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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-21

Cuba has an army of 5000 sold
iers.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
GERMANY WOULD RENEW
TRADE RELATIONS HERE
Hamburg American Line Director in
New York to Revive Commerce
With United States.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE first
efforts since the war to revive Ger
man-American commerce., are being
made here by DR.. William Cuno, d.
rector general Of the Hamburg-Amer-
ican line, who arrived on the liner
Bergenford. DR.. Cuno was recently
offered the post of minister of fl
nance in the German cabinet, but, not
having the backing of any political
party, was forced to decline.
"Germany's mercantile marine re-
ceiyed its death blow when the treaty
was drawn up, and I do not know
what can be done to revive It," said
DR.. .Cuno. "All our efforts to secure
modification of the marine clauses
proved futile"
DR.. Cuno said he would hold num-
ber of conferences in an effort to re-
establish connections for German
shipping, but refused to say whether
he would bid on the former German
ships which the American Govern
ment seized and will sell.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
WEALTHY WOMEN SAVE
3 CHILDREN FROM FIRE
Blake Home, in New York's mil
lionaire Row." Consumed
by Flames.

TARRYTOwN, N. Y, April 1.-THE
home OF DR.. Joseph Blake. in NIL
lionaires' row." in South Broadway
here, was destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Blake, the former
Mrs. Clarence Mackay. with Mrs. VIII
liam B. Field, a guest from New YORK,
rushed to the second floor after the
flames had swept rapidly upward and
carried the three Blake children
through heavy smoke downstairs and
out Of the burning building. The
children-Kathryn. Jean and Billy
were having ain afternoon nap in their
nursery.
DIR. Blake had both hands seriously
burned in trying to put out the fre,
which started In a dumb waiter shaft.
with extinguishers.
The house was completely de-
stroyed.. The loss Is estimated at
500. 900. Furniture and tewelry were
saved.
DR.. and Mrs. Blake and the children
went to the Sleepy Hollow Country
Club to live.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
OUDA GIVES real
TIPS" ON POLITICS
Gridiron Club Members Com
mune With Spirits Of
Candidates.

Distinguished men in many walks
OF life from all sections OF the coun-
try. including a pumber of Presiden-
tial aspirants, were guests OF the
Gridiron Club last night at its thirty
NTH anniversary dinner.
Many amusing skits were intro
duced by members OF the club. and In
addition there were addresses by Sec
retary OF State Colby, Speaker Gillett.
Governor Morrow OF Kentucky, Gem
eral Pershing and Prince Lubomirski.
the Polish minister. The rule OF the
club, Ladies are always construc-
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
BRITISH LABOR BADLY
DEFEATED In ELECTION

STOCKPORT. Eng, April 11.-Labor
went down to defeat in the local par
liamentary by-electlon, the result OF
which was officially announced today.
This was a double vacancy and tho
successful candidates were ". Green
wood, coalition Unionist, and Henry
Fildes, Liberal. The returns: Green
wood. 22,S47; Fildes, 22,3S6; Sir Leo
Money, Laborite, 1902.
The result will weaken labor In the
House OF Commons, az ono OF tho
former members from Stockport, O..
}. wardle was a Labor;te.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11

Of breaking up their homes. After
several months we went back to
Miami, reaching there New, Years eve.
in the badger game my husband
taught me to pull on. he had signals.
when we walked down street and
I attracted a man, my husband would
lower his head ~ he wanted TO use
him as a victim. IL he did not. he
would raise his head.
"I was at the Elsers Pier In Miami
at 9 o'clock New Years eve when
spoke to a man He raised his hat
politely and l went with him to our
room.
my husband soon rushed in. threat
ening to call an officer.
"'This Is my wife. you dogr shouted
.-The man pleaded with my husband
to be quiet .. .. 1850 90
I'VE took all his monsy-3so-and
he offered a chs~k or anything IL We
would keep quiet about him. as he
was married.
"we saw the man number of
times afterward and every time he
would go by, my husband would re-
mark: There goes $50.
1--WE were In the badger game when
the Baltimore detectives came down
and arrested us.
"GInd II Il. All Over.
. God. ! am glad II is all over. I
was a good. straight girl until l met
Clarence, and all these things / have.
confessed were done under his order"
The confession made by the girl
was sworn to before Miss Elsie M.
Cameron, a notary public. OF Elkton,
Md. The girl Is now In the Baltimore
city Jail. and will probably be brought
to Rockville on the writ Of habeaus
corpus next week.
The Grosscup child was with Goth
ron and the woman when they were
arrested by the Baltimore detectives,
who asserted they used the child as
a blind" In getting rooms. The
child was in bad health and still Is
said to be Ill. probably afflicted for
life. Following the recent acquittal
Of the girl of completely In the mur-
der Of the Philadelphia chauffeur near
Elkton. she was held on the kidnap-
ing charge. II was on this charge
she was tried this week in Baltimore.
and convicted ~sf-
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
ROADS NEED EQUIPMENT
WORTH 600 MILLIONS

