ordered an investigation. COTTON REPORT WASHINGTON, August 24 A cotton crop of 13,999,000 bales, equivalent to 500 pound bales, was forecast today by the United States Department of Agriculture, which based its calculations on the esti mated condition of the crop Aug. 16th. Its latest previous forecast was 13,566,000 bales, which was based on August 1 condition. Last year’s crop totalled 13,627,936 bales. The condition of the crop im proved in a half month in all the cotton-producing states except South Carolina, Alabama and Ar kansas. STANDARD BUYS EASTERUN LOT t Oil Company to Erect Modern Filling Station Corner Lee and Lamar Streets One of the most important real estate transactions in recent years was consummated today, when the Standard Oil company purchased from Easterlin brothers the lot on the corner of Lee and Lamar street for a cash consideration of $13,000, acording to C. L. Brown ell, manager of the Americus ofice of the Standard Oil Company. It was generaly known that the Standard Oil company was negotiat ing with the Easterlin brothers for the purchase of the property, but the deal was not closed until this morning. Col. W. T. Lane repre sented the Easterlin interests in the transaction. - Work will begin immediately.up on construction of a gasoline fill ing station, and according to Mr. Brownefl will be the best equipped and most beautiful, as far as archi tectural design is concerned, in South-Georgia west. It will com pare favorably with the larger fill ing tsations in Atlanta and Savan nah, where his-company has invest ed thousands of dollars in stations Aside from the main portion of the structure, from which gasoline and oil will be dispensed, there wit’ be several smaller (departments, handling tires and all kinds of auto mobiles accessories. Keeping in line with the filling stations in the larger cities, Mr. Brownell announced that shrubbery and flowers will be planted in th' front and on the sides of the struc ture. OBJECTORS HAVE ‘DAY IN COURT Property Owners Who Failed to Sign White Way Contract Appear Before Counc'l Only three property owners who railed to sanction the erection of white way in the front of their property appeared before city coun cil at a special meeting this after noon at 2 o’clock to give their rea sons why the city should not levy against their property as a means of paying for the white way. They were: Dr. W. A. Rembert, G. E. Buchanan and Dr. T. M. Merritt. The property owners “day in court,” as expressed by City Attor ney Lane, was featured by an ad dress by Dr. Rembert, who acted as spokesman for the trio present. Dr. Rembert said he realized the white way would beautify the city, but disapproved the project on acocunt of the city having a floating in debtedness. This seemed to be his only objection, Immediately following the meet ing, City Engineer Walker annouc ed that he would start laying the cable Tuesday morning, which would be followed by the erection of the posts. SHERIFF AND POLICE SPEND IDLE WEEK-END For the first time since they have been in ofifce Sheriff McArthur and his deputy Walter Chappel were not called to quell some negro dis turbance or investigate a black shooting ovtr the week-end. Satur day afternoon and Sunday were marked by no acts of violence and as a result the Sheriff and his force were idle and the county jail : received no additional prisoners. Chief of Police Bragg also re -1 ported’ a quite week-end only one nr two negroes being arrested. Many Important Bills Passed and Defeated by '25 General Assembly The first biennial legislative session of 60 days, which came to - t close at midnight Saturday night—according to official.' clocks in the house and senate—was featured by passage of a number of construc tive measures and defeated by many that attracted state-wide attention. The assembly started its session with recommendation of Governor Clifford Walker for adoption of the following program: A complete tax reform, the children’s code commission bills, proposals for bond is u s or other methods of building the state system of permanent highway . the State port bill and others. His tax reform program included pro posed constitutional amendments to empower the state t<> levy -i e!:r< i fication tax on tangible properties and income tax. MEASURES ADOPTED The following important, meas ures were adopted during the course of the session: Repeal oi the state inheritance tax. A bill providing for $4,000,000 script to pay back pensions. the Atlanta viaducts resolution. This gives authority to the city of Atlanta to build two viaducts over the state-owned W. and A. rail road at Pryor street and Central avenue. It was sponsored by Ful-1 ton and DeKalb county delegations. I The motor vehicle registration and title act by Senator Carl N. Guess. The