I SEASON'S RECEIPTS
Received Thursday 167 <
Total bales for season 16,017 ?
WEATHER
For Georgia—Fair tonight and >
probably Sunday. <
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO 225
■ THIRTY-FOUR DIE IN SUBMARINE CRASH
City Os Rome Sends
S-51 lo Bottom Off
Rhode Island Coast
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ONLY THREE MEN SAVED WHEN GIANT UNER SENDS
UNDER-WATER VESSEL TO WATER GRAVE AL
THOUGH OIL WAS SEEN ON WATER, BOSTON NAVY
YARD OFFICIALS ARE IN HOPES THAT CREW MIGHT
YET BE ALIVE—-SECRETARY WILBUR REPRIMANDS
CAPTAIN OF STEAMER FOR LEAVING SPOT AFTER
RAMMING VESSEL.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—The steamship City of Rome !
should have remained on the spot unless urgently impelled to ,
> leave, after ramming the submarine S-51 last night, Secretary J
Wilbur declared today.
The conduct of the captain of the City of Rome, the Sec-
; retary added would be inquired into in connection with the ;
investigation that would h<= ordered, and if it is found that ;
, there was any criminal act or negligence on his part, action
i would be taken against him.
BOSTON, Sept. 26.—Thirty-four members of the crew of the sub
marine S-51 lay imprisoned at the bottom of the Atlantic today, after
their vessel was rammed last night by the City of Rome, of the Ocean
Steamship company, on her voyage from Savannah to Boston. Three
survivors were picked up by the steamer, and it is a matter of conjec
ture as to whether the remainder were drowned or were alive in the
under-water vessel
While a fleet of rescue craft from Newport, New York and New
London, the submarine's base, was rushed out to a point 20 miles east
of Block Island where the disaster occurred, those on shore eagerly
awaited news of crash. The City of Rome was proceeding to Boston,
and Captain Diehl, her commander, gave no details in the first terse
message to officers of the company in Savannah.
ONLY THREE SURVIVORS OF
LATEST SEA DISASTER
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Thirty-four officers and men of the Unit
ed States submarine S-51 apparently perished last night when the
coast-wise steamer City of Rome rammed and sank the submarine four
teen miles east of Block Island, Rhode Island. Only three men, DiQrey
Kile, M. Lira and A. Greer are reported by naval communications to
have been saved.
HOPE EXPRESSED THAT OTHERS
MAY YET BE ALIVE
NEW LONDON, Sept. 26. —Hope was expressed at the submarine
station this morning that those aboard the sunken S-51 might b e saved.
It was said that while oil was seen on the water after the submarine had
gone down in a collision with the City of Rome, this would not show
definitely that the boat was a total wreck.
The S-51 7as 1,500 tons burden when submerged, and of 1,200 tons
burden when running on the surface.
The S-51 mounted a four-inch gun forward and five torpedo tubes,
firing 21-mch projectiles. The vessel’s complement, when filled, was of
36 men and four officers. The commander was Lieutenant Dobson
The Boston navy yard had no details. It was said there that a radio
message by one station to the City of Rome brought the reply that there
no information to give out at present.
C.C. READY FOR
CRIMINAL WEEK
Solicitor Marshall Hopes to Fin
ish Next Week’s Calendar
By Thursday
Appearance docket was sounded
this morning by Judge W. M.
Harper, ana everything is now in
readiness for the convening of the
criminal session of the City court
Monday morning at nine o’clock,
Solicitor Marshall announced this
morning.
All civil business, with the ex
ception of a few cases which will be
heard next Friday, has been dis
posed of, the Solicitor stated. The
civil docket for this term was one
of the lightest to come up for dis
position in several terms.
The Solicitor stated that he was
going to make an effort to dispose
of every one of the 50 cases on the
criminal calendar by Thursday,
which means that all day sessions
will be held the first four days of
the week.
Indications point to Charles
Wheatley, county engineer, receiv
ing quite a few additional workers
at the expiration of the September
term of City court, unless the col
ored “gentlemen” prove to the safe,
isfaction of the jury that they are
not guilty of the crimes with which
they are charged.
