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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-16

vention.
At the conclusion of the meeting.
j. Gordon Jones, of Cordele, was
chosen district chairman of the Third
district division of the Georgia Mu
nicipal League, and shortly after he
announced that he would call educa-
tonal meetings for Cordele and Fitz-
gerald at early dates.
Mr.. Jackson's address afforded
the climax of the convention, he
having devoted long study to the
subject and coming equipped with
facts and figures which he quoted at
considerable length Many of these
figures were localized to show losses
annually under the present private
ownership plan and high electric
rates in Georgia as compared with
public ownership, which is contem-
plated under the proposed plan Of
the league.
Calls Commission Honest
Mr.. jackson paid his respects to
the Georgia Railway commission, say
ing that the members were all hon
orable and honest men but that, sit.
ting in the capital. they were help
less in the hands of the corporations
and organized wealth. He declared
if it were not for the inflated valua-
tions which the commission approves,
and which are to be used by the con-
Germs later as valuations for repay
ment by the state in taking over their
properties, he would be glad to see
the commission grant every rate raise
that comes before it, because the
high rates seem to be the only means
of wakening the people.
Mr.. Jackson had been handed two
statements for light and power paid
by an Americus concern to the
Americus Lighting Company, the
name of the consumer not being
mentioned. he compared the cost
of the same power in Ontario, where
the waterpower has been developed
under a plan which the Georgia
Municipal League has taken as a
pattern. This Americas bill showed
$72.11 paid for lights III one month
and $116.02 for power. Mr.. Jack.
son showed that in an Ontario city
the same service would have cost
$14.46 for lights and 1886 for
power. The difference, he comput-
ed, in thirty years at 5 percent com.
pounded interest would amount to
$101,653, the amuont of loss to the
Americus consumer over what would
have to be paid under rates as pre-
vailing in developed Ontario. The
80 year period was used because
under the league plan bonds matur-
ing in that period would be issued
to finance waterpower development
in Georgia
Some More Figures.
Mr.. Jackson also compiled and
quoted some interesting figures for
twelve municipalities in this district.
He compared each city cited with an
Ontario city bf smaller size, and
then computed what each Of these
georgia cities would pay for current
above the Ontario cost if they usc4
the same amount of current in a
year as the Canadian cities at pre-
valing Georgia rates. These were
as follows:
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Germany Must Pay
BY March 23, Says Note

PARIS, March 16.-(By the AS
sociated Press) The Allied repara-
tons commission note to Germany
demanding fulfillment of article 23,5
of the Versailles treaty notified the
German government it must pay ore
billion gold marks before March 23,
it was announced today. The money
must be deposited in the Bank Of
England or federal reserve bank in
the United States,
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question the contest between the United States
ernmen about the cable landing
the officials of the try to make
out.
They say simply THEN indsputable rights
their and add to the cable ia
cli of their
The of increasing the
cable facilities by the British with whom
the Western Union in alliance permitting the
cable which SO
independent business between the United States
article prepared from official
and why President Wilson
fused to grant much-desired landing permit.
That will President Harding do about it2
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Chicago Tenants Seek
Rent Review Board

CHICAGO. March 16.--Hundreds
Of Chicago tenants left this morn
ing in a special train to visit the
state legislature at Springfield III
advocacy of the Daley kessinger
bill granting cities the right to ses.
up rent commissions, for reviewing
cases where excessive rentals are al
legged
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George Harvey 0. K.
AT British Court

LONDON, March 16--(By the
Associated Press) The British
governmen today gave formal ap--
proval to the appointment of Col
George Harvey as United States anr-
bassador to Great Britain to sue
ceed John w. Davis, resigned.
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WARRENTON HAS
100000 FIRE

WARRENTON, Ga, March 16.-.~
Fire in the heart of the business dis
trict here today destroyed six build
inga, with a loss estimated at $780,
600.
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-WEATH r.

Forecast for Georgia Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday; slight
ly cooler in north portion. tonight.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
FURNISHED by Rexall Storey
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MEXICAN STRIKE. ENDS.