gasoline consumers' bill, des igned to halt wholesale shipments of “bootleg” gasoline which evades payment of the state tax. A bill regulating operation of public billard rooms in the state Among other features, it makes it unlawful for any but an American citizen to operate a billard room in the state. A bill authorizing manufacture of ethyl alcohol out of sawdust chips and other materials. Senator I’ickrcn was the author, while Rep resentative Mann was author of an identical bill in the house, tabled when the senate measure passed first. A bill to prohibit operation of public dance hals on Sundays. Rep resentative Marion Peacock, of Laurens was the author. A bit for inspection and stand ardization of all high schools in the state, under direction of the state board of education. Senator Miller was author of this measure. A bill authorizing advances on crops by executing bills of sale for the crops. Senator Moye and Bell were joint authors. Railroad Crossing Bill A bill requiring motorists to come to a full stop before cross (Continued on Page Four.) RECEIVE WHITE WAY POST BIDS Contract Will Be Awarded To night at Meeting in Steve Pace’s Office The final and most important ac tion in the erection of Americus’' white way will be taken tonight when representatives of the leading electrical manufacturing companies in the United States gather tonight at 8 o’clock in Steve Pace’s office to present sealed bids for the white way posts. Mr. Pace City Engi neer Walker, and others who have been instrumental in bringing the white way project to its present status, wil receive the bids and will award' the contract. Several representatives of At lanta electrical concerns have al ready arrived in the city and a number of others are expected this afternoon from the larger cities of the South. Representatives of the General Electrical compan and the Western Electric company, who talked with City Engineer Walker this morn ing, declared the recently laid as phalt pavement to be the best they had ever seen and said it would add greatly the beauty of white way. SIMPLE FUNERAL FOR VICTOR LAWSON CHICAGO, Aug. 24. Utter simplicity marked the funeral ser vices and burial here today of Vic tor Freeman Lawson, for 52 years publisher of the. Chicago Daily News and World figure in journal ism. Notables of the nation and of the city and newspaper world at tended the funeral service in the New England Congregational church, of which Lawson was a member for nearly half a century. Among some Indian tribes it is ; considered improper for a mother- ■ I in-law t<o speak to her daughter’s) I husband, ‘ ... . ■ ‘ 4 * MEASURES DEFEATED Important men : urea which met defeat cither through actual vote, failure in committee:-., tabling or failure to get in the calendar, were: The income tax bills. In the house their defeat war. attributed chiefly to a split in the ranks of the income lax supporters themselves, one faction desiring to abolish the ad valorem tax, while the other did not approve this. An attempt to reach a compromise and bring an other income tax measure up for further consideration failed when the rules committee voted to keep it off the calendar. The bond issue for the educational institutions, anoth er proposal backed by the governor This was a senate bill and was kill ed there, never* coming before the house. The highway bond issue plan, which never came before the hour ■. the bill being defeated in senate committee. This was a proposal for $7(1,000,000 in bonds. Two bills were pased, however, which will provide more money for roads, one being the measure increasing the gasoline tax to 4 cents, a half-rent increase, and the other the bill to place the gasoline tax levy on all consumers, including wholesale pur chasers who hitherto have escape!! by buying by the tank car outside of the state. The Hughes county proposal, which would have aded to the state its 101st county. The constitutional convention proposal, which met double defeat a house bill being adversely report ed by committee and a senate bill meeting defeat on the floor of the house. The es isstnioeonhh The session in the house was fea tured by attacks on the department of agriculture and its head, Coni ( Continued on Page Four.) CLAUDE WEST IS PARDONED Former Executive Secretary of Governor Hardwick Served Four Years in Pen ATLANTA, August- 24. Gover nor Walker has pardoned Claude West, former executive secretary of ExGovernor Thomas W. Hardwick, who was convicted nearly tour years ago on the charge.' of embez zlement and forgery, involving state funds of $14,000. The governor said he felt the man had been sufficiently punish ed for the crime. The fact that the petition for clemency was sign ed by the best citizens of Brooks county influenced his decision. You can make dishwashing easy by cooking something sticky so all dishes will have to soak. Local Poultrymen lo Attend Prof. R. S. Wooster, Head of Americus Del: eat • ’•> Pre sent Invitations to the Association to Held Its . t fwi.