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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR— NO. 260
MRS. LANDSDOWNE TESTIFIES IN MITCHELL COURTMARTiAL
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3000 Pack Lamar Street Witness White Way Celebration
NAVAL CAPTAIN
INSULTED HER
WITH LETTER
Says the Letter Was An Insult to
the Memory of her Late
Husband
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Called
to substantiate Colonel Mitchell’s
charge that improper attempts had
been made to influence her testi
mony before the Shenandoah Board
of Inqury, Mrs. Zachary Landsdowne,
widow of the dirigibles commander
testified in the Mitchell court today
that Captain Paul Foley of the Na
val Board had sent her a letter which
•was an “insult” to the memory of
her husband.
Mrs. Landsdowne further testified
that the letter Captain Foley sent
her suggested that she state her will
ingness to waive legal defense on be
half of her husband and authorize
Naval court to act for him.
“He impressed me with the impor
tance of the court. He said solemn ■
ity of my appearance was very great
and asked me what I expected to tell
the court. I told him I would em
phasize the fact that the court had
evaded that the Shenandoah had
been on a political flight despite
Secretary Wilbur’s denial. Captain
Foley said I had no right to say it
was a political flight as the taxpay
ers had a right to see their property.’
IN ITALIAN WAR
‘ DEBT AGREEMENT
REACHED TODAY
Settlement Followed a Confer
ence of Debt Commission
) Members
WASHINGTON Nov. 12. An
I agreement was reached today for the
i funding of th e Italian War Debt.
Announcement of the settlement
followed a conference by members
r of the American Debt Commission
' and President Coolidge and a later
i meeting between Italian mission and
| Americans. The details were not
I immediately disclosed.
I MELLON AND SMOOT
| CONFER WITH COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Chair-
man Mellon of the American Debt
I Commission and Senator Smooth of
i Utah, member of the commission
I which considering the Italian debt
I conferred with President Coolidge
| today after which they announced a
| writtetn statement would be issued
; later at the Treasury.
SUMTER COUNTY
FARMER PASSES
James H. Page, Aged 78, Dies at
Home of Daughter at
Leslie ,
Death claimed another of Sumter
county’s oldest residents yesterday
in the passing of James H. Page,
aged 78, who died yesterday after
noon at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. L. Bradley of Leslie.
Mr. Page had been making his
home with his daughter for sometime.
He had been ill for about six weeks,
the end coming at 1 o’clock, the in
firmities of old age being the cause
lof his death.
The deceased was well known in
Sumter county having resided for
the 40 years in the county. He liv
ed for a number of years on a farm
in the Huntington district.
Surviving are two sons, Will Page,
of Lee County and Benjamin Page,
of near Thomasville; one daughter,
Mrs. J. L. Bradley of Leslie and a
host of other relatives.
Funeral services and interment
were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist
church at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
Rev. J. S. Winn, the pastor of Mr.
Page was in charge of the services
assisted by Rev. James H. Wilson,
pastor of the Leslie Methodist
Church.
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reka (Calif.) News, is editing his
paper from jail now. He was sent
there for 1000 days by Judge Denver
Sevier for contempt of court.
BAREIfILLED
WHEN TWO FAST
TRAINS CRASH
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St. Louis Express Telescopes
Washington Train in New
Jersey
PLAINSBORO, N. J., Nov. 12.
Thirteen persons were killed early
today when a St. Louis express train
on the Pennslyvania Railroad, bound
for New York telescoped another
Pennsylvania train from Washington
also bound for New York.
The accident occurred during a
heavy fog. Eleven bodies have been
recovered from the wreckage of the
[two rear cars of the Washington
train. Two more bodies are still in
'the wreckage.
(The bodies of the dead victims
were sent by train to Trenton and
New Brunswick.
HOBOES MEET
THEIR DOOM
Sentenced to Pay Cost of Court
or Serve Three Months on
Gang
Two hoboes met their doom this
morning when they were sentenced
to serve three months on the gang
of hoboing'. They were unable to
pay the costs and were placed in the
stockade. A negro woman was
found giulty and placed on the gang
for a period of three months on a
larceny charge. These cases were
tried in the City Court of Ameri
cus, Judge W. M. Harper presiding.
