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Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
SENATE CLOTURE
RULE SPEEDS UP
TREATY ACTION

WASHINGTON, Nov. l5.-(By
Associated Press. "A cloture to shut
down debate on the peace treaty was
adopted today in the senate.
Republican and Democratic lead
ers voted together for the cloture,
which means that until the treaty is
disposed of no senator may speak in
all more than one hour. 1t was esti-
mated that the step would bring final
action within week.
The vote adopting the cloture was
78 to 16.
The action invoking cloture for
the first time in the senate's history,
resulted in an immediate speeding
up Of the reservation program, the
next reservation on the committee
list being adopted within one minute
without debate or roll cal 1t re-
lated to mandates.
The text of the reservation adopt
ed follows:
mo mandate shall be accepted by
the United States under Article %,
Part One, or any other provision of
the treaty of peace with Germany,
except by action of the congress of
the United States"
The committee reservation relat-
ing to domestic questions was then
adopted. The committees Monroe
Doctrine reservation was adopted by
a vote of SIS to 80, after substitutes
offered by Senators Hitchcock and
Pittman had been voted down. The
roll call showed the greatest Demo-
cratic strength to be 9 voting with
Republicans for adoption.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
Gen. Pershing Cited In
French Army Order

PARIS, Nov. 15.-(Havas.) =
General Pershing is cited in the fol-
lowing "Order of the army" printed
in the Official Journal:
General Pershing, as commander
in chief of the American forces dis
played most distinguished qualities
as an organizer and chief. He never
ceased during decisive operations to
bring aid to the allied cause by his
energetic and highly developed CO
operation"
Charles E. Beck, of the 126th
American Infanty regiment, also is
cited. He captured ten machine
guns and killed or took prisoners Is
of the enemy.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
Tries To 'Cunja' Court
By Sprinkling Powders

Judge ]. A. Littlejohn, back from
Oglethorpe where he and Court Re-
porter Mebane spent last week hear
ing criminal cases, was telling yes
terday of how an attempt was made
to "cunja" the court on the open
ing day by a negro woman, the
mother of youth in Jail on minor
criminal charge. The woman was
detected in the court house at an
early hour sprinkling power, which
melted mysteriously on touching the
floor, all about the judges stand.
She was hailed before the court and
after some time it developed through
witnesses who had talked with her
that she was attempting to "cunja"
the court SO that it would be impossi-
BILE to convict her son. She later
entered plea Of guilty and received
her sentence.
Judge Littlejohn and Mr.. Mebane
will return to Oglethorpe Monday,
the docket not having been celared
by one weeks work.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
MINERS ACCEPT
PROPOSAL FOR
WAGE MEETING

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-(By
Associated Press )-Acceptance with
out qualification by the mine work
ers of Secretary Wilson's proposal
for negotiation of a nationwide
wage scale agreement was announc-
ed at the conference today by John
L. Lewis, head of the United Mine
Workers.
Speaking on behalf of the opera
tors outside of the central competl-
tive field, S. F. W. Lukens, president
of the Southwestern Interstate OPP
orators Association, proposed re-
turning to the old policy of allowing
the basic scale to be negotiated by
the operators and miners of the cen
trail field. This brought charge of
bad faith from Lewis.
When faced with refusal of the
mine operators to make an agree
ment on a national basis, President
Lewis, of the Mine Workers, and
Phil H Penna, of the operators, IL
nally agreed to proceed with neg y
tiations covering the central field,
Secretary Wilson then adjourned
the general conference and summon
ed the wage scale committees of the
central competitive field at 2:3O
o'clock to negotiate new wage scale
agreement. The operators from the
districts outside of the central COM
petitive field met at the same hour
to determine whether an agreement
arrived at by the wage scale commit
tees of the central field would be ac-
cepted as a basis for contracts in the
outlying fields.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
3 SLIGHTLY HURT
AS HIXON AUTO
STRIKES WAGON

