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The Washington times., 1923-03-12
SYRACUSE CHANCELLOR
IS ILL WITH PNEUMONIA

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., March
12.-The condition OF DR.. James
Roscoe Day. chancellor emeritus Of
Syracuse University, who Iansed
into unconsciousness last night wa
reported as unchanged early today
by physicians who are ATTENDING
him.
Dr. Day, who is suffering from
bronchial pneumonia, has a ternnera.
ture OF above 102, and unless there
is a rally death is expected within
the next twenty-four hours.
The chancellor, who is seventy.
seven years old, came here a fev
days ago to spend a short vacation,
He was seized with an attack 81
grip which developed into nna,a,
pnonia with heart complications
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
[0PE. RING
60 BOY
CHARGE
sTravalio Girls Story Probed BY
Police Believed ia Be An
Addict Herself.

ALBAf X March ~
dope riiig "a Paterson. I.
today was limlred with the lfidnep.
old son Of City Conr Leopold
NIinlKin. III b conf ssi0n bH ANGELINA
Tavano. nineteen. who WAS arrested
late Saturday afternoon hi New
bureh with the boy.
Police today are bending every
effort to locate Joe Kenny. alleged
dope" peddler of Paterson, who Il
charged by the girl with being
responsible for the kidnapping. Miss
Tavano told Assistant District At
torney Delaney that Kenny followed
her to Albany and made me take
dope"
Later today she win be arraigned
in Police Court, when the formal
charge OF kidnapping will be made
against her She will then be re-
manded TO the county jail until
the case can be presented to the
grand jury.
Convinced She Is an Addict.
While the police doubt that
Kenny, If there is such q person,
had anything to do 9TH the kid
mapping, they are convinced that the
Tavano girl has been a dope ad.
dict. The police matron at the sta
ton house where the young woman
has been detained since early Sun.
day morning when she was brought
here from Newburgf, told Police
Chief Lasch that the girls body is
covered with marks OF hypodermic
needles.
The girls story about being q
dope addict sounds pretty straight,
although there are several points
which do not check up" said
Delaney.
According to the district attor.
ney's office the girl said she was
afraid to tell all she knew about
the alleged dope ring in Paterson
for fear they would hurt my sis
ter"
Baby Died, Police Say.
Police have checked up on sew.
eraI Grand street addresses where
the Tavano girl said Kenny was
staying. but have been unable to
find any trace Of man resembling
the alleged dope" peddler. She
said that Kenny once used the
name Of Laverno when he was OPP
Grating In Paterson and East Pat
erson.
Despite all the stories the Tavanc
girl has told Of being doped. several
detectives who worked on the case
are convinced that a desire for a
child Of her own prompted her tc
abduct the Minlkin child.
Edna Schultz, of Newburgh, who
knew the Tayano girl when she
lived in that city, has told the loca
police that the latter was the
mother Of baby born more than q
year age in Paterson and which
died shortly after birth. The TIA
vano girl has refused to tell the pc
lice whether she ever had q chilG
of her own.
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
LEoNARD'S CABARET IS
RAIDED BY DRY AGENTS

NEW YORK, March 12.-For the
first time in several months en-.
forcement officers descended on the
white light district early yesterday
and raidc1 cabaret known as the
Ringside, said to be owned by
Benny Leonard, the pugilist. and
managed by his brother Charles.
Agents alleged they bought
whisky in the place. Employees and
customers made hurried exists. One
waiter was arrested.
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
COMMANDER OF FAMOUS
GERMAN RAIDER IS DEAD

BERLIN, March 12.-Lieutenant
Won Mueller, commander of the
German cruiser Emden, the most
famous OF Germany's wartime com.
merce raiders, died today at Bruins.
wick.
The Emden began her career in
August, 1914. and was finally
beached three months later after
being chased through the Pacific
BY q great allied neetu
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
A. BONAR LAW DRIVEN
FROM HOME BY FLAMES

LONDON, March IA mysteri-
Gus fire broke out this morning at
10 Downing street, official residence
Of Premier A. Bonar Law.
The premier was routed from his
bed, but the blaze was quickly
extingIlished with slight damage.
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
District coIIge Girl Honored

Word has been received here
that Miss Katherine Cooke, of 1742
X street northwest, a member Of
the junior class at Rockford College
has been elected undergraduate rep.
resentative Of the Z. w. G. A. 1t
Rockford. -....--..4-
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
CIeemen to Give Concert.

