Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-22

THE NEWS
OF THE DAY

cert hurricane that brought death
s1d destruction to he Texas gulf
coast, but none surpasses that of
Esther Fuller, II years of age, who
swan five miles across Nueces Bay,
towing and carrying the uncons-
c:ous form of her 9-year-old
brother, Ted. A no, ement has
leen launched to seccre for her
ii coveted Carnegie hero medal.
To her the feat was matter Of
course. Why, what else should
l do?" she said when her atten-
ton was called to it 81 couldn't
leave him to drown AMI 60 on alone
ccuid u"
Esther and Ted were swept irt9
the tidal wave when 3heir home was
carried away during the height of
the storm Sunday afternoon. The
boy was hit by piece of debris
while struggling in the water and
rendered unconscious.
The girl caught him as he was
sinking. Making use of bits of
driftwood and wreckage that came
her way she struggled on. At
times she was forced to swim until
almost exhausted before a piece of
wreckage came within reach.
For five miles she fought before
har achn
ashore on the opposite side Of the
bay. They were found early Mon
day by rescue parties, Tied still
suffering from his injury. Esther,
although suffering from exposure
and exhaustion, was practically un-
injured.
Gabriel D'Annunzio, the Italian
poet-aviator whose revolt and cap
ture of Fiume has startled the
world, is a Spoiled darling and
should be spanked"
Countessa Maria Albertini, friend
of the fiery poet, companion of
Italy's royal children and society
leader of Rome, so declared on her
arrival in New York a few days
ago.
"On shipboard, we learned of
D'Annunzio's capture of Fiume.
This time think he has gone too
far. Italy idolizes him. He was
the symbol of freedom and patriot
isn Cor us during the war. With
out D'A5 unzio | do no: aow what
would have happened to my coun-
try she said.
''Rut he is spoiled-absolutely.
The aristocracy of Italy, f1om the
king down, has always made much
of lin. He does not realize there
is any limit to the lengths he can
50. Today he is the leader of the
younger generation which is abso-
lutely impatient with the outcome
Of the peace conference: Premier
Nitti has done everything possible
to bring Italy back to normal con-
ditions, but the firebrands, headed
by D'Annunzio, make this very diff
hcult"
The Northern negroes, having
failed to secure the insertion of a
racial equality clause in the League
of Nations covenant are openly
fighting the peace treaty, and the
negro politicians are using the
League as vehicle for fighting
President Wilson and the demo-
cratic party. This lead is being
followed, but more guardedly, by
Southern negro publications, among
them the Atlanta Independent,
which is advising negroes to leave
the South and migrate to the North,
where they are treated as equals
by the whites. Here is how the
Kansas City Star reports the news
of a meeting the other night in
Kansas City Kansas:
Thirteen million negroes in the
United States are opposed to the
League of Nations, Roscoe c. Sim
mons, nephew of the late Booker
T. Washington, declared last night
in an address at the A. M. E.
church.
"The negroes of America are lis
tening to Wilson as their leader
now, because he is sitting in the
chair of Lincoln and Roosevelt, but
President Wilson will near the
voice of the negro in November Of
1920" Simmons said.
Simmons recently returned
from France, where he was with
the American Expeditionary forces.
He is making a tour Of the country,
talking to negro organizations on
the rights of the negro"
Five thousand well-to-do Brit
ish women determined to obtain
American husbands soon will ar
rive in the United States, accord
to a message issued to bachelors
by Mrs. S. c. Seymour, of Camden,
N. j., who has just returned from
Europe. Several eligible Ameri-
Gus bachelors might do well to
write Mrs Sev1nouT for more de-