PAROLE SAVANNAH
“RUM RING” MEMBERS
ATLANTA, Sept. 26.—The three
Harr brothers and J. F. Williams,
members of the so-called Savannah
“rum ring,” will be released on pa
role during the day, Warden John
W. Snook, of the Atlanta peniten
tiary, announced this morning.
THETIMfeSfeECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE
HOLD UP’ DI FUN
FATAL TO YOUTHi
, Prank On Clerks in New York
Bank Will Cause Death of
Young Man From Shot
NEW YORK, Sept. 26—The
‘'make-believe” holdup," which caus-l
ed one young bank clerk to shoot!
another while long lines of deposi
tors stood before the paying tellers’
windows in the Bronx branch of the
Com Exchange will result in the
death of the wounded youth, it was
said last night.
The Com Exchange Bank, like
others, provides its paying tellers,
with revolvers as a protection.
against bandits attempting hold-1
ups. Recently, two young clerks in ,
the paying teller’s division took two,
of these weapons and went through
the motions of what they would do,
if “stick-up men” made their ap-,
pearance.
’ “Hands up” commanded Joseph j
Hertz, one of the youths to Hugh ,
Hickey, the other. Hickey a close
friend of Hertz as well as his fellow |
employe, turned like a flash, and,
almost simultaneously the weapon
in his hand was discharged.
Hertz sank to the floor with a
bullet in his groin.
John Furlong, another employe of
the bank, retained his presence of
mind, and running into the cage ,
where Herta lay, attempted to stop,
the flow of blood with a tourniquet. ’
■An ambulance from Lincoln Hospi
tal soon arrived, and Hertz was tak- j
en to that institution, where it was
said last night he would die.
A charge of feloniour assault was
made against Hickey, but this was
later withdrawn, Assistan*- District
Attorney Addelman being convicted
the shooting was an accident.
AMERICUS, GA.. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 26. 1925
Boy's Life Saved by Stitches inHis Heart
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by the point of a pair of scissors,
Melvin Jones, 5, of Washington, P.
.C, soon - will be romping with his
NEITHER SCOTT '
GIVEN DIVORCE
Judge Renders Decision Today,
in Famous Case Which Star
tled the Capital
ALPENNA, Mich. Sept. 26.
Frank D. Scott, Michigan Congress
man, and Edna James Scot, his
wife, both were denied divorces in
a decision handed down today by
Circuit Juudge Frank D. Emerick.
Congressman Frank Douglas
Scott and Edna James Scott, his
wife, separated during Christmas
week 1922, after an all night con
ference in the Scotts’ -Washington
apartment had failed, to bring a re
conciliation of their differences.
It was a year later before Frank
Scott filed a petition for absolute
'divorce in the Alpena circuit court,
. charging extrvagance and miscon
jduct, both under the heading of ex
treme cruelty.
I In a cross bill Mrs. Scott denied
i all the charges made by her hus
|band and countered with allegations
that the charges congressman gamb
led “for high stakes” and that his
I j conduct in others ways was of a
'nature making continued living to
gether impossible.
Mr. Scott, in attempting to sub
'Stantiate his charges of misconduct,
inamed three men: Captain Wilbur
: “Jaizzbo” Sumners of the air service,
Harry Wyckoff, a clerk at the
Wardman-Park apartment hotel,
Washington, and an unnamed man
with whom Mrs. Scott is alleged
Ito have become acquainted while
.traveling in Europe in the summer
of 1922.
The hearing of the case before
Judge Frank Emerick at Alpena
early this year was interrupted to
permit both sides to obtain addi
tional data and was resumed early
in August. The testimony was
fringed with stories of liquor-drink
ing and gambling parties at Wash-j
ington and the names of several
| congressmen of former congress-!
men were heard.
On the congressional .trip to Pan
ama aboard the steamer Cristobal,
Mrs. Scott charged that her husband
and other congressmen gambled and
drank. There was testimony that a
| quantity of liquor was taken
aboard the steamer at Panama and
that what was not consumed was un
iloaded from the boat at Norfolk,
,Va., and taken to the Washington
homes of some of the congressmen.
