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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07

follows: Eight years, from 1.21 to 1.1s me-
ters; II years, 1877 to 1873 meters and IA
years, 1.54 to 1.49 meters. That means less
vitality, strength and energy than prior to
the war.
There was only one way to increase
efficiency the weakened condition OF the
future workers Notwithstanding, namely to
make the best possible use Of the remaining
ability for work. OF course, the grownups
had also suffered from war conditions,
though to a lesser degree than the children.
But concerning the adult population nothing
could be done In the direction Of choosing
the proper calling. 1t was too late 10 take
compulsory measures to shift adults from
one occupation TO another for that would
have meant reduced production at least for
a period of transition. And that Germany
cannot undertake under her present condi-
ton of near mendicancy. when she must
strain every nerve to pull through.
So she concentrated her efforts on her
children-girls as we'll as boys-in the cities
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we will find; a botanist to collect new spe-
cies Of plant life. and possibly man to de-
velop photographs.
II expect to leave this country by Christ
mas. / will purchase food and other supplies
in England or Holland. The food is very i'm
portant, for If the right things are taken
along there is no excuse for illness among
the explorers. You may be sure I will not
take with me the polished rice you use in
this country. This food Is the cause of beri-
beri cousin TO scurvy. our supplies will
include brown rice rolled oats. dried vege-
tables, preserved meats and condensed
milk.
You cannot depend upon the country for
your food in New Guinea. especially when
you intend to strike inland and climb TO the
region OF perpetual snow. There are, how
eyer. the crown pigeon and other edible ami
mails along the coast and the tops of palm
trees, the roots OF plants ! learned of among
hhe blacks in Australia, and many other
plants"
At the foot Of the great mountain range
which runs the length of the island a base
will be established Then the march up
ward win begin. Each Dyak will carry
pack of about forty pounds.
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TIME largest island on the globe unless
the continent Of Australia is to be
considered an island, is by a strange
chance the island about which least is
known. In fact, it is so seldom heard of that
few persons say offhand where it is or
what its name is.
This little known island is New Guinea,
also known as Papua. II lies to the north of
Australia and Is separated from 1t by a strait
of little more than 100 miles in width. An
effort to uncover the secrets of this great
tropical area is shortly to be made by DIR.
Carl Lumholtz, n Norwegian explorer, eth
nologist and zoologist, who has recently
spent two years in the almost equally I'M
known depths of Borneo.
Plan of Explorer Lumholtz.
It is the plan Of Dr. Lumholtz TO do what
no other white man has yet done. He hopes
to penetrate the jungle at one of the broad
est points in the island fight his way
through It to the great Snowy Mountain
range, climb from equatorial heat to the
bleak tops of the range, 10000 or more feet
above the sea, and make his way to the
other side Of the island.
II cannot say now what l will accomplish
for science " succeed in crossing the island,
for the interior OF New Guinea is still a
mystery and / know no more than any one
else what may find" Or Lumholtz who is
now in this city said in discussing his VEN
turc During my explorations in Borneo
heard something concerning New Guinea,
which l cannot speak OF now except to say
that it concerns neither the inhabitants nor
the flora and fauna of the island. II Is more
in the mineral line. Without attempting TO
appear mysterious can say no more than
that the expedition may surprise the world"
Because of the uncertainty of his quest,
DR. Lumholtz declined TO 20 further into the
subject of possible discoveries lie said that
undoubtedly interesting discoveries in geo.
logical and neurological lines would be
made and predicted that new kinds of min
erals would be found One Of the pieces Of
equipment which he will carry with him will
be an apparatus manufactured in Denver.
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Some of the Dangers to Be Fought.