Judge j. A. Hixon suffered a
sprained ankle, and his son-in-law,
Harry Hawkins, suffered several Sc
we're bruises and small cuts about
1880 o'clock Saturday afternoon
when Judge Hixon's closed car, in
which they were both riding, collid-
ed at the corner of Mayo and Ogle-
thorpe avenue with wagon in
which a negro farmer and his wife
were riding. The car was overturn-
ed and badly smashed, all the glass
being broken and it being damaged
otherwise, and the negroes wagon
was demolished. The negro woman,
whose name was not reported, but
who was attended by DR.. Stukes, suf-
fered several bruises but no serious
hurts.
Judge Hixon and Mr.. Hawkins
were returning from the Hixon farm
at the time of the accident, and the
negroes were likewise coming to
town. Judge Hixon was driving the
car. He blames the accident on the
sharpness of the turn in the road at
that point, which prevented him from
seeing the vehicle ahead of him un-
til his car was upon it. Neither he
nor Mr.. Hawkins were hurt suffi-
GENTLY to prevent them going about
their business during the afternoon.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
NEGRO STAYS
WIFE IN ROAD,
BRINGS TERROR
TO COMMUNITY
Joshua Floyd In Cell AT
ter Tragedy AT Hooks
Farm

The eleventh prisoner to be charg-
ed with murder within the last few
weeks was added to the prison coll
ony at the Sumter county Jail at S
o'clock Saturday afternoon when
Joshua Floyd, young negro farm
hand working on the T. B. Hooks
place southeast of Americus, was
brought in and placed behind the
bars by Deputy Sheriffs Summers
and Price. Floyd shot his wife, Al
berta Floyd, to death near their
home about 2 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. He was maudlin drunk at
the time of the crime and for hours
afterwards, and appeared to have no
realization of what he had done.
Three shots were fired by him into
his wife's body, which was found
by the officers lying at the roadside,
face down with hat on her head,
where she had fallen, apparently, in
racing to elude her drunken hus-
band AS the officers drove away
from the body, with their prisoner
in charge, he waved and muttered a
grinning goodbye.
Floyd, according to information,
created reign of terror about the
farm Saturday afternoon, at one
time threatening to kill Matt Pat
rick, another relative. He had been
married four years, and had grown
up on the Hooks place. His father
has been reliable cropper for
years, and Joshua worked for him,
it was said
Three of the IL held for murder
are whites and the others negroes.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
GOT The. WRONG
FELLOW CLAIM
OFsDUCKWORTH
Husband Of Slain Wo-
man Says He Knows
Nothing Of Crime

They've got the wrong fellow this
time was the laconic and cheer
less message of Sam Duckworth, held
for wife murder, from the window
of his cell at the county Jail yester-
day to an acquaintance in the Jail
yard below. 81 don't know a thing
about this, but they've got the wrong
fellow
That was the extent of his state
ment yesterday on the killing of his
wife, Mrs. Pearl Duckworth, whose
mutilated body was found in well
at their home Wednesday evening
after he fed, later being captured in
Dooly county.
His mother, Mrs. Sallie Duck
worth, jointly charged with the
crime, continued her TRADES in the
Jail Saturday, creating a disturbance
throughout the building by her
shouts demanding freedom.
The two negroes, Sidney and Liza
Ware, who were arrested with the
Duckworths under warrant charging
completely in the murder, were still
in Jail yesterday and it was said that
the likelihood of a demand being
made for commitment trial to Sc
cure their freedom had diminished,
and they would probably await the
action of the grand jury next week,
Superior Court convenes.
It developed yesterday that Mrs.
Pearl Duckworth, the slain woman,
shot her husband through the body
couple of years ago with pistol,
the wound coming near being fatal.
The affair did not get into court.
Curb stone habitues were speculat-
ing Saturday upon the lack of har-
mony in some of the details in con-
nection with the Duckworth killing
and the movements of the principals
involved. The husband was in the
office of DR. John F. McMath in
Americus between 4;30 and S clock
Wednesday afternoon, and was seen
again in Americas between $50 and
7 o'clock the same evening. 1t is
not positively known at what hour
his wife was killed, but it has been
the theory of the officers handling
the case that it was before he left
home. On the other hand, Jimmy
Lee Perry, son of Green Perry, the
landlord, who lives near by,
says he saw the slain wom-
an about half an hour before
dark, which would have been around
A or AIS o'clock. 1t has been sug-
gested that the boy might have been
mistaken as to the identity of the
woman he saw or the time he saw
her.
Liza Ware, the negro woman who
was told by Mrs. Sallie Duckworth of
the other woman being in the well,
was in Americas on the afternoon
of the killing, returning to Hunting
ton on the "Shoo Fly" leaving Amer
icus at $40, and reaching her home
mile from the station probably
about o'clock.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
Cuthbert Defeated
By Americus 14-O

The Americas High School foot
ball team defeated the Cuthbert
team on the Aggie field here Friday
afternoon by a score of Ia to 0. 1t
was a we'll played game, in which the
locals showed the speed and ability
which they have developed. The
Cuthbert team included several foot
ball men beyond the highschool age,
it was said.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
COOPERATIVE Sales
Big Aid To Georgia