COLUMBUS MAN
NAMED TRUSTEE
ATLANTA, Nov. 12.—W. C. Brad
ley, of Columbus, was Wednesday
appointed by Governor Clifford Wal
ker as a member of the board of
trustees of the University of Geor_
gia, to fill the unexpired term of
the late Henry R. Goetchius, who suc
cumbed recently. Mr. Goetchius
was a prominent member of the Co
lumbus bar and died in an Atlanta
hospital.
The appointee is prominently
known throughout the state, being
president of the Eagle and Phoenix
Mills at Columbus and is identified
in various other business enterprises.
In addition to his business affairs,
Mr. Bradley has taken a leading part
in Columbus civic movements, as
well as state affairs. He is also a di
rector of the Bibb Manufacturing
company.
AMERICUS, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON'. NO\ EMBER 12. 1925
Sen. Hoke Smith Lauds World War
Veterans In Armistice Address
Also Pays Tribute to Confederate
’ Veterans; Was Introduced
By W. T Lane
“You boys whipped the Germans,
you won the world war, but for you
the Germans would have taken Paris
and the English would have been
forced across the channel, but that
wasn’t the greatest thing you boys
did in the world war; that wasn’t
Vour greatest service to America.
Your greatest service, the finest you
boys acomplished was the allaying
forever of the prejudice between the
sections of this country. You ce
mented the North and the South and
that was your greatest service to
your country and mine.”
Looking squarely into the face of
the commander of the local camp of
the American Legion, ExSenator
Hoke Smith, in words that rang
throughout the spacious square in
front of the Windsor hotel, Wednes
day paid a glowing tribute to Dough
boys of America.
The speaker was introduced in an
eloquent speech by Hon. W. T. Lane
who recounted the manifold public!
service bf the Senator to his state;
and nation.
“But for the arrival of the Amer
ican troops in France, the Germans'
would have been in Paris and the!
English forced to cross the channel,”
said Senator Smith in opening his
Armistice day speech in Americus.
<. dose of .j)to -Smith ex'-“
pressed his pleasure in being able to
meet the ex-service men of this sec
tion and stated that he would be glad
to serve them in any way that he
could at any time.
Following Mr. Smth’s adders, J.
■E. Poole was called on but declined
to speak on account of his poor
health.
Colonel Pace was next called and
in an eloquent manner expressed his
appreciation to the American Legion
“I was a member of the senate mili
tary affairs committee and I recall
the aonfidential messages to the pres
ident and to Congress that came to
us from General Pershing. “Persh
ing told us in the beginning to stop
our boys from practicing trench war
fare, to train them in open fighting.
Pershing was right, for so far as I
know there was never a battle in
which our boys entered, where they
were led by American officers that
they failed to win a victory or fail
ed to hold what they had won. They
went to France to whip the Ger
mans and they whipped them,” de
clared the speaker. The senator
then recounted the battles from the
first to the last in which American
troops participated. He declared that
General Pershing old Marshall
Foch that unless the American sol
diers were given a sector of their
own that he would request the Con
gress and the President to recall all
the American troops. He then recit
ed the success of the Doughboys
when they were given their first 60
miles of front and how from that mo
ment until Ludendorff asked for an
armistice, that the American Sol
dier steadily drove the Germans
backward. |
“No you didn’t go over there to
lie in trenches, you went with the I
sole purpose of ending th e war, |
whipping the Germans and yu did;
and I defy any man to prove other
wise, said the senator. “The German
general staff piled their choicest
troops in front of you and you boys
went right thrugh them until you had
our guns commanding both the rail
road munitions supply centers of the
German army Then, and not until
then did the German general staff
ask for a truce and then and not un
til then did Marshal Foch agree to
hold you back. That was on the
7th day of November and on the 11th
the armistice was signed and you had
whipped the Germany army and won
the world war.” That’s why I say
you won the world war, because you
did. Our million men did the work.
They saved the Allies and we are
here to pay this tribute to you.”