It was testified that some of the
liquor went to the Scott apartment,
although Mr. Scott denied this.
That Mr. Scott was “indiscreet?
in entertaining men guests in her
apartment during the absence froi*
jWashingtoin of her husband charg
ed by the congressman. This was
denied by Mrs. Scott for whom wit
jnesses testified that her conduct
was orderly.
The Scotts were married in 1914. j I
Mrs. Scott prior to hw marriage was , i
a graduate nurse. Pending a decis-;
lon on the petitions, Mrs. Scott has | >
been allowed SSO a month tempo- ,<
rary alimony, in addition to special 1
playmates again. The boy fell on
the scissors while at play but a re
markable operation by Dr. Herbert
H. Schoenfeld saved his life. Three
PISTOL B ATTLE
IN HOTEL ENDS
IN DEATH OF 2
Insane Man Barricades Himself
in Birmingham Hostelry and
Fights Police
USE HOSE IN EFFORT
TO ROUTE THE MANIAC
Body of Rose Found in Bed Al
most Shot to Piece* —2000
People Watch Battle
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 26
C. Rose, of Pratt City, employe of
the Tennessee Coal, Irion and Rail
road company, was shot to death
and City Detective J. T. Moser, was
shot through the hand in a battle
between a score of police and depu
ty sheriffs and Rose here late last
night. Rose had barricaded himself
in the room of a downtown hotel
and the siege continued for two
hours. The room of the man was
wrecked by gun fire and the second
floor of the hotel flooded when
firemen used hose in efforts to
route Rose.
Rose, according to hotel clerk,
registered Thursday night as Chas.
Fosse, retired to his room and was
not seen again until last night
when the clerk, fearing he was ill,
attempted to wake him. The man
is said by the clerk to have answer
ed his raps on the door with a
shot. Shouts to the man inside :
were answered by more bullets thru '
the door. A policeman was called'
but was held at bay by the man
inside. Riot calls brought a score |
of officers to the scene.
Hoping to reac hthe man, whom
they believed to be insane, without
killing him, ammonia bombs were
thrown into the room. These for
ced the man to a window and he
began firiing into the crowd in the
street. Firemen were then called
and a hose was turned into the
room. This was of mo avail and po
lice used their guns. After shoot
ing in the door of the hotel, offi
cers found the body of Rose, almost
shot to pieces, lying on mattress on
the floor. Traffic in the vicinity
was blocked as 2,000 persons jam
med the streets during the battle.
13,819 BALES GINNED
UP TO SEPTEMBER 15
There were 13,819 bales of cot
ton, counting round bales as half
bales, ginned in the county up to (
September 15, according to an
nouncements made today by W. P.
Persons, representative of the U.
S. Bureau of Census. This com
pares with 9.260 bales ginned up
to September 15, 1924.
Six men escaped from the jail in
Seattle and now will have to worry
about keeping warm this winter.
allowances to enable her to obtain
depositions which were used at the
trial.
ribs were sawed off and pressed out
of the way, the pericardium o. en
velope of the heart was opened and
spread apart and two stitches taken
in the heart wound.
Is Fall Fell, \
Or Ain’t It'\
By KIRK SUTLIVE
Fall has fell—Or atleast it has
stubbed its toe!
The writer is no weather prog
nosticator, (this word sounds big
but means very little) but every in
dication points to summer having
released its bull dog grip on suf
fering humanity, and now mother
can begin to think where she stored
little Jennie’s heavy undies last sum
mer When she placed them in moth
balls.
How do I know fail is with us?
That is easy. My newspaper in
stinct tells me so, and I have been
very, very observant this morning.
My first information that fall was
about to tumble was gathered this
morning about five o’clock when I
awoke to pull the sheet over my
shivering form. The second intui
tion that summer had vanished
came when the Mrs. advised me, up
on poking her unpowdered nose
out of doors, that this weather ab
solutely rendered her summer bon
nets passe, and she must have a
ifelt hat to protect her cranium
from the frigid air.
