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New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
Realty Mems Rent Law
Amendments Introduced
Assembly Also Gets Bill TO Make
Board of Estimate Restore
Three~fourths Rule
From q stag Correspondent

ALBANY, Jan. 13.-Several amend
ments to the rent laws passed last year
were introduced to-day at the request
of the United Real Estate Owners AS
sociation by Assemblyman Joseph Stein.
berg Another bill introduced by Mr.
Steinberg would compel the New York
City Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment to return to the three -fourths
rule which obtained prior to the cleo
tion Of f. H. La Guardia and Henry H
Curran, the Republican members of the
board
Until the election of Curran and La
Guardia the rule, created by the
Mitchell administration, provided that
the issuance of corporate stock and the
spending of the clty's moneys in any
way by the board required twelve votes
for affirmative action. There are six
teen votes in the board. Five are con-
trolled by La Guardia and Curran, so
that the approval of one, or both. of
the Republican members of the board
would be necessary before any of the
taxpayers money can be spent by the
Hylan Board of Estimate.
Because of the increase in marriages
in New York City, Assemblyman Dick
stein introduced bill permitting the
appointment Of additional marriage
license clerks. Mr.. Dickstein said the
bill was introduced at the instance of
County Clerk Scully.
A bill Of Assemblyman Antin would
require every tenement house more
than eighty-fve feet high to be
equipped with stand-pipes, fire hose,
fire extinguishers, fire hooks, axes and
other fire-fighting instruments.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
u. S. Note Seeks Change
In Mexican Mine Ruling
Britain and France Also Inter.
ested in Decision Affecting In.
vcstment of &c, 900, 900 Pesos

MEXICO CITY, Jan. l3.-The United
States government, through George T.
Summerlin, it's Charge d'Affaires here,
to-day presented note to the Mexican
Foreign Office inviting it's attention to
recent decision of the Mexican Su-
preme Court regarding suit for own
ership against the Naica Mining Com
pany, in the state of Chihuahua. The
note asks the Foreign Office to investi-
gate the findings of the court, with a
view to their revision.
The Naica property, owned originally
by American, British and French inter-
ests, represents an investment of ap-
proximately 2o,00O,0OO pesos, which is
placed in jeopardy by the Supreme
Courts decision. The Supreme Court
denied the request of the mine owners
which the lower courts had ruled be-
longed to the descendants of Santiago
Stoppelli, who now seeks full pos
session.
1t is kno wn Mr.. Summerlin called
personally upon Foreign Minister Hi
dalgo and requested an investigation
and that the latter promised to take
up the matter Immediately with Presi-
dent Obregon.
The British and French charges also
are known to be active in the request
for review of the Supreme Courts
action, with the possibility of immedi-
ate notes of protest from their govern
ments.
The Mexico City newspapers describe
the American note as an energetic pro-
test amounting to demand, but from
ether sources it was learned tonight
that the representations Of the United
States were informal and not severe.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14

Legislature a report presenting plans
for complete system Of state highway
development. The committee pro-
poses an ultimate system Of 11,119
miles of improved highways. OF this
network, 1857 miles have been com
pleted. The remaining 2,762 miles,
the committee believes, can be COM
pleted in the course Of the next six
years, at rate of about 450 miles a
year.
The total cost to tho state Of COM
pleting its highways system is es-
timated at $82, 100000 or this amount
$52 $4,000 will be available from the
following sources: Bond issues, $13.-
100000; Federal post road aid, S12,-
$4,000; from the state to meet the
Federal aid program, s12,936,OO0, and
from the counties in the state, $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
Pennsylvania Farmers
Aid Idle Mill Workers
Barrels of Produce Sent Hun.
dreds of Miles for D;stribu-
ton in PHILADELPHIA

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13-Farmers
hundreds of miles from Philadelphia
in the southwestern corner of the state
have started movement to aid the
thousands Of unemployed textile work
ers Of the Kensington Mill district
here.
The farmers became interested in
labor during the Presidential election,
when they were active in the Farmer
Labor party. After the election thNy
transferred their interest to the work
ers in Philadelphia and have been send
ing barrels of fruit and produce here
out of their surplus of farm products.
The distribution is through commit
tees Of union men, who know the needs
Of members Of their own locals. The
barrels of produce have been sent to
the Women's Trade Union League,
which has been made the distributing
center.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
Kenyon to Offer
Measure Again to
Register Lobbies
Senator Will Reintroduce
Old Bill to Control All
Legislative Agents; Con-
gressional Inquiry Likely
From The Tlbune's Washington Bureos