Or. Lumholtz said that watchfulness was
the only protection which could he employed
against the arrows Of tho little people tho
bite Of snakes or the other dangers OF the
jungle. II is too hot 10 wear high leather
boots such as tropical explorers are popu-
larry supposed to wear Instead Or. Lum-
holtz will wear light shoes OF brown duck
with puttees above them The puttees are
for protection against poisonous wood
leeches, which cling to the underbrush and
fasten themselves to the legs Of the cxplor-
ers. These locches besides sucking blood.
inject n poison into tho blood which causes
fever and symptoms similar to those Of ma
laria.
The temperature Of the jungle is not ex-
cessive, although the equator passes Just
above the northernmost point OF the island
Generally It is about So degrees. but in the
steaming vapor Of he foliage this 1 hot
enough. Clothing somewhat like khaki will
be worn, but coats win have a woollen lin
ing. As the party climbs higher into the
mountains the temperature will abate. At
the same time water will probably become
scarce. One Dutch explorer was held UP for
three months on tho coast by torrential
rains Up IN the mountains there Is very
little rainfall indeed. and tho whole charac-
ter Of The country is changed.
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which detects the presence of radum.
New Guinea is owned by Holland and
Great Britain. The western part is the prop
erty OF the Dutch and the eastern of the
British. 1t is in the Dutch section, on the
southern side Of the island that DR.. Lum-
holtz expects to start on his trip across the
island. Some idea of its size may be had by
comparing II with the island of Great Britain.
New Guinea is 1900 miles long and about
$50 miles broad at it's widest point. Great
Britain is COS miles long and 800 miles broad
at the broadcast part The former has an
area Of about 1000 square miles and the
latter of about $4,000 square miles.
1.-THE island is broad in the middle section
and narrow at the ends" said DR.. Lumholtz.
at either OF these narrow ends explorers
have crossed and one Englishman assembled
the Snowy Mountain range to a height OF
5000 feet some years ago. A strange story
was brought back by this explorer. One
morning the Englishman found near his
camp huge hoof tracks somewhat resembling
those of a horse. Later on he found other
indications OF huge beast of some sort en-
tirey unlike the marsupials which form the
greater part of the islands animal popula-
ton. He questioned the Papuans who were
his guides, but all he could get from them
was that the tracks were those of n devil
with an ugly head which no white man had
ever seem"
The investigation OF this animal will be
one of the tasks the expedition will take up.
At the present time the Dutch Government
has an expedition In the field, but this or
ganization Is concentrating on explorations
along the Eidenburg River. and will not at
tempt to cross the island or penetrate It's in
most recesses. II may however unearth
strange species of plants, animals and birds,
for the interior of the island has up to the
present time, only been scratched, but has
nevertheless yielded up new species in both
fora and fauna.
People Of the Stons Age.
The people who live in the interior OF tho
island are said to be unlike those who live
upon the coast. The coast tribes are some
what like negroes in appearance. Indeed.
the name OF the island, Papua, Is from the
Malay "kinky hair" and the other name for
the Island New Guinea, was bestowed on II
by Aware de Saavadra, a Spaniard, some
times called It's dscoverer, who noticed re-
semblance OF the natives to those on the
Guinea coast Of Africa. But although tho
Papuans are somewhat ncgroid I'm appear
ance and taller than most Europeans n
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
nine PERISH IN
NIGHT BLAZE
IN APARTMENT
Baby Abandoned In Crib
Rescued By Neighbor
Hero

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Nine per-
sons, constituting every member but
one of two entire families, lost their
lives early today in fire which de-
stroyed a five-story apartment house
on West 146th Street. Fourteen
other families escaped or were res
cued.
Nearly hundred men, women and
children, clad in their night clothes,
swarmed to the fire escapes, some
making their way to the ground, 9TH
ers huddled, terror stricken, on plat
forms in midair until carried to safe
ty.
All the dead were found in the
fifth and top floor after flames had
been controlled. Robert Walker, a
neighborhood resident, climbed the
fire escape before the arrival of the
fremen and carried to safety an in
FAINT which had been abandoned in
its crib by a family living on the
second floor. The cause of the FIRE
was not learned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
Negress' Ruse Throws
Officers OFF Here

ALBANY, Nov 20-Police officers
arrested Beatrice Hawkins, negro
woman. on the southbound Seminole
Limited Thursday at the request of
officers at Columbus, who stated. that
she had escaped from Jail there. It
was stated that she had been convict
ed of felony and given sentence
of five wears that while an appeal for
a new trial was pending she was made
trustv around the jail. a condition
of which she took ADVANTAGE to es-
cape.
Officers at both Americus, and AL
bany were asked to watch out for the
woman. but clever ruse she en-
ployed foiled the would-be captors
at Americus. and almost had similar
effect here. She left Columbus with
a ticket reading from Columbus to
Jacksonville. but on the train she
encountered a negro man with a
ticket from Chicago to jacksonville
and swaoped with him. When the
officers at Americas sought to arrest
her, she flashed the Chicago ticket on
them and got by. She did the same
here and threw the officers off the
trail temporarily. After they had left
the coach, however, Special Officer
Whiddon said she so completely an
swered the description that he was
going gack and arrest her anyway,
which he did, After she was remov-
ed from the train, she admitted that
she was the nerson wanted, according
to the officers, and told of the ticket
stunt she had employed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
City To Abandon
Emergency Service