“What did you accomplish?” asked
the senator. “Why you deposed the
Hohenzollerns, you crushed the war
lords of Germany and you made it
possible for the German people to
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LORD MAYOR’S
OFFICE FLOODED
WITH SUFFRAGE
Woman Suffrage Is 100 Per
Cent in Effect in Office of
Lord Mayor-Elect
LONDON, Nov. 12. Women’s
suffrage is about 100 per cent in ef
fect in the office of Sir William
Pryke, Lord Mayor elect.
During the 12 months of her hus
band’s reign Lady Pryke can live at
the Mansion House or not as she
likes, although her husband is oblig
ed to do so. She may accompany
her husband to all functions, is pres
sented at Court and is entitled to
present members of her own family
She has the privilege of an enormous
pew in Saint Paul’s Cathedral cap
able of holding 25 persons, and no
one may enter it without her permis
sion, not even the Lord Mayor. She
may appoint maids of honor at the
Lord Mayor’s banquet and accom
pany the Lord Mayor on the Bench
when he presides as Chief Magis
trate.
On leaving the MansiqfttTlouse at
the expiration of the Coed Mayor’s
term of office, the Lady Mayoress
receives a present of jewelry from
the city fathers.
D.A.R. COOKING
SCHOOL PLANS
TO GIVE PRIZES
Food Stuff to Be Given to Ladies
Attending Classes Each
Day
With free prizes given daily to the
ladies that attend, the cooking
school being sponsored by the Coun
cil of Safety chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
open Monday in the old Harris Hard
ware Company building.
The prizes will be Snowdrift,
White Lily flouur, Birdseye flour,
Kingans hams, Rumford baking pow
der, cakes, syrup, jars of relish,
mayonaise, tea and several kinds of ,
coffee. In addition to the cooking
school the ladies will also conduct a
pure food show which wil be open
to the public fre e of charge.
Arrangements have also been
made to have a special place arrang
ed 'for classes of colored cooks, a
number of the ladies expressing the
desire that their be given in
structions by Mrs. St infield
The hours of the classes as an
nounced by Mrs. Simmons, regent of
the local chapter, will be from 2 to
4 in the afternoon. The price for
the entire week of instruction will
only be SI.OO.
JARDINE OK’S
NEW HIGHWAY
New System of 75,884 Miles
of Roads Are Approved
By Secretary
WASHINTON, Nov. 12. Secre
tary Jardine of the agricultural de
partment foday announced his ap
proval of 75,818 miles or roads
designated by the joint board on
Interstate highways to make up sys
tems to be known as United States
Highways. The approved report of
the board composed of 24 state and
federal highway officials defines a
net work of 145 highway routes to
compose the system.
Strain Telling On Man
Who Slew For Pity
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Two new camera studies ot Dr.
Harold E. Blazer, Little Col., physi
cian who killed his daughter Hazel
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Frances Bishop, married daughter
of Dr. Harold E. Blazer, is one of
the chief witnesses against him in
his trial for the murder of her crip
pled sister Hazel. One of his rea
sons for killing Hazel was to relieve
Frances of her care.-
blAzer jury dismissed
AFTER LONG DEADLOCK
Defense Attorney Had Admitted
to Jury Johnson Killed His
Daughter
LITTLETON, Colo., Nov. 12—
Hopelessly deadlocked the jury se
lected to try Dr. K’arold Elmer Blazer
on the charge ’of murdering his
daughter, Hazel, the 34-year-old
“child-woman,” was discharged at
noon today by Judge Samuel Johnson.
The jury got the case at 9.45
o’clock (last night and deliberated
until midnight at wh’ch time they
adjourned until early this morning.
The jury received instruction from
the judge offering no alternate ver
dict and providing only for life sen
tence in the case of a verdict of
guilty, or an acquittal.
Lewis Mowry, chife counsel, ad
mitted in his final argument that Dr.
Blazer had killed his own chilli. I
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This is Judge Samuel Johnson, who
is presiding at the Blazer murder
trial. Judge Johnson is a typical
backcountry jurist, who carries his
violin to court and “fiddles” during
such intermissions as waiting for a
jury to report.