From The TIbune's Washington Bureas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Followine
up the declaration which he made in g
recent speech in the Senate, that Wash
ington is "swarming" with lobbyists,
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, announced
to-day that he would present again his
bill for the registration of lobbyists,
which he introduced about five years
age end on which no action was taken.
Another lobby investigation is ex-
pected to grow out of the introduction
of this bill. 1t will be referred to the
Senate Judiciary Committee, and that
committee will name a subcommittee
to consider it, In view of the charges
that lobbies and lobbyists are numer-
Gus and increasing and that tariff and
taxation revision will bring great num-
bers of lobbyists here. there is talk
that the subcommittee will make an
inquiry.
The old lobby committee, of which
Senator Overman is the head, which
attracted attention by its investigation
about the time the Democrats took
over control of the government, is still
IN existence theoretically, but any new
inquiry would doubtless be made by
a committee or sub committee of which
Republican was the head.
Senator Kenyon conferred with Sda-
ator Overman about the advisability Of
reintroducing the Kenyon bill. Sen
ator Overman himself offered bill on
the same subject following on the old
iooby investigation, and this may be
irelntroduced. In the debate over lob
TO I,
Overman made it plain he favored
legislation.
The Kenyon bill calls for the regis
tration of lobbyists and legislative
agents on Legislative docket in the
offices of the secretary of the Senate
and clerk of the House. No person
whose name is not on such docket,
the bill provides, shall be allowed to
appear before any committee unless in
ylted to appear.
one OF the important features of the
blll is that former members of the
House or Senate shall not be legislative
agents. This is aimed at the growing
practice whereby former members Of
Congress act as lobbyists for various
propositions. Having the privilege Of
the floor of House or Senate, they can
go into either chamber when the body
is in session and talk to members on
the, floor or in the cloakrooms about
legislation or propositions which they
want supported or defeated Big fees
are said to be made by some of these
former members of Congress in their
work as lobbyists or legislative agents.
Senator Kenyon pointed out that his
bill would require the filing by the
Legislative agent of an itemzed report
of his fees and expenditures. He said
he was advised that lumber, packing
and coal interests and others main
tanned expensive lobbies and that the
light ought to be turned on them.
The Kenyon registration measure
imposes fine of between $500 and $5,-
900 for violation and would require the
legislative agent who broke the law to
be barred from appearing before COM
mittees or engaging in lobbying.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
Italian Theater Workers
IDaugurate Fusion Move

NAPLES, Jan. 13.-Pietro Mascagni.
the composer. dclibered speech to-day
at the Inauguration of the new CO.
operative movement among the workers
IN theaters, intellectual as we'll as man
ual. Signor Mascagni laid emphasis
upon the significance of the fusion move
~. dec'arng that the gravity of the
economic situation had induced brain
workers to join manual laborers in fac
ores TO the common benefit. He pro-
posed the building of peoples the
ater, for the production of opera and
drama and for concerts.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
Missing Student Located
Harvard Man Merely Journeycd
to Denver Home of Aunt
SnccinI Dispatch to The Tribu

HtrctTi OtSpdtcf 70 INC Trt0ure
DENVER. Jan. 13.-Joseph +. Laut.
ner, missing Harvard student is at the
home of his mothers sister, Mrs.
Charles Melzor, who lives in the out
skirts of Denver, near Aurora. He ar
rived mere last night and is said to be
suffering from a breakdown caused by
overstudy, and is under the care of a
phys clan, who declined to give any in
formation in regard to Lautner's all
ment beyond stating that he had a
ve"" bNd cold.
Mrs. Mclzor also was reluctant to
discuss her nephew's illness. When
asked if Lautner simply wandered
away from Boston without knowing
where he was going. Mrs. Melzor re-
plied "Well, he knew enough to
come to me-"
Lautner whose father is dead, is the
son of Mrs Amelia Lautner, now living
in Evansville, Ind
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14

have been virtually defeated by Ger
many. Our military force alone car
save US from disaster. The Spa agree
ment, although generous in other re.
spects, gave us certain rights. Will
the head of our government decide tt
make use of these rights, asking oul
allies for the support they formally
promised?
"The whole question is here. To
morrow will be too late. Tomorrow, Il
we are not careful, upper Silesia will
be snatched from the Poles. To-mor-
row Austria and Hungary will be ask
ing the protection of the Berlin gov
ernment. Tomorrow Russia will for
many years become a German colony
Then the Hohenzollerns can come bach
Their war aims will have been accom-
plished."
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
and the development Of trade relation
with neighboring states.
SAYS Nation Is Starverinr