MEXICO CITY, March 16.-(By
Associated Press. THE strike of
wirkers on the Mexican railways,
which began the middle of Fubruary,
was settled today
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-16

A Columbus (O.) clergyman has
made a musical instrument OF shells
collected from French battlefflds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-16

Business cards, stamped and certi-
fled for small sums, have been cir
culating as money in Papeete, Ia
hiti.
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Grecr Gives FiRures

'Gi distriets ,....,. 1o7,122,7l7.OO
Greer Gives Figures
Mr.. Greer, in his remarks which
came early and explained the origin
and purposes Of the Municipal league,
cited the disadvantages in some
Georgia cities, including Americus
and Cordele, compared with others
of similar class whirh own their light
ing and power plants. These showed: /:
Americus-Plant privately owned !;
light rate, per XVIII, 15c; power rate;
rer XVIII. &c; annual cost street lights,
S6,50O; annual income to city from
plant, None.
Cordele-Plant privately owned; !;
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Transport Damaged
Badly In Collision

NEW YORK, March 16.-The ar
nay transport Manawaska was badly
damaged when she collided with the
Shipping Board steamer Invincible
18 miles off Barnegat, N. j., she re-
ported bv wireless at daybreak. She
had started under her own steam for
this port. The Invincible, apparent
ly little damaged, proceeded to Nor
folk.
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M A r K EFT S.
: AMERICUs SPOT COTTON
Good Middling II 1-2c.
NEW YORK FUTURES

NEW YORK FUTURES
Pc Open liam 1pm Close
Nav 11.94 11.75 .78 11,83 11.88
July 1890 1920 1925 1927 1898
Oct 1878 1866 1911 1857 1877
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The large passenger liner 0lym-
pic has been converted into an oil
burner, the largest in the world.
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From 1906 to 1920, theer were 467
earthquakes in the Panama Canal
Zone.
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velopment in South America stop.
ped.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
ADVERTISEMENT
BEATTY SAYS IT
MADE HIM GAIN
twenty POUNDS
Omaha Man Says He Has
Found a Sure Way to
Build Himself Up.

For a short time every year l take
a little course of Tanlac and it al
ways does what / want it to dc"
said Robert H. Beatty, l646 Cue ST.,
Omaha, Neb.:
Il took it first some four years ago
for stomach trouble, and it toned and
soothed up my stomach right away.
| was very much run down at the
time and it built me up wonderfully,
making me gain 20 pounds in weight
Whenever | feel myself losing
ground, which happens just about
once year, | start taking Tanlac
again and it invariably puts me in
good shape.
Il had been a sufferer from hav
fever since my boyhood. but it is a
peculiar thing; since Tanlac built me
up have been entirely free from this
trouble"
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by the
Shermsf & Mcconnell Drug Co.
and by leading druggists everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Nebraska City Men Held
On kidnapping Charge

Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. So
Especial Dan Smith, jr., negro,
and Martin Mullaney were bound
over to the district court by County
Judge Bischof on a charge of kid
naping James Estes. negro strike
breaker of Lincoln, who alleges that
he had been taken from a railroad
station here and escorted" across
the river bridge by Smith, Mulla-
ney and others. against his will.
Smith, who is veteran of the
world war and the possessor of the
croix de guerre, having been a mem
Der of Col. Will Hayward's regi-
ment of negro troops in France,
secured $500 bail and was released.
Estes returned to Lincoln a few
days later and reported the Mat
ter to the police Of that city. A
complaint was filed and he was re-
turned here to prosecute the two
men, both strikers, on charge Of
kidnapping.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
U. S. Potash Industry Said
To Be in Danger by Germans

Washington, Dec. 30.-Thc 81
American fertilizer companies which
contracted to take rs per cent OF
their potash requirements for this
season from the German potash sym
dcate have contracted with French
mines in Alsace for the remaining
25 per cent, the senate finance COM
mittee was told today by Wilbur La
Roe of Washington of counsel for
the United States Potash Produc-
ers' association.
These 81 companies produce more
than 90 per cent of the potash fer
tlizer turned out in this country,
Mr.. La Roe said. He testified that
the federal trade commission had re-
forted in 1916 that the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company, which
is opposing a tariff on potash, had
important holdings in German pot
ash mining company. g..
The witness declared that if given
protection for five years as proposed
the American potash industry could
supply all the needs of the United
States. Unless it is protected, he
added, American farmers will be at
the mercy of the German potash
company.
Race horses are .often insured for.
mounts as high as 100000. j (. SF9gx
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Omaha Groups
Pay Tribute to
Is Soldier Dead
"Some Day, One for Me-
Breathes Shellshockcd Vet
As Caskets Are Taken
from Train.