As I walked to work this morn
ing, with chest expanded every bit
of two inches, I noticed several
overcoats hanging out of windows.
As I approached the seething busi
ness section of our municipality my
attention was drawn to two of the
city’s fashion plates sporting vests
I —also gold watch chains.
J At noon today I made a visit
j to several of the large gent’s fum
i ishing stores. All reported a rush
.on the winter suit department. This
jis a sure sign that fall is with us
land winter is not far distant, for a
man (speaking from experience)
will not part with the pile of money
it takes to purchase a fall or win
ter suit until it becomes necessary.
If the reader (providing any
body reads this) will permit me tn
leave local fields for a few para
graphs I will show conclusively that
“fall has fell.”
When the French debt mission
landed in Washington several days
ago, aside from being met by the
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HOKE SMITH LAWYER
IN VERY UNIQUE CASE
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 26.—For
mer (J. S. Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia was in Gainesville Ga a dav
or so ago looking after a damage
suit in which he is employed as at
torney. It was the case of Hoke
Smith Gentle who had his hand cut
off by the sudden backing of a car
while he was adjusting the coupler,
during last year.
Thirty-two years ago young
Gentle’s father sued a railroad for
the loss of an arm, and Hoke Smith
successfully prosecuted the case
Hence the boy's name and hence
the employment of the lawyer in
the son’s suit.
The case will probably not be
reached until next January term of
court in Gainesville.
Happenings On
King Beaten at Balliards
One Legged Hiker
Whale Offered Ruler
Highest. Price for Grapes
i o Clean Opera House
Caillaux Leaves Valet
Will Sell His Freedom
I he
LONDON, Sept. 26—The billiard
cue with which he won a victory
over King George on the green
baize at Balmoral, will be carried
home soon by George 11. Merrill,
of Washington, who was a recent
week-end guest of the king at the
royal estate in Scotland.
After a day of deer stalking, the
king challenged Mr. Merrill to a
match at 250 points. The Ameri
can finished twenty points ahead
of his royal host. The king, it is
known, can wield a wicked cue at
times, but he is not as good a bil
liard players as his father was. King
Edward VII often belied his own
dictum that “no gentleman should
b<- capable of making a break of
more than 25 points.”
What would King George do with
a whale if he were presented with
one? Was the question prompted
recently by the chase of one of
these mammals of the deep off tjie
English coast by fishermen who
sought to capture it for their ruler.
! The idea of presenting a whale
to the king is in accordance with
an act dating back to the days of
King Edward 11, under which all
[whales and sturgeons with one ex
ception caught around the coasts
lof Great Britain belong to the reign
ing monarch.
King George has rarely had the
refusal of a whale, but he has had
several sturgeons presented to him
during his reign, the first such gift
being made at the time of his coro
nation. A few days ago the king
visited the Cardigan Bay district,
.in Wales and according to the an
cient custom was presented with a
I sturgeon which had been taken off
| the Welsh coast.
FRENCH PAY
HIGH FOR GRAPES
| PARIS, Sept. 26.—The highest
I prices ever paid for grapes from
I the famous “King’s vine,” at Fon
tableau were realized at the annual
sale when a sum nearly double that
of 1924 was taken in.
The 1925 production, which was
of good average quality, brought
11.700 franca for 36 lots of 25
| pounds each, at against 900 francs
in 1924.
The grapes come from the cele
brated vine planted by King Henry
HL in the 15th century. With the
care given it by Louis XIV, and de
spite Napoleon’s indifference, it is
now considered the finest specimen
of its kind in Europe. It has a
counterpart in Hampton Court,
England, which produced this year
six hundred bunches of grapes.
A proposal to remove the smoke,
soot, grease and other dirt that
Ijas accumulated on the outside
walls of the opera house during
the last ten years has raised a
sharp controversy in artistic circles
Some ardent admirers of tha
great building are crying out firce-|
ly against the idea that some morn
ing they may go down town and
.find an entirely white opera loom
ing before them, deprived of the
many shades of color “artistically”
■ laid on by time.
j I
The French debt funding mission'
to the United States sailed unac
' companied by a single woman as
sistant although some of-the dab -
gates have along wives. The fair
; sex is not represented even among
, the stenographers, secretaries and ,
' clerks.