Says Nation is Staggering
"If the plan is adopted and either
French or English bankers or their re-
spective governments will supply the
funds, Austria should pull through and
! become self-sufficient in five or six
years. If this plan, or some similar
one, is not adopted, Austria cannot 20
on. She is staggering now; she will
fall.
II believe, if the Cabinet resigns and
the Reparations Commission does not
take charge of the country The first
step in the dissolution which would
follow would be that each of the seven
states that now compose Austria would
set up its own government and try to
save itself. The states nearest to Ger
many would try to secure annexation
to the German republic. There would
be another partition of Austria. Some
or the states would try to remain in
dependent. There would be revolution
and communism. Austria would break
dustrial unrest in Austria now and
more than half the people are Social
Democrats. These might easily swing
to Bolshevism. The collapse Of Austria
might be the beginning Of wildhre in
Central Europe. Every delay increases
the danger. Unless Austria is aided
soon these things may come to pass"
VIENNA, Jan. 13.--The death pen
atty or the whipping post for profiteers
was demanded at a price conference
here to-day which developed much agi-
tation. The chief of the technical
trades unions declared: 1--WE have guns
at hand. We warn you that from jar
uary 20 we will be beyond the law and
will act without pity for profteers. If
you must make an example, you must
choose millionaires and not the little
fellows" He also demanded plebiscite
on the question of fusion with Ger
many as of March 1.
Profiteers Are Threatened
Professor Wolkan, representing The
salaried classes, cried: Austria is
dead! Live live Germany!"
demonstration considered by The
police as an ugly augury was held in
the hotel district last night. Crowds
paraded back and forth, shouting
threats against prcfteers.
Doors of the big hotels in Vienna
are shuttered at dusk because of Com
mrnist demonstrations against them as
symbols of profiteering, but as yet no
disorder has occurred.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-14
Highway Plan Submitted

ALBANY, Jan. 13.-The Joint Legis.
lative Highway Committee, of which
Senator Charles j. Hewitt. of Locke
is chairman, to-day submitted TO the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-08
$500 FREE OR
BATHING SUIT
OR TICKETS

ETOW about trying for that $500
I l rrize. or the new bathing suit,
or the week of free movie passes
to be given away next week by
Manager Emory Rylander of the
RvIander Theater, through the
Times Recorder? All you have to
do is to see Jackie Coogan at the
RvIander Friday or Saturday of
This week. then write a $50 word
or less paper on Why Peck's Boy
Was Bad" and mail or bring it to
The Times-Recorder.
Here are the rules:
STORY must not exceed 25o
words
Must be written on only. one
side of the paper.
3-Must be in the hands of the
editor of The Times-Recorder by
Wednesday. June IS, at 6 p. m.
Address your story to
Peck's Bad Boy, care Times-Re-
corder.
The stories written by the prize
winners will be published in Thurs
DAYS edition Of the Times-Re
corder, announcing the winners.
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r, r. Union To Hold
Memorial Sunday

Four Americas railroad labor or
ganizations will participate in joint
memorial exercises to be held Sun
day morning, June IL. Rev. Henry
I. BrookShire, pastor of the congre-
cation, has been invited by the
brotherhoodS to deliver special
message to the members composing
the orders.
The members will gather Sunday
morning in the !. 0. 0. f. hall, cor
ner of Forsyth street and Windsor
avenue, at L0:30 o'clock. from which
place they will march to the church,
where special seats will be reserved.
The orders represented will be the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, the Order Of Railway Con-
ductors, and the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen.
Special music will be rendered by
the full choir A cordial invitation
is extended to the public to be pres
2nt and Join in the cXerc3cs.
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Great Stores Empty.