JAPANESE HAVE
CRUISERS READY
To Proceed to Chinese Capital
Should N sity Arise; Would
Protect Jap
LONDON, Nov. 12. —Anticipating
a coup by Fang Yu Hsiang, Christian
General in Peking, says Evening
News Tokyo correspondent, the Jap
anese cabinet was /jailed in txtra
ordinary session today to consider
the protection of Japanese lives and
property in the Chinese capital.
It is reported, correspandent adds,
that the navy is prepared for any
emergency with a fast fleet of cruis
ers ready to move at a moment’s ■
notice. jr .'JIM. I
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ENJOYED BY
VAST THRONG
Hoke Smith Guest of Honor at
American Legion Banquet
Wednesday Night
With a crowd estimated at more
than 3,000 packing Lamar street
from Jackson to Lee, th e White Way
system was turned on with appro
priate ceremonies at 7:30 o’clock
iast night.
At a given signal the Dawson
band, composing twenty-five pieces
opined up with a number, followed
y the tunc of Glory, Glory to Old
Georg.a with which the march pro
ceeded Leading was the ba id, fol
lowed by the Kiwanis float, on which
were seated Miss Martha Ivey as
nnces-s Americus, Miss Ruth Ever
ett and Miss Georgia Lumpkin as
"aids of honor. Following the float
were the members of the Kiwanis
lub and 260 school children sing
ing a special -ong arranged lor the
and sun g t 0 the tune
ol Glory, Glory to Old Georgia
i he group moved to the interesec
tion (1 f Windsor Avenue and Lamar
and halted, when with a signal given
by Colonel Stephen Pace a bugle call
was sounded, the completion of call
being the signal for W. L. Walker to
throw the switch that flooded the
streets with light.
Ihe procession then moved down
-Fra-ffffir-fo-rotton Avenue where .t
turned and returned by same route
o a point in front of the Windsor
Hotel. There th e Kiwanis Club sang
a special song to the tune of “Little
Lizza Jane.”
The Kiwanians and group citizens
w V r l w® n CheerS for Ste l’hen Pace,
VV. L. Walker and the Dawson Band
after which there were several short
addresses made by, W. T. Lane, Fred
Smith, president of the Kiwanis Club
Rev. E. T. Moore, superintendent of
county schools and other prominent
citizens.
Ihe prize offered by the commit
tee in charge of the celebration for
the best decorated window was
awarded to the Thomas L. Bell Jew
elry company.
A special feature of the day’s cere
monies was the raising and lowering
of the flag over the Dougboy monu
ment A flagstaff had been erected
just back of the monument and was
u S( 'd for the first time yesterday,
the band was used in both the rais
ing and lowering exercises.
As a closing feature to the day’s
celebration the local post of Ameri
can Legion entertained the ex-serv
ice men of Sumter and adjoining
counties, with specially invited
guests, at a banquet last night
i Honorable Hoke Smith, was the
guest *>f honor, and delivered a short
address followed by remarks from
, Stephen Pace chairman of the com
, mittee in charge of the day’s festivi
ties Lovelace Eve, Editor Times-Re
corder and W. L. Walker, City Engi
neer.
Invocation was delivered by Rev
Hoke H. Shirley, post Chaplain, fol-'
lowed by a few remarks by Walter
Lee Bell, Post Commander, who in
turn announced that Major James
A. Fort would introduce the speak
er.
Major Fort, very fittingly intro
duced the honor guest, Mr. Smith
former cabinet member, United
States Senator and Governor of
r Georgia.
In his address, Mr. Smith again
expressed his belief in th e fact that
the American doughboy won the war
and in so doing had united the
North and South, removing forever
the prejudice that had existed after
the civil war.
He also stated that of the bills he
had been able to put through the
Senate, his bill for the rehabilitation
of the disabled veteran had afforded
him the most pleasure. He explain-'
ed how he had placed the first bill
a bill that enabled the disabled man
to secured a training that would en
able him to carry on in life. He ex
pressed in an emphatic terms his con
tempt for the American citizen who
would object to a liberal provision
for those who wer e wounded or dis
abled during the World War. In the
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