Announcement is made by Alder
man Mashburn, chairman of the
water and light committee of coun-
Gil, that the city power plant will be
in position by Dec. 15, it is con-
templated, odiscontinue the emer-
gency electric connection with the
plant of the Americus Lighting com
pany for city water pumping, for
which some $400 monthly is being
charged in addation to current used.
He informed the council Thursday
night that a new air compressor,
which had been ordered for many
months, but shipment on which had
been long delayed, had finally arriv-
ed and was being installed for use
in pumping, and that when this was
put in operation, backed by the new
boiler and smokestack recently in
stalled, the plant would have no fur
ther use for the emergency connec-
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
CASE
INQUEST WAITS
TILL SATURDAY
Sister Of Mrs Elmer
Ridicules Poison
Stories

ATLANTA, Nov. 20.-The impos-
sibility of completing the pathologi-
cal, physiological and chemical anal
ysis of the internal organs of the late
Fred D. Shepard, wealthy Fort Valley
peach grower, until cary next week,
has necessitated the postponement
of the session of the coroner's jury
which will conduct thorough investi-
cation of the circumstances sur
rounding the sudden death of Mr..
Shepard on June /. The inquest will
be resumed at Fort Valley next Sat
urday.
DR.. Edgar Everhardt, an expert
chemist, is conducting the chemical
examination The pathological and
physiological analyses are being car
ried on by DR.. John Funke, Of At
lanta. one of the leading authorities
in his profession in the country. Both
the experts have indicated their tests,
which are expected to show whether
Mr.. Shepard died from the effects of
poison administered internally. can.
not be finished until Monday OF
Tuesday of next week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
.BAPTISTS TELL
OF CONVENTION
Glowing Accounts Of
Cordele Meetings Are
Brought Back

Delegates who represented the two
Baptist churches of Americus at the
Cordele convention which met We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday of last
week, have returned to their homes
with glowing reports of the sessions.
Many splendid features were in
troduced, two of which were the lee
lures and displays by Miss Clara
kerth, who is in America from a So
Joprn of many years in mission fields
OF Africa, and Miss Ena. Bridges,
who has done splendid work in Per-
s1a. Many interesting articles of
these countries were shown in con-
nection with the address, with gra-
phic descriptions of the country and
people.
DR.. Allen Fort, of Nashville. we'll
known and beloved in Americus, his
former home, was the principal
speaker at Fridays session, with DR..
Fl. A. Porter, of Atlanta, addressing
a special message to the young peo-
pie of the convention on Thursday.
This was declared beautiful ad-
dress upon the consecration of youth
to the service of the church.
The students of Bessie Tiff col
lege gave a playlet Friday night de-
picting the need for workers in the
foreign fields and making a deep
impression on the mind of the young
people.
The sunrise prayer service Friday
morning was largely attended, and
formed an inspirational feature.
A social feature of the convention
was the barbecue dinner served on
the church grounds Friday at noon,
the guests being invited to supper
from the abundance left. Great hos
pitality was displayed by the Cordele
people and a vote of appreciation
was recorded at the close of the
session during this week,
On next Wednesday evening at the
midweek prayer service at Central
Baptist church, echoes of the conven-
ton will be heard. Each delegate
who attended will be asked to give
his or her impressions of the conven-
ton.
Delegates from the First Baptist
church were Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. John
son, Mrs. r. C. Foster, Mrs. Eugene
Boswell and Miss Eva Weeks, while
the Central church was represented
by Miss Lclise Herndon, Herman
Howard, Donald Hunter, Theo Bar
ton, Miss Eleanor Ross, Miss Ethel
Mae Hart, Miss Lurline Wall, Miss
Elsie Chappell.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
QUIT COTTON And
THE PROFIT CAME
]. H. Myers, of Near
Town, Grows Grain,
Stock and Poultry