The Lebanon Valley College Giee
Club. OF Annville. Pa, will give O
concert tomorrow at o'clock In
the Memorial United Brethren
Church, North Capitol and r
streets. The pubic - invited,
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
AlNGELINA TAVANO,

ANGELINA TAVANO,
Eighteen-year- nursemaid emr
ployed by Judge Leopold Min
kin, Of Albany, N. X. under the
name Of Mary Conklin, who Is
under arrest in Newburgh. N. r..
charged with the kidnapping Of
three.year-Old Leopold Minkin.
She il believed to be . dope.
addict.
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
BeIgians Get Cold Feet.
BY international News Ser,

LONDON, March ia.--It was re-
ported In semi-official circles this
circles THIS afternoon that the real
reason of Premier PoincaTess visit
to Brussels was to bolster up the Bel
CLANS. who have begun to Weakeu on
Ruhr occupation.
French troops have WithdraWn
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
By s. D. WKYER,

InternakionaI News eerViee.
ESSEN, March 1.-THE worst
wave OF violence that has ewept tha
Ruhr since the French entered Is
taken place during the past forty
eight hours. A dozen persons have
been killed or wounded, mostly
French soldiers.
Stage Pistol Battle. sss
At Dortmund q French solder
was killed and five others wounded
in q revolver battle with Cermang.
a later report from Dortmund
said that q German police commits
sary and four policemen were
wounded.
The most sensational killings took
place at Buer, where Lieutenant
Chief Engineer Jolly, In charge Of
the French railway engineers IA the
Buer zone, were shot to death.
Plan Sharp ReprisaIs.
German witnesses at Buer swear
that they saw French soldier fire
the shots which killed the French
officers. French officers deny this
accusation. They are planning
sharp. reprisals, claiming that Ger.
man sharpshooter must have done
shot through the back, the bullets
passing through or near the heart.
The military rule at Buer has,
been frightened. The lord mayor
was taken from his bed and ar
rested.
A German child was run down
and killed by speeding French
military automobile during the ex-
element that followed the discov-
cries OF the bodies of Lieutenant
Coffin and NJ. Jolly.
A tense situation exists In the
Dortmund district. French troop
re-enforcemnets are reported on the
way there.
A dispatch from Dortmund this
afternoon said that German was
killed In another clash between
French and Germans.
Three Germans were reported TO
have been shot and killed by French
troops while entering Buer.
1t is alleged that Germans re-
turning home from church In Buer
on Sunday were dispersed by sol
diers using whips and rifle butts.
Citizens were forced to paste up
nlacards announcing the latest Ger
man reprisals, but these were later
torn down.
The Washington times., 1923-03-12
VI(INC
IN RIJHR
GROWS
FAST
Five Others Shot n Hot Fq|-
lowing ksslnp
olers e Escape.

By aforementioned Wegyu 8HENlen
Paris, March IL. Seven Ger.
mans were shot to death ct Buer
by French troops today during 3
riot, according 70 . dispatch from
that town this afternoon.
Five Others Killed.
The troubIe began when two Ger.
mans, suspected of being asnasslna
OF Lieut.. Coffin and M. Jolly, of the
French Ruhr forces, were shot ana
killed at Buer while trying Is
escape from French mfIitray police.
The tension which had bean
growing since the double killing 50
the French soldiers Saturday NIGHT
rose to the breaking point ana wlld
rioting followed.
Five more Germans were killed
during the fighting, the dispatch
stated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
IN .IuAREZ.

Ell PASO.
On the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande
/ Is Juarez.
And there, wherever you chance to
stand,
Both sides Ct the street, four sides
os a square,
/ Wherever you look, a bar Is there,
And the sounds Of revelry fill the
In Juarez.
But the click of the chips is heard
no more
In Juarez
You gamble not as you did Of yore.
Afar is
The hetic time when you played
roulette; &
But still on the ponies guy can bet
No model city, at least as yet,
Is Juarez,
FL Paso's lively and full Of pep,
Not Juarez;
The Mexicans move with a slower
step
In Juarez.
Their nondescript, soldiers SLOUGH
along
Unhurriedly throguh the dark
skinned throng,
And life is, a sort of sIumber song
In Juarez.
They fight the chickens and fight the
bull
In Juarez,
And those aren't all of the fights
they pull
In Juarez;
For the blood of the Mexican swans
is hot,
And rival at times is knitted or
shot,
Thought it doesn't happen an awful
lot,
In JuareZ.
Yet in the main they are getting on
In Juarez,
Beneath the shadow of 0bregon
In Juarez;
And they work at times, but they
mostly play
In careless, hoppy-go-lucky way
Quite unprogressive, but blithe and
gay,
In Juafez.
-BERTON BRALEY.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
THE PEACH CARNIVAL
AT FORT VALLEY.