You wander into the great de-
partment stores of Essen, Hamburg,
Berlin, Dresden and Leipsic and are
struck by the comparative emptiness
and silence. Only the theaters and
movies and restaurants and beer gar
dens are filled
And there are many things you
miss in this after-the-war Germany
You never run into the parades Of
troops that you used to see. You
miss the military bands which used
to give daily concerts in the parks.
You don't see richly dressed women
going around with expensive toy
dogs.
One thing you do see everywhere
IS the gfay-green coat of the German
soldier. But the men who are wear
ing them are not soldiers now. They
are plain citizens who are wearing
the old army jacket because it is
made Of serviceable cloth and they
can't afford a new coat.
One thing is as it was before the
war. | don't know how they manage
it, but German cities are still the
most spotless in the world. The
streets are clean and the parks and
open places are in beautiful trim.
The lawns are perfect and the pan
sizes are a riot of color.
Doubtless you wonder how things
go on at all if Germany is really
bankrupt, its assets are seized and
sold for the creditors and the firm
ceases to be.
But you can't do that when the
government Of sixty-fve million peo-
pie can't meet its debts. You can't
sell them out and bundle them out.
The siXty-fve millions with their in
dustry, theN productive capacity,
their wants still remain.
And nation Of that size can keep
great many hands busy satisfying
its own internal needs and trading
with itself.
Land of Psradoxcs
Germany is today a land of para
doxcs.
Its government is "busted'-but
Continued on Page Eight)
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SIMS CALLED BY DENBY FOR LONDON SPEECH
HOPE DEAD, HATE LIVES;
PEOPLETALK NEXTWAR---
THAT'S GERMANY AS IT Is

A full months study of "Ger-
many in 1921" has just been com
pleted for readers fthis news
paper by Milton Bronner. its Eu-
roreaI' correspondent. Bronner
has Travelled the length and breadth
of the country, using his eyes and
his ears and asking questions Of
all classes of citizens. His first
hand investigation has covered ev-
cry subject from national finances
to national amusements, from pol
itical chickering's to the airplsne
industry. from living conditions TO
preparations for the next war
for Bronner finds defeated Ger
many demands bloody revenge on
France. Bronncr's first article is
printed herewith; others will fol-
low.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-08
METHVIV HEADS
SUMTER COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
Seven Community Coun-
cils Completed And
County Organized

The Sumter county farm bureau
formally organized Tuesday at
meeting of delegates from the vari-
Gus community eouncps, held at the
Chamber of Commerce. The last of
the seven community councils was or
ganized few days ago, and the of
ficers of these councils constitute the
advisory board Of the county bureau.
It was these members of the advis-
ory board who met Tuesday and or
ganized John I. Methvin was chos-
en- chairman, Mrs A. f. Hodges, vice
chairman, George 0. Marshall,
secretary, and B. +. Thrasher, Jr,
treasurer.
This election completes the or
ganization of the Sumter County
Farm Bureau, which will be affiliated
with the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton. The enrolled membership at
the start is about 1870. The canvass
by outside organizers has been dis
continued and the membership work
now will he carried forward by the
membership committees of the vari-
Gus community councils. c, G. Shep-
pard, of Huntington, county manager
during the preliminary campaign,
has completed his work and been re-
lieved by the permanent organiza-
ton which, it is understood, will
shortly embark upon a fixed program
of work.
Community councils are located at
Leslie. Plains, Shiloh, Pleasant Grove.
Americus. Thalean and Concord
communities. The officers of all
these councils are:
Leslie Council
w. T. Anderson, chairman.
Mrs. F. A. Wilson, vice chairman.
b. A. Bradley, secretary treasurer
Plains Council
+. +. Matthews, chairman.
Mrs. Claude Logan, vice chairman.
]. w. Murray, secretary-treasurer.
Shiloh Council.
w. w. Wilson, chairman
Mrs. j. D. Moore, vice chairman.
M. o. Colston. secretary-treasurer.
Pleasant Grove Council.
J. T. Methvin, chairman.
Mrs. W. T. Chambliss, vice chair
man.
Claude s. Braswcll, secretary
treasurer.
Americus Council.
w. L. Brown, chairman.
Mrs. A. F. Hodges, vice chairman
R. E. Cato, secretary-treasurer,
Thalean Council.
J. E. d. Shipn. chairman.
Mrs. T. NJ. A Finch vice chair
man.
S. E, Mitchell, secretary-treasurcr.
Concord Council.
Eugene Drane, chairman.
Mrs. C. J. Dupree, vice chairman.
NJ. II. Guest, secretary-treasurer'
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BIG BOOZE HAUL
AT COJMBlJS
~
500 Gallons o,a I'll
CelIafs Near River
&Gity n

