Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-22
TRAILING
THE NEW
OF THE DAY

Gus posters, dated back TO thirty
wears ago, bearing the portraits
of the FIVE Ringling Brothers.
their profles side by side? The
third Of the Ringing Brothers, the
lads who from back lot IN Bara-
boo. Wis, developed into the
greatest showmen the world has
ever seen, dominating the circus
world for the last ten or twenty
wears, is dead. Here is what the
telegraph wires said last night,
under a Dover, N. j., date line:
"Alfred T. Ringing, head of the
Ringing Bros, circus owners, died
at his Oak Ridge estate today. He
was 56 years old. Mr.. Ringing
was born in McGregor, Iowa, and
is survived by his widow, a son
and two brothers, partners with
him in the show business"
Because he refused to leave his
work in a power plant to go to a
celebration at Ada, Kans., the 9th
er night and receive a citation and
Distinguished Service Cross, Will
liam H. Fuller was decorated in
overalls the next day by Col. ]. L.
Peatross, of Wichita, who took
the medal to him.
Fuller rescued comrade under
fire in the Argonne while serving
in Company M, 18th Infantry.
He insisted that he was not es-
specially deserving Of honor and
would not appear in public to re-
ceive it. y
The personnel of the British
navy will be reduced to $4,000
men when the United States rati-
fes the peace treaty, it is stated
by the London Evening News on
what it declares to be authorita-
tive information. The number of
marines, it declares, will be cut to
10000.
The pre-war strength of the
British naval personnel, as shown
by the figures of 1914, was 114,-
236 officers and men. The num-
Der of marines in the same year
was 1902.
Declaring that a confessed I.
W. W. had no standing in the
courts of the United States, Civil
Judge A. j. Hedding, of Milwau-
kee, one of the vilifed American
cities during the war, has set aside
verdict which had been rendered
by jury in favor of a member
of that organization.
The man was J. H. Lane, Finn,
who was awarded $3.50 last week
by jury in Judge Holdings
court which heard the evidence in
Lanes suit against Gust Psihogios,
whom he charged with assault and
battery.
Demand of the public for new
paper money to replace that which
has lost it's fresh crackle has be-
come so great that government of
fcials are determined to stop it,
says a Washington dispatch.
The demand now has amounted
to the enormous sum of eleven mil
lion dollars daily as compared with
the seven million dollar capacity
of the bureau of engraving and
printing.
Footwear prices are due for
tumble-in fact they have dropped
20 per cent since August Is and
are going to take still another
drop after Christmas. 7. Frank Nc
Elwain, president of the National
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
Association, said in an address be-
fore the Middle States Shoe
Wholesalers Association in New
York.
Mr.. McElwain said the consum-
er should notice these declines be-
ginning next April as the shoe now
being manufactured will not be
marketed until that time. He said
a falling off in the demand from
Europe partly was responsible for
the reduction.
The helmet worn by General
Pershing under fire in France and
the starred flag which accompanied
him everywhere, have been placed
among the treasures of the Agora
Society, one of the fraternities OF
Wellesley College, Wellesley,
Mass. They were given to the So
iety by General Pershing, who is
an honorary member of Agora.
Mrs. Pershing, who was Frances
E. Warren of Wyoming, was
member of the society, while at
Wellesley in the class of 1908.
Agnes Scott Drive Seem'