Americas interest and Fort
Valleys interest are so much in
common that the Peach Carnival
which is held each year about this
time in our neighboring city.
located right in the best of the
biggest peach farms in the world,
draws not only from the peaches"
Of its own section, hut many from
around Aemricus make annual
pilgrimages to Fort Valley to join
their sisters in one common cele-
bration.
Although somewhat dampened
by the recent cold snap, which
places the peach outlooa as -ath-
err doubtful as to the amount of
yield to be expected, nevertheless
the ardor of the calebrants remain
at fever heat, as in former years.
internationally famous, the
Georgia peach is the queen of
fruits, and the production of
peaches in this state has grown to
such proportions that it now rep
resents one-third of the CONNER
cial crop of the United States.
The peach crop industry has made
remarkable progress in its develop
ment during the past decade.
1t is interesting to know that
the annual crop is valued at more
than s4.o00,00G and there are
100000 trees in the state, most
of them aronud Fort Valley.
Today this celebration is in full
sway. Every town and hamlet in
the state joins hands with our
neighbor to the northeast of Us
in welcoming springtime to our
Southern cline. We extend our
fluctuations to Fort Valley for
we know that the event will be at
tended with the success which such
such an occasion deserves.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
I'VE are" told him. .rwbg. an

I'VE are" I told him. 'rWha: IAN
we do for your"
The words had scarcely left nav
lips when / knew that we were Ia =
trap. realized it just in time B.,
save my life. l struck with. all rs.
force at the ugly little black revolver
which was thrust almost into n,y
face. There was report, a sharr,
pain at the top of my shoulder, and
the revolver itself slipped from the
mans crushed fingers. / was withis
an ace of having him by the throat.
but he just eluded me. The touring
car was now passing us slowly, and
he leaped into it, leaving his helmet
lying in the road. A third man, who
seemed to rise up from underneath
our car, tore along and jumped in
behind, and they shot forward.
travelling at most astonishing pace
Huntington shouted to our cfauf.
feur through the tube with the idea
of pursuing them. We started for
ward with series of horribie
bumps. and came almost Immediate.
ly to a standstill. I sprang ont
Both our back tires had been stabbed
through with some sharp instru.
ment. In the distance, the other
car had rounded the corner. ana
with screaming siren, was racing
away for London.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
MATTER OF TAXES
AND EXTRAVAGANCE.

Taxes are always an unpleas'
ant subject, yet they have a hof-
rible fascination, especially in a
time like this when taxation seems
20 be the leading national indus
try. Here are some figures casual
ly observed in a tax review of one
state:
The leading county of the state
has had its tax assessments raised
76O per cent since 1900 and 1919
per cent since 1915.
Four other counties, none Of
them particularly populous on
wealthy, show tax increases of
$50 to 1869 per cent since 1900
and $50 to 253 per cent since
1915.
If this phenomenon stood alone,
it would be remarkable enough.
Because such taxation is coming to
be the rule rather than the excep-
ton, in every part of the country,
many citizens take it as a mat
ter Of course and dismiss the sub
ject with a shrug Of the shout
ders. It's the war" they say.
But it is not altogether, nor
primarily, the war. 1t is an orgy
Of public expenditure which the
war does not justify bat only
makes more burdensome. Most
Of the vast sums now collected
in the form Of taxes are spent for
current expenses. And every
where big and costly improve
ments are undertaken, with little
thought as to how they are to be
paid for in the future. The bond
issues voted so blithely will make
still more taxes.
Sometimes the taxes are raised
by higher valuation and sometimes
by higher rates. The one sure
thing is that they keep on rising.
And they will continue doing so
until voters realize the public
extravaganza into which they have
been led, and refuse to approve
additional bond issues for unnec-
sary projects or to vote for spend
thrift officials.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

4OLD.
Three bridges spanning Kincha.
foonee creek, west Of Ameqicus,
were put out Of commission tenn
porarily, by the heavy hahn yester-
| day morning, according 70 the story
/ told by Mr.. /. D. Lockaaft, who re-
turned acre by buggy fr1.3 Dawson,
returning in motor car having been
fuu"d impossible.
State senator-elect John n.
Watts was well known visitor yes
terday in Americas, where he for
merly resided for. several years and
has many friends who extended him
welcome here. Mr.. Watts resides
in Shellman, and will represent the
Eleventh district in the newt assem-
bic.
One entire week lost TO the far
mers is the record made since Mon
day and the few Sumter county
farmers who came to Americas yes
terday for supplies or fertilizer was
as blue as the weather yesterday
morning.
Crop conditions, so promising 10
days ago, have changed considerably
within brief time and the prospect
for crop planting at this time is
anything than encouraging.
Robert Mckay, with the A. B. &
A., at Fitzgerald, is the guest of his
aunt, Miss Josephine Mckay, here.
Miss Ruth Kendrick is a visitor
from Tennille, the guest Of Miss
Genevieve Prather for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pass, who
resides near Leesburg, are guests Of
DR.. and Mrs. J. F. McMath for a
few days at their home here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
ADVENTURE
AND CRIME