ATHENS, Nov. 15.-Co-operative
hog sales under the direction Of the
agent in marketing have been most
successful. While hogs were SELL
ing for 13 1-2 cents in neighboring
states, Georgia hogs sold in co-opera-
tive sales for Ia 1-2 to 16 1-2 cents
per pound, to local butchers, and
Georgia packing plants. One sale
topped the Chicago market on that
day by one-half cent.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
TRAILING
THE NEWS
OF THE DAY
"REST IN PEACE"

Mr.. Katzbaum copfded to Mr..
Bloomstein over their stems of
beer in New York last week that
his old friend Mr.. Waldberg had
thrown off this mortal coil. Mr..
Katzbaum dropped tears into his
foaming lager (they still have it
in New York;. Mr.. Bloomstein
was properly sympathetic, but
could not forbear showing Mr..
Katzbaum an invitation to we'd
ding he had received.
They proceeded arm in arm to
a florists shop and bought two
wreaths. Then they parted.
Mr.. Katzbaum rendered his SYM
pathies to the family of the de-
ceased and presented his wreath,
large horse shoe, inscribed "a
pleasant Journey" A moment la
ter he arose from the sidewalk,
where he had been kicked and sur
veyed several new scars and
bruises.
Mr.. Bloomstein was having trou-
bles of his own. After kissing the
bride, he presented his wreath.
A huge black ribbon bore the
words: crest In Peace"
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
Founder OF Boston
Orchestra Is Dead

BOSTON, Nov. 15.-(By Asso-
ciated Press.) )-The death of Major
Harry L. Higpinson, banker and
founder of the Boston Symphony Or
chestra, was announced today. He
died at the General hospital after an
operation last night.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
Blizzard Hits Paris
With 1O-Inch Snow

PARIS, Nov. 15.-(By Associat-
ed Press. "A blizzard struck the
Paris region last night and six to ten
inches of snow fell. The storm con-
tinued today unabated.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
HUN "REDs" PROGRAM.

Among the plans disclosed in the
program of the Communist party
of Germany, which was captured
recently by troops of Minister of
Defense Noske, are the following
party planks; "The creation of
armed troops in individual indus
tries; ruthless stoppage of indus
tries; if an industry can no longer
be defended all construction and
boilers must be exploded; the oc-
cupation of all food bureaus; spec
ialization of strikes on railways,
transportation of food and ir
other industries will be stopped;
financial support and material as
sistance are promised from Rus
sia."
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16

tion was shown today in Wyoming,
however, 1000 miners agreeing to
return to work at once under settle
ment of the controversy between
miners and operators. Colorado and
Alabama showed some coal produc-
tion with non.union mines in Penn
syIvania reported operating at nor
NAL capacity and some West Vir-
ginia coal being brought up.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
The Weather Forecast

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For Georgia.-Sunday: Fair and
warmer.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
Grand Worthy Matron
0. E. S. Here Monday

Members of Americus Chapter, No.
SO, Order of Eastern Star are re-
ouested to be at the chapter room for
a special meeting Monday night, No
vember II. Mrs. Ada Jones, of At
lanta.. Grand Worthy Matron of
Georgia, will make her first official
visit to- the chapter. All are re-
ouested to be present at 1880 p. m.
Bv order of Mrs. ]. M. Shy, Worthy
Matron, and Frank Payne, Worthy
Patron.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
~AIL COMMUNISTS CRIMINALS" ;"


William McAdoo, chief city mag
istrate of New York City, asserts
in judicial opinion, that all per-
sons who subscribe to the constitu-
ton of the Communist party are
guilty of criminal anarchy and
subject to arrest and prosecution
at any time, Under this ruling, it
is said that more than $500 men,
bers of the organization in New
York City are subject to immediate
arrest. Twenty-four radicals are
held in bail ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 each, to answer the charge
of anarchy. Hearings have been
completed by the federal authori-
ties in New York for the deport-
alton of 80 radicals held at Ellis
Island.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16

Miss Elsie Mem, 19 years old
stood in an airplane at Chicago the
other day and, grasping a rope
ladder dangling from above
climbed safely to 8 second plane
as the machines few two hundred
feet above ground. Che is said
to be former parachute jumper.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
BRITISH AND STOLEN cows.