j. IL. Myers, who lives on Route
b. a few miles out of Americus. is
one Sumter county farmer who has
entirely abandoned cotton as a crop.
and finds raising grain and hogs
much more profitable than producing
the staple. He planted Is acres to
small grain just before the recent
rain. and has secured an excellent
stand. On his four-horse farm last
year, he raised only velvet beans,
corn, feedstuffs, cattle and hogs
producing from 25 to 30 bushels of
corn per acre, in addition to a good
crop of beans.
Being of the '1ive-at-home-sort. .
Mr.. Myers owns a modern farm re-
frlgeratlng plant, having a capacity
of 10000 pounds of ice. Using this
for the past four years during cur
ing season, he has cured more than
10000 pounds of meat without los
ing a single pound, and curing sea
son with Myers is when hogs are fat.
Recently he killed 48 hogs, weighing
from IT'S to 200 pounds each, and
these are now stored in his big smoke
house, and later this meat will be
sold except what may be needed on
the farm.
While Mr.. Myers devotes his en-
tire time to grain and cattle raising,
Mrs. Myers cares for a flock of
from 1875 to $50 White Orpington
hens, which have already proved very
profitable.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
CANEAND SYRUP
MILLS HUMMINC
Yield Here Large This
Season.. Y. Snipes
Uses Steam Plant

The cane grinding and syrup-mak-
ing season is at its height in Sumter
county. and the syrup crop produced
here this year, it is estimated, will
greatly exceed that of any previous
season.
One of the largest mills in the
county now in full blast is that be-
longing to J. Y. Snipes, who lives on
Route B. near the 18th district.
Mr.. Snipes has new process
steam evaporator, with ca
pacity of 500 gallons of juice at a
single boiling, this turning out 80
gallons of syrup during a run. The
mill is of the latest pattern, steam
pines controlled by automatic ar
rangement being used to cook the
syrup.
He has just finished making $50
gallons of sorghum syrup, and is now
engaged in boiling ribbon cane and
producing Georgia cane syrup, Of
which he expects to make several
hundred gallons. :,
Mr.. Snipes devoted considerable
area of his farm this year to the nro-
duction of fine hogs and stock, and
as a consequence is little worried be-
cause of the cotton situation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
0ARIFICATION
OF ARTICLE IS
Is PROPOSAL
Belgian Senator Urges
International Military
Force And Staff

GENEVA, Nov. 20.-(By Asso-
ciated Press.) AN International mill
itary force, with an international
staff, was proposed to the Assembly
of the League of Nations todav bv
Senator LaFontaine. of the Belgian
delegation.
Inc first formal step looking to-
ward a revision of the covenant of
the League of Nations was taken bv
the assembly at today's session when
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
Van karnabeek introduced a resolu-
ton for the reconsideration of Article
Eighteen having to do with the req
istration of treaties.
The treaties resolution provides
that the reconsideration shall be CON
Quoted either by the assembly itself
or by committee, to make the mean
ing of the article clearer
Van Karnabeek first called atten-
tion TO the article in yesterdays ses-
sion. He said there were several
interpretations of the article which,
IN brief, provides that treaties be-
tween nations shall not be binding
until they are registered with the
League, and proposed that It be
studied carefully with a view to
Qualification.
Senator La Fontaine had somewhat
startled the assembly by declaring
the world is not ready for disarma
ment.
1T is necessary to say frankly ia
the people that the time for disarma-
ment has not yet come" he said.
Before the world could disarm." he
added, "entirely different ideas than
these which prevailed before the war
must be inculcated and applied" He
proposed that armaments and armies
pc comprised in an international
force, with an international staff,
ready to be used sin the cause OF
| the right" in such a case as arose
from the present situation in Ar
menia.
The entire agenda of the assembly
now in the hands of committees which
have been asked to report at the
earliest possible date on questions
considered susceptible Of prompt So
luton.
During the debate today Newton
W. Rowell, of the Canadian delega-
tion, pointed out to the assembly
the danger involved in any attempt
to Interfere with the interior affairs
of any country. Canada, he said,
would never consent to any such in
preference. Rowell was referring
to the demand that had been made
by Senator La Fontaine, of Belgium,
that raw materials, wherever found,
be made available for the use of all
nations. The question of raw ma
terials. Rowell held. would be a ques-
tion Of interior affairs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
TEACHERS WILL
HEAR EXPERTS
Sessions At Plains Les.
lie And Americus.
This Week