A cluster OF the faithful gathered
in the gray early morning yesterday
at the Union station to pay tribute
to IS soldier dead, whose caskets
were returned from France.
More poignant even than the flag
draped boxes Of pine was the sight
of Ed Stevenson. 506 South ywen-
tieth street, of whom the war cxacts
a living sacrifice.
His quivering frame, wracked by
shellshock in the Argonne in July,
1918, occasioned big part OF the
heartache felt by War Mothers and
those of other patriotic organiza-
tons who went down to meet the
hero dead.
"Some Day, One for Me-"
"Some day, one for mc!' breathcd
the cx-soldier as he stood with barred
head, the caskets filing by.
Stevenson, who has wife and
baby to support, is the only en-
soldier who goes TO the station each
time train bearing soldier dead ar
riyes. 1t is his way of keeping faith
with his buddies.
Il can never forget. wonder
how others seem to-" said he.
The government allows this dis
abled soldier $50 per month on ac-
count of his condition.
Chaplain West Presides.
Chaplain West presided at the brief
services observed when soldier es-
cort from Fort Crook unloaded the
easket shipment. Miss Helen Cor
nell of the Woman's Overseas Serv-
ice league; Mrs, w. A. Wilcox and
a group from the War Mothers So
ciety; a representative from the
Chamber of Commerce, and ]. NJ.
Buck, pioneer in meeting the soldier
dead, pinned gold stars and patriotic
tributes to each casket.
Only. one was that of former
Omahan, Clyde Kidder, 4406 Pink
ney street. whose coffin was shipped
to Glenwood, Ia.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Trained Diplomats, Need
Of U. S., Says Ex-senator
Albert Beveridge, Addressing Bar Association Here
Says America Almost Trapped in Arms Con-
ference Through Inexperence of
Statesmen.

IF America is TO abandon he
traditional policy OF keeping out 0
foreign politics and instead is Il
adopt the ancient European AN,
Asiatic practice of political ALI
ances let America first transform
her helter-skelter diplomatic estab
llshment into permanent system
by which American diplomats viii
be carefully selected early in life anc
trained to held their own with for,
cign diplomatic antagonists" Alber,
]. Beveridgc, former United States
senator from Indiana, declared, in
an address here yesterday before the
Nebraska State Bar association.
Mr.. Beveridge, speaking on the
Mature and Development OF the
American Constitution" referred
generally TO the trcaty-making pow
er OF the government as set forth
in the constitution and incidentally
to the Washington conference and
so-ealled big Four treaty now be-
fore America. I'll
Everywhere it is admitted that
British foreign statesmanship is. the
ablest and most successful i'll the
history of the world" Mr.. Beveridge
said; yet we are asked to 80 into
a conference with professionals Of
perfect equipment. with good will
and without suspicion.
Must Be On Alert.
"Thc fact that eyen our president
was not informed of the interpreta-
ton put upon this -four power treaty
by the Washington conference Ill
secret session and that that interprs-
tation might not have been divulged
at all until after the treaty was rati-
fed, had not alert newspaper men
discovered and exposed it-this
incident is more than
enough to put the American people
on enquiry.
"Such an occurrence shows that
he humblest American citizen must
De constantly on the alert. 1t shows
here must be no haste in considering
any treaty, when such an interna-
ional contract is laid before the
senate"
Reviewing processes Of treaty ne
yotiations Mr.. Beveridge admonished
senator's to "insulate themselves from
fleets of supposed public sentiment
nd pursue the safe, wise and patrio-
ic course marked out by the consti-
ution."
"a United States senator who
otes against treaty merely because
ubmitted by a president belonging
0 another political party is but
mere partisan guerilla and beneath |
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31

mitlee ought not 10 heed the dc.
mand for a iariff made by The Ross.
Ter -Hasslaeheg Chemical company Of
New Jersey" which, lie deslarcl,
would have a monopoly.
Senator Smoot. republican, uiih,
said the proposed duty would not al.
feet the price OF gold. as only -
cents worth oi cyanide was used TO
4 ton OF orc.
Former Governor Charles ]. Mc-
Car,hy OF Hawai- presented a. pro.
test from fertilizer producers oi
Honolulu against tariff on potash.
Their eablegram said il would add
TO food costs aud was unnecessary,
as demand exceeded the supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Lolita Armour Says
DR.. Lorenz Helped Her