CHICAGO. April 11.-Railroads OF
this country afe in need of new equip
ment that will cost approximately
5000 100000, reports showed at a
meeting of the Association of Rail-
road Executives here.
Estimates of the minimum 1920 re-
ouirements of the carriers included
100 600 freight cars, 5000 passenger
cars. and 1000 locomotives. Aside
from equipment, necessary improve
ments and additions for the roads will
amount to severa, hundred million
dollars, it was stated.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
Housemaids' Demand for
Private Room and Bath
Is Denounced By Jurist

NEW YORK. April 1i.-rhere Is
something new on the high cost
OF living stage.
Landlords. grocers tsilors. and
even Uncle Sam. long accustomed
to '-pronteering'' limelight were
shunted on stage. when Judge
Davies municipal court today
launched a judicial attack on the
profiteering housemaid.
They get $50 and $40 a month,
talk OF demanding 500, want
private rooms. with bath, refuse to
care for children. and ask for
afternoons on. said the bench:
There should be some laws aimed
at curbing the housemaid."
The Washington times., 1920-04-11

lively prsssnt-rsporters never for
One Of the most amusing skits was
produced by three members Of ths
club disguised 40 mediums with an
ouijs board.
A music skit on Presidential eandi-
dates introduced members Of the club
disguised as Harding. Palmer, Hoover
1.-THE title OF whose song WAS "Homs
Again from q Foreign shore"). Wood
Lowdsn and Bryan.
Another amusing si<it was the md
ing by means OF a diyininG rod Of .
bottle OF whiskey on Wayne Wheeler.
OF tho Anti-Saloon League
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
LUMBER MILLS TO CLOSE
AS REBUKE TO WORKERS

CHICAGO, April 1r.-An lumber
mills in Wisconsin. Michigan and
Minnesota, numbering approximate
ly 1000 will be closed down May 1, IT
was safdefere today by d. w. Baird,
president Of the DIV. Baird Lumber
Company. = .,:.
The shut down will be the answer
Of the lumber manufacturers to the
demands of the timber workers, who
have been unionized, for an increase
In pay to IS cents an hour, Baird
said. . j.,
Such q lockout will mean tremen-
dous curtailing Of lumber production
and that prices, which have already
reached unprecedented heights, will
soar still higher.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
Teacher Can't Leave His
Chair Because His Pants 4
Sport Patches on Seat

NEW YORK. April ii.-when
a male school teacher remains
seated at all times In his class
room. IL does not necessarily In
dicate lassitude on his part
One teacher who visited the
city hall today TO urge salary in
creAses for teachers in the New
York schools told Mayor Hylan
he was forced to remain seated
In his class room to hide from
his pupils the patches on the seat
OF his trousers.
Another pedagogue said he did
not own the suit he wore.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
INTEREST ON MEXICAN
DEBT WILL Be PAID

GALVESTON, Tex. April 11.-Presi-
dent Carranza of Mexico has declared
a resumption OF the payment OF In
terest on Mexico's national debt is
to begin Immediately.
Official advlces from Mexico City
TO this effect have been received by
Meade Ticrro, Mexican consul here.
The payments were stopped in
1910 shortly after the retirement Of
President Dial
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
II at all possible to drag Russia in
with US.
Nations Like Wolves.