Prof. G. d. GODDARD, supervisor of
education, and Miss Mary Bolton,
state field worker, will hold a. teach
ers' institute Tuesday, November 23,
in the school building at Plains.
School will be dismissed for the day,
and beginning at 8 o'clock these two
educators will give lectures and talks
upon observation teaching, which will
be an interesting feature of the
school work. Miss Bolton will give
the school measurement test at this
time, and other advanced methods
will be brought out Teachers from
Concord, Shiloh, Thompson, Thalean
and Sumter school will attend. A
community meeting will be held at
2:15 p. m. to which everybody is
urged to be present so that they may
see what work is being done along
educational lines for the rural and
city districts.
A similar meeting will be held
Wednesday, November "a. at 8 80
a. m. at the Union High school build.
/ ing at Leslie. This new and hand
some building was completed during
| the summer months a. a cost of ap
proximately $65.000, and is said tC
be the most splendidly built structure
of its kind in this section. This is
| the opinion of Architect Blar, of Ma
con, who inspected the building or
recent visit, as we'll as of Miss
Elizabeth Holt, of G. N. |. c., who has
made modern school buildings a life
study Teachers from Huntington
Pleasant Grove, Andersonville, New
Era, Johnson, Pennington, and An.
thony school will meet with the Union
school for this day of lectures and
observations.
A general conference with al
teachers from the rural schools OF
Sumter and Schley counties will be
held at the auditorium of the new
administration building of the Agri
cultural school at 9:30 a. M Friday
Nov 26.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
3 Girls Premiums
Credited To School

Three individual prize awards In
the women's department at the Sum
ter county fair premium iisC as
published were improperly credited,
it was announced yesterday by Secre-
tary Perkins, of the Fair association,
in correcting the record in the three
instances. For the best piece OF ap-
piled design. Miss Harriet Rylander
was awarded first premium, instead of
the Furlow Grammar school; for the
penmanship. Miss Lillian Cannon
drew first place, and for the best map
of Geor"ia, Miss Lucille Williams
was given first. All had been credit
ed to the Furlow school, of which the
winners are members.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
2 MILLION FIRE
DOCKS AT
new ORLEANS
Two Thousand Feet Of
River Front Swept
Clean

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 20.-Fire
believed to have started from sparks
from a switch engine, caused loss
on the river front today estimated in
excess of $2,OOO,OO0. The fire re
started at the Besipe Street wharf
and swept up and down the stream,
taking everything for distance Of
practically two thousand feet.
Considerable damage was done to
the steamship Poncelot, an oil-burn-
ing vessel recently completed for the
F ch Line, but not formally turned
over to its owners.
The fire destroyed the banana
wharf being erected by the z. E. Muir
ray Fruit Company,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
MEXICO TOBAR
SENATOR FALL

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.--Mex-
can consular agents on the border
have been directed not to wise the
passport of Senator Fall, for vis-
it to Mexico.
The announcement made at the
Mexican embassy was that the action
was taken by Reoberta Pasquiera,
Mexican confidential agent in the
United States, predicated upon what
he regarded as the intervention atti-
tude of Senator Fall.
1t was denied that Pas quiera also
had ordered consular agents not to
wise the passports of Governor Hobby,
of Texar and Colonel Chaha, of San
Antonio who also plan to attend the
inauguration of General 0bregon as
president
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-21
British Recognition Of
Soviet Seen In Pact

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. - (By
Associated Press. i'm the view of
State Department officials, virtual
de facto recognition of the Russian
Soviet government is extended by
Great Britain in the proposed trade
agreement between the two coun-
tries. A copy Of the agreement has
been received at the department.
French Not Influenced.
PARIS, Nov. 20.-(By Associated
Press. )-The foreign office announc-
ed today that the resumption of trade
relations between England and Rus
sia and would not change the attitude
of the French government toward the
Bolsheviki.