Because prominent Englishmen,
including Lord Parmoor, have ex-
pressed sympathy with the desire
of the Germans to keep the cattle
they stole from France since other
wise German children will starve
for want of milk, has aroused in
dignation in Paris. During the
war Germany carried off over a
million cattle from the occupied
districts of France. The Peace
Conference imposed on Germany
the necessity of returning 10000
of these animals, or less than one
in eighteen. A leading French
man said yesterday: ''The fact
that German babies may be de-
prived of milk if these cattle are re-
stored to France is, even from
humanitarian point of view, a mat
ter of entirely secondary import
ance in view of the much more
heartbreaking fact THAT French
babies are dying to-day for want
of the very milk the Germans are
getting"
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
The Cotton Market

LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 81 cents.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
TOLEDO CAR FIGHT COSTLY

TOLEDO CAR FIGHT COSTLY.
AS a result of the Toledo street
car strike controversy 1,40O men
are out of work the street car com
pany is losing $1,000 day; citi-
zens are paying increased rates to
get about the city; and there is a
huge loss through the curtalled
output of many industries. Here
then is another vivid illustration
of the Importance of eliminating
strikes (this time of capitaD and
settling all industrial disputes by
arbitration.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
WOULD SELL MATES GLAND.

"OOAL 0EAL WA L . NAEAlNNs
The nice question whether
widow of criminal hanged at
San Quentin prison at San Fran
cisco can demand that his intestin-
al gland, called the source of
youth, be delivered to her for sale
may be decided in the courts.
Attorney Nate Coghlan, who de-
Tended Anthony Lapara, believes
the widow has the right to demand
the glands. Lapara is to be hang
ed December 10. The prison doc
tors announced they had received
an offer of $4,000 for the glands
which they could not accept be-
cause of the prison rules.
Courts have repeatedly held
that anything of value belongs to
the widow" Coghlan said. "Medi-
cal research seems to have placed
q great value on these glands.
Such a case would establish a pre-
cedent. The case would be most
unusual"
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-16
NEW YORK FUTURES.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.

Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
Jan. $3.50 35.45 $3.50 $500 $500
Mch. 34.25 34.O0 34.14 33.45 33.45
Nav 1928 S2.S5 1907 32.47 32.4T
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
Council Reinstates
Detective Who Shot
Camp Dodge Soldier

Armed with the pistol from which
he fired bullet through the body
of Private Charles Coleman OF
Camp Dodge, and under indictment
for shooting with intent to commit
murder, Guy B. Knudtson yesterday
afternoon returned to work as a
city detective.
Knudtson, who is under a $4,000
bond to answer the criminal charge
in district court, was reinstated yes
terday morning by Police Chief
Eberstein, following the action TAX
en- by the city council in dismissing
charges against the detective.
The council voted to take this ac-
ton on motion of Police Commits
sioneer Ringer. who subjected him
self to severe, criticism for alleged
inactivity in the matter of investi-
eating the shooting. several weeks
ago at Twentieth street and Capt.
tol avenue.
City Commissioner Butler wishes
it TO be known that he voted against
the withdrawal of charges against
Detective Guy B. Knudtson in the
city council yesterday morning.
II am opposed to the withdrawal
of the charges and also opposed to
the reinstatement of Knudtson. /
don't believe that is capable OF car
rying gum" said Mr.. Butler. II
want my vote on this known"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
BURLESON PLEA
|MPUTES PLOT
TO HIS ENEMIES
Postmaster General Assumes
Role Of Martyr Attacked
by Interests Seeking
Postal Subsidy.

Washington, April 23.-Postmas-
ter General Burleson in statement
issued tonight asserted that an Or
ganized propaganda had been inau-
gurated in an effort to destroy him
and thereby to aid in bringing about
repeal of the zone postal law i'll
creasing second-class rates.
The statement charged that more
than a year ago an unnamed mem-
Der of committee urging repeal Of
the law asked him to acquiesce and
bluntly informed him. "We ruined
Postmaster General Hitchcock and
destroyed Mr.. Taft" Later. it said
we'll known publisher, also un-
named, promised that Mr.. Burleson
would be made the most popular
man in the cabinet if he would aid
Or acquiesce in the repeal, and said,
But if you do not, fear they will
ruin you"
These offers were spurned, Mr..
Burleson declared, and now, he said,
he was confronted by a systematic
propaganda of selfish interests who
through repeal of the law would be
able to resume enjoyment of a pos
tai subsidy of over $70,000,000 per
annum." Even under the zone law,
he added, there still would be an an
nual loss of more than $50,000,000 to
be made up out of the general pub
lie.
This statement followed one given
out at the Postoffice department
during the day, announcing the post
master general had directed that
telegraph systems suspend their
regulations against transmission of
libelous matter, insofar as matter re-
lating to the postmaster general was
concerned. This order was given, it
was stated yesterday morning. after
the night manager of the postal sys-
tenn at New York had refused to ac-
cept certain messages filed by the
New York World news bureau on
the ground that they were libelous.
These messages constituted an ar
ticle discussing the postmaster gen.
eral.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
Fiume Belongs to Croatia
Under Treaty of London
Great Britain and France Prepared to Carry Out Pact
if Italians Insist on Rights it Gave Them to
Trest Poa and Part Of Dalmata.