II at all possible to drag Russia In
with US.
Nations Like Wolves
Now. as before the world war, one
man and one nation are to every
other like a wolf. ravenous and con-
trolled only by a predatory Will.
There will always be strife, and
strength. not fine rhetoric, always
will be tho victor. Therefore. our aim
must be to become strong once more.
Our ideals OF yesterday, the ideals OF
a Prussian Sparta, must be the ideals
OF tomorrow"
Comes back the answer from the
quiet. peaceful spot where the genius
of George Washington rests after the
mighty achievements OF a spotless
life.
-Is this the harvest from tho field
whose burrows have been fertilized
by the blood of twenty millions Of
men7 Is this the Zion which we set
out to conquer, not for ourselves
alone. in our crusade for humanity?
"This must not be: and therefore II
will not be. We have fought our
night for independence, for human
rights, for the liberation Of slaves
And In the greatest struggle OF all.
which we hoped would be the last OF
all, shall we, after exertions so enor-
nous and successful grow faint before
the results of our labors are so safe
ly garnered that Satan himself with
all his hosts of hell shall not be able
to rob them?
Old Idols Gone Forever.
because the nations that were not
able to prevail without the aid OF our
sword and OF our gold. which Is to say
of the fruits OF our labor. are unable
even now after the deluge to separate
themselves from their old and out
worn idols, shall we, therefore, allow
the earth to rot until Its pestilential
vapors reach our shores and turn our
paradise into a desert.
INever more! No longer shall dead
things rule over the living; nor shall
the lower world of dead concepts
hold sway over those who breathe the
warmth of Heaven.
words once spoken in the name of
America must not be lost upon the
desert air. even though he who spoke
them Is no longer acclaimed. The
blood of our boys cries to Heaven,
Americans, save, save, humanity"
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
U.S.. OR ENGLAND
WILL RUlEEARTH
German Writer Declares John
Bulls Maritime Crown
Is Slipping.
CONTINUED from First PaEe)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
nous possibilities of pront in China
The attempt which we made In Paris
TO obtain an American guarantee OF
our new possessions was doomed 10
failure; In declining TO subscribe 10
Article X of the statutes OF the
league OF nations. America Is almost
unanimous
Dspeadent On U. .. Favor.
I'VE shall be dependent upon
Americas favor. or disfayor. II we
wait until q Pan American naval and
military power has developed against
which. preoccupied as we arc with
secret sedition or upon revolt in our
own Orient. We shall not be able 10
prevail
swho knows whether at that time
this old world. with has seen many
strange alliances in her history. wiii
not witness a pact between the.
United States and japan, dual al
lance that win be able to eahaus.
every economic possibility. between
the yellow and the white seas, In
China. Manchuria. Mongolia. Siberia.
and In European. as well as Asiatic
Russia; an alliance which nothing.
absolutely nothing, could withstand!
America can never, nor will she
ever, forego the markets and the
treasures of the Far East Britain's
financial recovery, as well as her Sc
curtty In India. are impossible II she
Is excluded from these same markets
and treasures"
Tokyo sniIes Up Sleeve.
In Tokyo a yellow-skinned rascal
snugly smiling to himself
~Our financial condition after the
war Is the best Of all. No risks, mill
tary or economic, and an enormous
gain In power, wealth and prestige.
Nippon Ia no longer poor. 1t profit
ed greatly through the purvaying OF
military supplies. has obtained vast
mortgages In China and Eastern Rus
sia-
"a great white prince once advised
as always to keep two irons In the
fire, and because his descendants did
not follow that advice they became
impotent and poor.
This would be our own fate II We
did not. in good time. look to our
serond iron. Our war profits are the
best OF all, but we cannot derive our
full advantage from them unless we
keep in mind the wisdom OF our Jyey
asu, who conceded to the strong mill
tary men the right to kill his weaker
fellow"
Germany to Arise.
More terseiy does the Berlin mill
tarist sum things up. "We shall soon
get to the top again and shall not be
SO stupid, a second time, as to ally
ourselves with crippled and decrepit
empires, as we did in 1914 with the
house of Hapsburg and the sons OF
Osman.
Three weeks after its ratification.
the treaty of Versailles was cracked
Already II is doomed to become waste
paper. Not because 1t treated us too
badly, but because the compact at
tempted to force America, TO, stand as
q co-Huaranteer for a crazy Europe.
This is the place for our entering
wedge. -
"The world Is not, a. Napoleon
thought, to become cossakaor repub-
lican. The world is to become, but
only for the time being, Bfitish or
American. ..
"England and japan contra Gamer
tca, or America and japan contra the
British empire? That is the ques-
tion. -.,..... z
"And we must become competent to
enter either of these coalitions and
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
CROWN PRINCE REVIEWS
HIS LEASE IN HOLLAND

THE HAGUE. April 1.-THE former
Crown Prince OF Germany apparently
intends to reside In Holland until
September 4. at least
He Indicated this intention yester-
day by renewing mis- lease until that
date on the clersymAn's house %
oosterland. Island Of wieringen.
which he has been occupying.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
After Whooping
Cough-What?