-et Here Baby Chick Meeting At Athens Poultrymen from every section of Georgia will gather at Aiken this week to attend the annual convention of the Georgia Ihih.v Chicks Asocial ion, whi convene: lin the University Cit; >imr <!:■_ ;.nd | Friday. li. S. Wooster, of l!» Americus Hatchery and treasurer of I B iby Chick organization, with -Ahi :■ lo cal poultrymen wi! leave Americus Wednesday, armed with a number of invitations to the a.nciation to hold its 192 G convention here. Among the letter? of resolutions urging the poultrymen to come here in 1926 are those from the Cham ber of Comerce, the Palladium Club The Kiwanis Club, the Rotary Club Mayor Poole and other civic bodies and individuals. Discussing the forthcoming meet ing, J. H. Wood, of Athens, state ! loader of poultry work, today saidy I# ” I | NEW YORK FUTURES 1 F'c. Open Ham Close '■ \ Oct. 23.38;23.30|23.34i23.24 ;! • Dee. 23.53 23.60i23.60|23.50 PRICE FIVE CENTS FOUR ARRESTED IN MANN PLOT IN NEW JERSEY Max Phillips, Wealthy Manu facturer Claims Conspiracy By Women and Men NEW YORK BANKER IS HEAD OF PLOT FREEHOLD, X. J. -Au :, 2T. (By A. P.) \ cordon of- irird ■ has been thrown around the home al Eatontown, ..f ?! , . Phillips, Wealthy collar manufacturer t" prevent attacks he said he feared on his life. Mr. Phillips sa;-;, that an unnamed New Noil, banker had woven around him a plot, to defame his character in connection with which three women and a man haw been arrested. Hattie Hay.-r unit Mrs. Anita Berg, the latter c.‘ whom claimed to be Countess de Y Pouky of the former Russian nobility, were two, of the nroc wo men arre.'.tid, have cojifeasd t< Monmouth county police their part in the affair. They said they had plotted ith Beatrice Jahn: ton of Rutherford, N. .1 , tha third woman arrested, to make Philli; • violate the Mann act. All tln'i-e of the won'.'.'ll Lave been released in SIO,OOO bail on charge., of conspiracy. Henry L. Berg, said to he Mr:.. Bel-..' ' husband, vv;r freed in $5,000 bail on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Since the irrcsts, Phillip:; ha.: made elaborate plan:; for his pre lection at Eatontown, when- i:e lives alone in a palatial iisid-nr - It was made known that he had nr ranged io have n private delete:'. <.■ sleep in his room. “My life is in c'mst'int di'.are-,'.’ the collar manufacturer said ‘I have been shadowed by detective.; eery minute for two months. The four persons arrested are only a r.irdl part, of the gang that is trying t.<> defame me. There will be start ling disclosures within a week. “One of them will be the name of a prominent New York banker, in whose Manhattan home this plot against me was framed Mr. Phillips’ statement was sup ported by Detective Jacob Rue, of the Monmouth county police, who said that Im expected n numb m nf arrests soon, including those of oral prominent New York men. Mrs. Berg told police that tlm plan was to get Phillips aboard n yacht that Mis- Johnston was caul to be buying for a week-end voy age lo New London, whore n‘“party’ was to he staged. At the height of festivities arrangements had ’men made for u raid by detectives with i 1 he object of cmnpror'.!-uig Phillip I Mrs. Berg i- said to have dec’ar- L (l that Him had been employed nA I a “witness.” - . M’MILI AN ARCTIC OUTFIT LEAVES ETAH WASHINGTON, Ar.g» ( ‘;l 24. The McMillian Arctiee expedition ha begun .its retri-at southward from Etah, Greenland, and yester day morning arrived at Igloo Handy, Greenland, a me age re ceived at the Navy Department raid today. EASTERN STAR MEETS TONIGHT The Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular monthly meet ing tonight at 8 o’clock a! the Ma sonic hall. All member, are urg< d to be present. I “The commercial incubator c• - i I parity in Georgia has increased . ! front a hundred and twenty thous -11 and to clpse to a million egg capac ,■ lit . within five years. Stieh cxpu.n • | , ion naturally brings tip hew prob I I J-it::, and difficulties. Future de | ■, ■lopment depends upon the effi ciency of a hatchery manag ment in the various parts of the state at this time. If we have a •epre?en tative attendance of h:itcherynuti at the annual convention—wliicli seems assured —we can continue to j coordinate efforts towards the pro ; i duction of more and better chiekehs i: in Georgia. Unless we do continue" ■I so organize for the production of i more and better Georgia Chickens, i out-ofstute agencies arc going to : step in ahead of us.” Mr. Wood eaid that after tours ing the New England states an t s traveling in mid-western states ai >. (Continued an Page Six).