London, April 23.-(By The As
sociated Press)-With reference to
the Italian claims the Associated
Press learns that under the treaty
of London, Italy was entitled to
Triest. Pola and part of Dalmatia,
but Fiume was to go to Croatia.
Great Britain has advised Italy in
her own interests to forego some of
her claims, but if the Italians insist
on their rights under the treaty
Great Britain and France are pre-
pared to honor their signatures. in
which case, as pointed out to Italy,
Fiume must go to Croatia.
1t is understood that President
Wilson issued his statement on his
sole responsibility and that Premier
Lloyd George and Premiey Glenn
'enceau are still actively seeking to
bring about an arrangement.
Blunder Averted by Wilson.
Washington, April 23.-PresiI mt
Wilson 5y his statement today in
Paris as to the Italian claims to
Fiume and the Dalmatian coast
Saved Italy's statesmen from
taking a decision which would have
irrevocably compromised the future
peace of the world" declared Dr.
Voyslav M. Yovanovitch, director
of the official information bureau
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24

here of the kingdom of -, Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes, in a statement
issued tonight, President Wilson's
statement, he said, would make IAN
excellent impression in Jugo-Slav
circles in the United States"
Il need not say said DR.. Yovan-
ovitch. "the pleasure which the dec
laration of President Wilson has
given US, but will go even further;
the Italians, too, owe him a debt of
gratitude, as he has saved their
statesmen from taking a decision
which would have irrevocably COM
promised the future peace of the
world. This will be clear to every
intelligent Italian once the fictitious
excitement about the question of the
Adriatic, largely due to active propa-
ganda of the reactionary and mill
tary parties in Italy, has died away.
Liberated From Grip of Germany.
Italy was taught to believe that
the seizure of Jugo-Slav territory
was the only profit she would derive
from the war. The people do not
yet realize that the real fruit of their
victory was the liberation of Italy
from the grip of Germany. Now
Italy will take her place in the COM
ity of nations charged with the pres
ervation of the peace so dearly
gained"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
Survey Body Named
to Visit States to
Study Constitutions

Lincoln, Neb., April 23.-(Special
Telegram).-Under an act passed by
the recent legislature, the supreme
court has appointed constitutional
survey commission, consisting of
Victor Rosewater, editor of the Om-
aha Bee, c. E. Sandal, of York.
former state senator; Prof. John P.
SEEMING, of political science. depart
ment, at the state university; A. c.
Shallenberger, of Alma, former Fifth
district congressman and governor,
and ]. H. Broadly, attorney, of Line
oln.
The first three are republicans,
and the last two democrats.
Each member will draw a salary of
$1,000 year, with travelling expenses
and their duties will be to Investigate
the constitutions of other states and
prepare report of their findings to
the constitutional convention. when
it convenes in December.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
Wilson Issues Statement Explaining
His Reasons for Refusing His Consent
To Assign to Italy Port on Adriatic Sea
Changed Treaty Made
Damaian Islands Strategic Position Naval Men,
Has Ceased Exist New States Created Require Outlet

Paris, April 25.-President Wilson
today issued the following state
ment explaining his position on the
Adriatic question::
"In view of the capital i'm
portance of the questions affected,
and in order to throw all possible
light upon. what is involved in
their settlement, | hope that the
following statement will con-
tribute to the final formation of
opinion and to a satisfactory So
luton.
When Italy entered the war she
entered upon the basis of a def
mite private understanding with
Great Britain and France, now
known as the pact of London.
Since that time the whole face of
circumstances has been altered.
Many other powers, great and
small, have entered the struggle.
with no knowledge of that private
understanding.
New States Created.
"The AuStro- Hungarian empire,
then the enemy of Europe, and at
whose expense the pact OF Lon
don was to be kept in the event
of victory, has gone to pieces, and
no longer exists. Not only that,
but the several parts of that en-