This No. of series of advertisements prepared by com
petent rnvcan explaining certain diseases which attack
the sn passases-such Pneumonia Influenza, Whoopng
Co.yn Measles long continued Cod-often leave
these organs nhame congsted state thus afordng
favorable foothod for invading germs And how Vs Vapo-
Rub may be of value in this condition
The Washington times., 1920-04-11

Whooping cough is the mean
est" disease that childhood is
heir to. While rarely fatal in
itself, except to children under
two years of age, still it hangs on
60 long-the coughing paroxysms
are so violent, preventing proper
sleep and digestion-that when
the disease does disappear it
leaves the child weakened and
run down. In addition the
violent coughing racks and strains
the air passages and after re-
covery this irritation frequently
remains.
During this period Of conval-
escence the child should be most
carefully watched until full
strength is restored and the air
messages regain their normal tone.
A prominent authority even goes
so far as to sav-"There is more
criminal neglect in connection
with whooping cough than with
any other disease"
While the disease is active,
Vick's VapoRub usually helps to
lessen the violence of the cough
ing, but it is during conval-
escence that Vicks is most val
uable.
Because Vicks acts locally by
elimination thru the skin to
The Washington times., 1920-04-11
.AFF|N|T|ES MET AT
sundays REVIVAL
comerford's Real wife, Now
Getting Divorce, Knew OF
Officers Love Affair.

NEW YORK, April 11.--As soon as
a commission reports from Alabama
on Naval Lieut. william T. Conner
fords divorce In that State. Mrs. Mae
comerford expects TO receive from the
supreme court a decree OF annulment
OF her marriage to the Lieutenant She
was a pretty widow with boy or
ten when she met Comerford at one
OF Billy Sundays meetings on WASH
ington Heights In 1917. They were
married on September 10 OF that year.
Within two months Comerford
started an action for $4,000 against
DIT. Charles A. Renouard Of Brook lyn.
lie charged that the physician had
alienated his wife's affections.
While this action was pending Mrs.
Comerford one day opened letter
that had come for her husband. II
was from his actual wife, Bertha
Comerford. whom he had abandoned
In Trinity, Ala
She Knew Him-
Tho wife wrote In no spirit OF
enmity, but to inform him she ex-
pected to receive her divorce decree
soon. The letter said In part:
II have known your address In
New York for quite a while, but j
did not care to write until ] knew
should have my final degree.
"Time heals all things. / do not
hate you; l am sorry for you and
my darling boy. and / will always
pray for you. i know you are not
interested In me or my people, but
I want you to change your ways.
Marry this woman. Mae Comerford.
with whom you are living.
"If 1t were not for a dear, little
woman, your mother, and my own
precious child, / would turn you
over to the law. I consider you a
menace to young women turned loose
in the world. You stop at nothing.
Good Night Kisses.
'T knew OF your AFFAIR at Duluth
with Jane M. wrote to her and
told her you were married and had q
wife and child in Alabama saw
the pictures OF you and her, you with
her muff. standing on the steps. She
told how she missed your goodnight
kisses, etc. I know more, but that is
enough Of that AFFAIR.
"Your record In the navy Is not
very good. Lieutenant Comerford
naval reserve, beneficiary Mae Conner
ford, etc. Then trying to marry an
other girl while claiming 70 be mar
ried to this Mae.
"Brace up, be q man at least
Marry this woman, II she will have
you. feel kindly toward you for
little Billy's sake. selected you as
his father; I always speak well OF
you to him. Had 1t not been for you
would not have such q loving, hand
some boy to love me always"
When Comerford's lawyers saw this
letter the action against the Brooklyn
physician was dropped. Mrs. Conner
ford consulted Attorney Richard
Weber and he brought the annulmen'
suit. Lieutenant Comerford since
leaving the service has gone to Bos-
ton. He is an engineer.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11

draw out the Inflammation, at
tract the blood away from the
congested spots and relieve the
cough. In addition the medicinal
ingredients of Vicks are vapor-
lied by the body heat. These
vapors are breathed in all night
long, thus bringing the medication
to bear directly upon the infamed
areas.
Vicks should be rubbed in
over the throat and chest until
the skin is red-then spread on
thickly and covered with hot
flannel cloths. Leave the cloth
ing loose around the neck and
the bed clothes arranged in the
form of a funnel 50 the vapors
arising may be freely inhaled.
If the cough is annoying swallow
a small bit the size of pea.
Children's digestions are deli
cate-easily disturbed by too
much dosing" Vicks. there
fore, is particularly recommended
since it H externally applied and
80 can be used often and freely
without the slightest harmful
effects.
Samples 10 new users viii be
sent free on request to the Wick
Chemical Company, 234 Broad
Street, Greensboro, N. G.
The Washington times., 1920-04-11