Chicago. Dee. 30.-Publication, OF
an article in the Journal OF the
American Medical association that
the cure OF Lolita Armour. daughter
OF ]. Ogden Armour OF Chicago by
DIR. Adolf Lorenz OF VIENNA. was
not cure" today brought q state
ment from the former Miss Armour.
who is now Mrs, John G. Mitchell.
jr. In 1908 and 1904 operations
were performed by DR.. John RdloE
OF Chicago and DR.. Lorenz on Mrs
Mitchell.
II cannot say that a perfect cure
has been effected in either hip. bu,
the hip treated by. Dr. Lorenz Is far
better than the other one, with which
he could do little because II had been
too badly mishandled. he said. ]
myself believe that had il not been
for the work done before he was
called in my case he could have ci-
fectcd a complete cure. ] am very
fond Of DR.. Lorenz. and | feel that
if it had not been for him | would
not now be getting so much pleasure
out of life"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Rum Not Needed
As Medicine, Say
29l State Doctors
272 Nebraska Physicians,
However, Declare 1t Is-Ma.
jority in 6 States Against
Intoxicants.

Chicago. Dee. 50.-(By A. P)--
A large majority Of physicians from
six states, replying to an alcoholic
questionnaire. sent out by the Jour
nal Of The American Medical asso-
cation, asserted they did not regard
whisky, beer and wine as necessary
therapeutic agents in the practice oi
medicine while nearly two-thirds Of
them said they believed there should
be restrictions in prescribing whisky,
beer and wine.
About thrce-fourths of the replies
asserted there were no instances in
the practice of the physicians where
suffering or death had resulted from
the enforcement OF the prohibition
laws.
"Not Necessary"
In these eight states combined,
2.743 physicians replied that they
did not consider whisky as neces-
sary therapeutic agent in the prac-
tice of medicine and 2,524 asserted
they had found it of value.
On the question of beer, l,404 doc
tors in the eight states replied they
believed it had medicinal value and
5,838 physicians said they did not
believe it necessary as therapeutic
agent.
Wine as therapeutic agent was
supported by 1892 doctors in the
eight states and opposed by 1924.
Could Cite Instances.
One thousand and eighty doctors
reported they could cite instances in
their own practice where unneccs-
sary suffering or death had resulted
from enforcement of prohibition
laws and 1928 physicians reported
they had experienced no such in
stances. r..
In the eight states 3,l84 physicians
stated they favored restrictions in
prescribing of whisky, beer and wine,
while 1929 physicians were opposed
% such restrictions.
The analysis of The QUESTIONABLE
rom Idaho and Nebraska follows:
Questionnaires sent to Idaho. 227; Ne
,raska, $40.
Nebraska, SOS.
Do you regard whisky as necessary
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Ogallala Airplane and
Hangar DESTROYED by Fire

Ogallala, Neb.. Dec. 30.-The Cur
tiss airplane and its hangar belong
ing to Rector Scarf of this city was
destroyed by fire. Mr.. Searl was in
Omaha at the time and had request
cd a pilot here to take the ship and
distribute advertising matter IN the
nearby towns, While starting the.
ship inside the hangar it back-tired
and immediately became mass OF
flames
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31

therapeutic axent In the practice OF
medietuef
Anssersi From Idaho, yes, loi from
Nebraska, yes, sls. No from Idaho, 30.
from Nebraska, ssi.
DO YOU regard beer as n necessary
therapeutic agent In The practice OF medi-
cine:
Answers Yes from Idaho, 49, from
Nebraska. 1875. No from Idaho. lso. from
Nebraska. 3V.
DO you regard wine as a necessary
therapeutic agent in tho practice OF medi-
oinsf
fdshof Yes. 6: Nebraska. i6s. No,
Idaho. lis. Nebraska. 3si.
Have instances occurred In your own
practice In which unnecessary suffering
or death has resulted from the enforce
msnt OF prohibition lawsr
IdAhoi Yes, ~; Nebraska. f5s. No,
Idaho. i0s; Nebraska. 5e6.
In your opinion should physicians be
restricted in prescribing waisky. beer and
winsr
Idahoi Yes. 80; Nebraska. $40. Idaho.
no. %. Nebraska, le6.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
David City Granary
Destroyed by Fire

David City. Ncb.. Dec. 30.-(Spe-
cial)-The large granary on the
James McGurk farm north OF town
burned to the ground The granary
contained 2,400 bushels Of oats, 400
bushels of corn, an automobile. q
good supply of tools and other
things. The loss amounts to about
$500. 1t was only partially covered
by insurance. The origin of the fire
is believed to have been in short
circuit in the automobile.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Two Couples Arrested
With Liquor at Nebraska City

Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 3U.-
Especial. Police Arrested two men
and two women after the car in
which they came to the city was
found to contain about two gallons
Of corn whisky. One of the men,
WHO gave the name of Snodgrass
and his home at Brock, in Johnson
county, admitted owning the car.
Later another man was arrested
after chase on suspicion that he
was one of the occupants of the
car. He stated his name was Wilcox
and that he lived near Auburn. The
two women, said to be the wives
Of the men, were arrested in ga
rage.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
xlO.35O.OOO for Leviathan.