COLUMBUS, June 8.r-The seizure
by county officers Tuesday of more
than 500 gallons of corn whisky in
nearly 100 kegs, constitutes one Of
the largest captures of liquor since
the noted Girard, Ala, round up sew
eral years ago The liquor was seiz-
ed on the Robert Gilbert Place, sew
en- miles north Of Columbus. Gilbert
was placed under arrest.
The liquor was hidden in two big
cellars, the doors of which were COW
cred with cordwood, The liquor was
in kegs, the hoops of which were
rusty, and had evidently been stor-
cd there for some time. While II
was all corn liquor, some of it was
colored so as to resemble rye, Gil
bert was placed under $1,000 bond.
Shortly after he was brought to CO.
lumbus, the whisky was turned into
sewer near the court house. The
raid was made by five county Off
GERS.
Five gallons Of whisky buried in
the ground, 18 half pints founds con-
cealed about the person of two young
men, and a still full Of beer con-
stituted the total haul Monday of To-
cal prohibition enforcement officers,
city and county, The active cam
paign that has been conducted
against the liquor traffic recently
has brought about great scarcity
in the available supply and a con
sequeut rise in the price to the con
sumeI.
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CTATETnD TID rTC
OElYHIUn UEAsyEa9
ACTION; CALLS
IT DISGUSTING
Mccormick Complains
To Naval Secretary
For Discipline

WASHINGTON, June 8.--Secfe"
tary DENLY instructed Rear Aenirat
Sims today to advise the navy depart-
ment Immediately by cable whesher
he was correctly quoted in press dis
patches Of the address he made at q
luncheon in London yesterday,
Senator Mccormick complained
formally today to President Harding
and Secretary DENLY about the adj
dress in which Admiral Sims discuss
ed the Irish question. Senator Me-
Cormick termed Sims address dis
gushing and un-Amcrican." " He ask
ed Secretary Denby to take disciplitt-
airy measures against the admiral.
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MOTHERS ACT
TO STOP EVILS
OFCITY DANCES
Drastic Resolutions En-
acted AT Atlanta
Mass Meeting

ATLANTA, June 8.-Drastic rcso-
lutions designed to eradicate drinking
at dances in Atlanta, to put an end
to all night dances and late suPpers
and to eliminate automobile rides
after entertainments were adopted
at a mass meeting of Atlanta moth
crs held at o'clock Tuesday after
noon at the Atlanta Woman's club.
Among the regulations were the
following:
All dances must close promptly at
/ 2 o'clock midnight.
Adequate chaperons must be pro-
Vlded and must remain in the hall
until the dance is over.
Allow no person on the floor who
has INDUCED in liquor.
Provide traffic policeman at the
door of the hall to see that all
young people are started home safe
ly.
The concurrence of all colleges,
fraternities, dance hall managers and
clubs in the enforcement of the
regulations was asked.
Parents were asked to refuse to
permit their sons and daughters to
attend dances where the regulations
outlined were not observed.
Between 500 and 600 Atlanta
women were present at the meeting.
Mrs. B, NJ. Boykin presided and
speeches were made on the subject
Of improving dancing conditions in
Atlanta by many women and some
men. Mayor James L. Key was pres
ent and offered his cooperation.
A representative of the Pan Hell
lenic society of Georgia Tech said
steps are being taken at that institu-
ton to eliminate liquor drinking
during the commencement dances.
He declared the society has employed
a private detective to prevent boot
Icggers from operating on the cam
rus, He told the mothers that if the
girls would come to the dances early
that they would close early.
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Buckshot Ready For
Peeping Tom Here

Americus has a Peeping Tom. He
has been seen about houses in Brown
street in the 200-block, it has beer
reported to the police. An officer
has been assigned several nights. to
the neighborhood to trap the prowl-
er, but So far he has not been sue
cessful The miscreant is reported
to have been observed about homes
from which the heads Of the families
are gone much of time, because Of
duties elsewhere. 1t has been stated
that if the mysterious person shows
up in that neighborhood again he IS
likely to receive load of buekshot.