"Then my husband sent me out and
told me to play the badger game.
picked up man who had been
drinking. I took him to place
where he got more to drink, and be-
came drunk ! told him he was too
drunk to go home and I would take
him with me and he could stay with
my brother--Gene posing as my
brother. I took him to my room, but
did not let him In. My husband
brought him in the room. He was
very drunk and went to sleep while
my husband and I we're talking. We
robbed him OF about $50. pearl
ring and a lady's watch. The man
had some money in his shoe, which
we got. We packed up and left
Coney Island, leaving the man drunk
In my room
I'VE went to New York, where we
badeered a number OF men, mostly
married men. who couldn't AFFORD any
notoriety and wouldn't saueal for fear
The Washington times., 1920-04-11


"His sister told me to get some
money.--to get it in any way that ]
could, as she would show my husband
up because his trouble had cost her
n lot of money. / gathered a lot of
money in Jacksonville, but Clarence's
sister insisted l go out of town and
make some more.
az did as she asked because / loved
Clarence, and that is the only reason
I did it-I wanted to get him out of
trouble. Then my husband and !
went back to Miami.
"Clarence was arrested at Miami
for not working. He skipped his
bond, which ! had put up, and ] hid
him in mans house at Hallandale.
He stole the mans rifle and was ar
rested. l coaxed my mother to get
him out and she paid his fne OF 800.
Then my mother was about to drive
in her automobile to Atlantic City.
She said she would take us with rer.
when we reached Washington, my
mother put us out OF tho CO.. She
overheard Clarence say he was not
going to pay her the money. She
went on and we stayed In Washing
ton for one night and then went to
Baltimore.
"Clsrence sent me out to make
money. 90 out and fool some man
and get s~As money my husband
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12
NEW TORRESDALE GOLF LINKS
PRAISED BYLOCAL PLAYERS
Less Than Year DID, Course Has Natural Beauty and Cham
pionship Promise -PLatt-Reynolds Win Match.
Other Links Data
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

| SOMETIMES you read in golf history
~ Of new champion springing up
"over night" and showing the way
where the veterans had always gone
before. There may be few rough spots
in his game. but the main ingredients
are there. In the. same strain a new
championship course has sprung up in
Philadelphia virtually over night, Of
surprising excellence which already
threatens the prestige of such courses
as Merton. Huntington Valley and
Whitemarsh hereabouts. A week ago
Torresdale opened up its new eighteen
hole course.
On Saturday about ten Of the best
home bred amateurs Of the city played
the course. Here is what they had to
say: "
j. W. Platt, city champion--"I am
amazed. In a couple of years Torres
dale will be ripe for a national cham
pionship. To my mind 1t Is one of the
prettiest pieces of golf architecture in
the city. Everything is there for test
of golf and as soon at the fairways have
yielded the wonderful turf they now
promise, it should be the best course
in the city. like all the holes, but
the seventeenth particularly. I could
play that hole all day. over and over
Patrick Grant, ex-state champion
"Of course there Is better turf in the
city than on the new holes at Torres
dale, but the golf Is there and already
I think Torresdale ranks as real top
notcher"
George Hoffner, ex-city champion
"Torresdale has certainly made an
auspicious start. When the course is fin
ished there won't be a bad hole in the
lay out and dQHtt think 1t can be
beaten. I particularly like the green's.
A ball pitched there stays pitched"
Walter Reynolds, Geist Cup winner
IT have no hesitancy in saying that
Torresdale has the best prospects Of any
course in the city. The natural charm
Of the layout takes my eye and the golf
shots required. The buck nine particu-
larly are well nigh perfect"
Edward Styles, marathon champion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-12

II have played on a good many links,
but / don't recall seeing a more prom
Using course than Torresdale. I am
surprised that such greens could be &C
complished in less than n year."
Edward G. Clarey, Old York Road
winner--."For golf shots and beautiful
structure, the course is on par with
any of them. This is the first time I've
played 1t, but not the last"
And so on. w. J. Platt. James n.
Gay, Jr., w. U. Devices, John Sawyer
pro there, and other well known locals
played there SATURDAY. and all agreed on
the prospects Of the course.
The fairways We're only seeded last
fall but are fourishing with promise.
With the opening Of the, new holes the
golf spirit at the club has taken a cor
responding rise.
A suitable clubhouse is the next
thing, and with that built, President
Cole predicts another eighteen hole
course within couple Of years. The
present course was laid cut by Donald
Ross, who is very proud of his work.
1t is possible 10 stand anywhere at all
on the course and gaze on a picture Of
landscape beauty.
The members play each other for
cinders, or sand for the bunkers, chairs
for the clubhouse and things. A spirit
like that will succeed. The course is
admirably situated for accessibility from
the city.