New York, Dec. s0.-Eight bids
for reconditioning the giant steam-
ship Leviathan, idle at her pier II
Hoboken for two years, were opened
today before Chairman Lasker of the
United States shipping board.
The highest bid was that OF the
Warwick Machine Works. Newport
News, Va, for Sl0.550.000 and the
lowest was Ss,5o5,000 by the New
rort News Drydock and Shipbuilding
ssupany u
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Grand Island Mayor Calls
Conference on Relief Work

Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 3O.-
Especial Telegram Mayor Els
berry has called a conference Mon
day of the official heads OF the city
and county, Chamber of Commerce,
Red Gross, Y. w. c. A.. the truant
officer OF the schools and others to
consider the need of more relief work
for the rest of the winter than the
county is legally able to do. One
OF the main questions to be decided
is whether such work is to be done
by "a separate organization, OF
through the Red Cross.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Earl Of Athlone Mentioned
As Irish Free State Head

London, Dee. 30.-Diseussion OF
candidates for the governor general
ship Of the Irish Free State under
the pending Anglo-lrish treaty is
being revived, the lates, name men
toned in connection with the post
being that OF the earl of Athlonc.
younger brother OF Queen Mary.
The earl was in line Tor the gov
ernor generalship OF Canada and
would have succeeded the duke OF
Cannaught in that Office in 1914 but
for the outbreak OF the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Retention Of Potassium
Cyanide on Free List Urged

Washington, Dec. 30.-Retcntion
Of potassium cyanide onithc free list
was urged before the senate finance
committee today by Senator Sterling,
republican, South Dakota. He ex-
planned that cyanide was used prin-
cipally in industry for extracting
gold from ore and in fumigating
citrus fruit trees.
Senator Sterling declared the COM
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
No Life ON Venus.

Swarthmorc, Dec. 50.-lnvestiga-
tons by E. St. Johns. director OF
the Wilson observatory in California,
and Seth B. Nicholson. his assistant,
indicate that the planet venus sup
port no life, they asserted in papers
read today before the American
Astronomical society, in convention
at the Sproul observatory, Swarth-
more college. Both declared they
had discovered no oxygen or V -er
on Venus and therefore the presence
of even animal life was precluded.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Arrest in Murder of Girl.

St. Louis, Dec. 50.-Frederick G.
Mier, 50, and Walter Bybee, 27, were
under arrest here today in connec-
ton with the death of Miss Thel-
ma Long. 1o, whose body was found
in a street gutter today after she
had leaped from an automobile to
escape the attentions of Bybee, ac-
cording to Mier's story, as an
nounced by police.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Bandits Kill Two Men
In Attempt to Rob Bank

Pearl River, N. ", Dec. 5O.--(By
A. P)-Four armed bandits ycstcr-
day swooped down on Pearl River,
failed in an attempt TO rob the First
National bank and fled in their
automobile after Staying two men
and probably mortally woundins
another.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Women Crime Wave Victims
in Last "a Hours at Lincoln

Lincoln, Dec. 30.-(Special.)-
High spots in Lincoln's crime wave
in the last "a hours follow:
Unknown man slugged Miss De-
liza Kelly in front of Grace Method
ist church and attempted to drag
her into basement. Girls screams
frightened him. She staggered to
parsonage of church nearby.
Highwayrnen held up and robbed
Mrs. Julia R. Dennis and daughter.
Burglars entered Lincoln apart
ment house and took away valuable
property.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
North Platte Police Arrest
Ogallala Robbery Suspect

Ogallala Neb., Dec 30.-(Spe-
cial.)-James Murphy was arrested
by North Platte police charged with
robbing the jewelry store of Robert
Goodall here. He signed a confess
sion and was bound over to the
district court.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-31
Father Pleads Not Guilty
to Charge of Assaulting Son

Aurora, Neb.. Dec. S0-(Special.)
Frank H. Sharp, residing near
Phillips. was arrested and pleaded
not guilty to the charge of assault
ing his son, Hammond, with intent
to do great bodily harm. 1t i.
charged that he struck the young
man in the face and broke his Jaw.