Strict economy ruled when the
mission was created and Finance |
Minister Cailaux said: “I am not j
• even taking mv valet with me. In
■ these days of financial penance w-,
: must show the Americans we do not
• intend to spend a single franc of p
1 France’s money without absolute
■ necessity.” ;
’” I |
Scheidl claims that many days he j;
l is able to walk as much as 20 miles. .
He started from Munich and his I
-oute la yfirst through Saxony, Si- j
lesia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, and \
Mecklenburg. He was last seen '
passing through Kiel, having al- '
ready gone through Hamburug and
• Altona.
( NEW YORK FUTURES
Pc. Open 1 lam Close
> Oct. 2:i.60|2.T61|23.81|23.63
5 Dec -23.82|23.85|24.07|23,85 ;
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
<’ Middling, 22 5-Bc. !
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WHITEWAYTOBE
ILLUMINATED ON
ARMISTICE NIGHT
Steve Pace Tells Council Every
thing Will Be Ready to Pu#
Switch Nov. 11th i
ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM
IS BEING ARRANGED
Oil Engine Question Discussed
At Length By City Fathers
At Last Night’s Meet
On the night of November It,
Armistice Day, the business district
of the city will be bathed in the
soft glow of more than 200 white
way lights and thousands dancers
will glide over the newly laii
asphalt paving to the tune of sever
al excellent orchestras,, according t»
Steve Pace, one of the most active
members of the citizens committee
which is sponsoring the white way
who announced at the regular meet
*ng of the city council last night
I that the mammoth lighted area
would be illuminated for the first
time on the night that brought
peace to the world.
Mr. Pace read a letter from L. L.
Ferree, general manager of the
South Georgia Public Service com
pany, in wihch it was stated that
the city would be granted current
for the lighting the white way at
the rate of 2 cents per kilowat hour.
This rate, said Mr. Pace, would
enable the city to light the 202
! white way lights at a cost which
.would not he in excess of the cost
of lighting the street lamps now
being used in the white way area..
Council voted to accept the light
ing company’s offer of 2 cents a
kilowatt hour, but reserved the
right to discontinue the service at
any time that it did not prove sat
isfactory.
j Mr. Pace declared that the pres
ent plans of the citizens committee
calls for the opening of the white
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MISS LOUESA ENGLISH
IS CHAMPION SPELLER
Miss Louesa English, represent
ing the Thalean school, Saturday
morning was pronounced the champ
ion speller of the county.
In a county-wide spelling be eon
ducted in the office of Supt. Moore,
Miss English bested all of her com
petitors. The match lasted for
some time, with representative*
from the county schools only. No
competitor appeared in behalf of
the city schools.
Miss English will reprseent Sum
ter county in the state-wide spell
ing bee which is to be conducted in
Atlanta dfuring the Southeastern
fair.
BOY SCOUT COUNCIL
WIILL MEET MONDAY
Members of the Boy Scout coun
cil of Americus are urged to be
present at thhe Palladium Hall at
4:30 Monday September 28. The
meeting is call\l by B. E Turner
chairman of the Scout council, and
several important matters will be
discussed.
1 You can enjoy thinking you may
be rich some day. But the rich
lean only fear they may be poor.
‘I LAWYERS FAIL. INMATE t
PLEADS HIS OWN CASE j
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 ,
Undaunted by 47 previous fail- ’
\ urea, Fred Day, for 17 year* a ’
prisoner in the Mattewan State >
Asylum for Criminal Insane in >
Beacon, has just procured his
48th writ of habeas corpus and
i is due to appear in court be-
J fore Supreme Court Justice
< Taylor, of Mount Vernon, nest
Wednesday. »
Day was arrested for shooting
■> a policeman.
I Lawyers have had so little J
J success in trying to procure his '•
? release that Day has studied {
■ law and is now gonig to plead i
i his own case.