"A SOCIAL worker tells the story
of Is year old boy in an east
ern city who was sent by his en-
ployer to deposit 5000 in the bank.
Instead of doing so he conceived
the joyful notion of going West.
The few hundred dollars looked
ike a fortune to him. He invited
two chums, boys of II and 10,
to go. The eight-year-old broth
er of one of them, fascinated by
the plans, insisted on going along.
All four took train to New
York, where the ring-leader hap
PLY treated the bunch to new
suits of clothes, including long
trousers for the youngest member
Of the party. Then, boy-fashion,
they went to a movie and followed
that with a feast Of all sorts of
indigestible goodies. Their adven-
ture came to a timely end when
they made inquiries about a train
to Chicago. By that time the lit
lest lad was tired out and rather
homesick, and the others had be-
gun to wake up from their bright
dream, All four were returned to
their parents, the money was re-
funded to the employer, and the
social worker who rescued the boys
gave some good advice to the
fathers.
The story is of interest because
it is typical of so many child run
away cases. None of those boys
was vicious. The lad who stole
the $500 was not a young GRIMM
al, and because this first escapade
has been wisely handled by the
grown-ups involved it is likely he
will never steal or run away again.
He'll probably grow up to be a
useful citizen.
On the other hand,if the case
had not been handled wisely, if
the boys captors had lacked I'M
derstanding and sympathy, if
harsh punishment instead of care
and guidance had been their lot,
they might have gone on to worse
adventures and crime.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
BY q. PHILLIPs OPPENHEIM

| r had told Huntington OF all the
material things which had hap
pened to me down at G(eyes
Manor. but l had not spoken of that
curious sense of impending evil
which had clouded my days, and the
prescience of which had been so re-
markably verified. We were scarce
" crossing the first stretch Of Elk
moor. however, when the memory Of
it came back to me, and with the
memory an overpowering return of
the feeling itself. I filled pipe,
stretched myself out in a corner of
the car, and set myself to fight this
grim ogre of fear.
1t was no cary matter, however.
All through the night l was haunted
with fancies. The CONSCIOUSNESS on
the naoors seemed like crouching
men, the whistle from a distant rail
way station a warning of impending
danger. In a small village before
we arrived at Taunton, a man stood
in the open doorway of his house,
looking out at the night. lie scanned
US as we passed, and turned away.
Through the uncurtained window of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22

lNG, 4 IEMAHEEl3.
his sitting-room I saw telephone
on his table.
At Wiveliscombe, man with q
motorcycle stood silent as we passed.
He leaned forward as though to see
the number of our car. In ten min
utes he raced past US, his powerful
engine making the night hideous
with its unsilenced explosions.
Across Salisbury Plain, as we drew
near Stonehenge, a cruelty cold vind
was blowing. We drank from a task
which 1 had brought, and wrapped
ourselves up.a little closer. at some
crossroads, high up in the bIealzest.
part, another car was waitine,. its
lights out, its appearance Sinister.
We passed it, however, at fifty miles
an hour, and the man who was it's
sole occupant scarcely looked at us.
We passed through Amesbury, up
the long rise to Andover, through
Basingstole, and settled down into
steady fifty miles an hour along
wonderful roads. che moon was
paling now, and there were signs Of
dawn; right ahead of US was a thin
streak of/ silver in the clouds, slowly.
changing to a dull purple. Before
we had realized it, we were in the
outskirts Of london, our pace
gradually reduc but stin racing
through the somber twilight.
At Isleworth. just as we had
passed under the railway arch. I
felt the brakes suddenly applied and
thrust my head out of the window.
We had come almost to a standstill,
stopped by stalwart policeman
who, notebook in hand, had been
talking'to the occupant of a touring
car drawn up by the side of the road.
He came up to the open window.
"Are you gentlemen going through
to London?" he inquired.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22

there are many who believe that
we select our parents before COM
ing into the world. This belief is
branch of the mysticism now cpl
demic.
Many of us die young or drag
along with bad health, as re-
suit of some ancestors dissipation
or the unhealthy economic condi.
tions that surrounded him back
yonder in the past.
DR.. Pearl compares US with
clocks that are wound up to run
varying lengths of time. Some
men have been wound up for
full 9O-year run, others are only
partly wound and stop at 40, IS
or some other point. In human af-
fairs the original winding is
heredity. Sand in the works is
Observation-Disclosures, or mode Of
life"
You have often heard it said.
He'll live to very old age. He
comes from fong-lived stock"
If you get out the records kept
IN the family Bible or elsewhere,
and figure the average age at
which your direct ancestors died
for several generations back, you'll
have the most probable age Of
your own death. Observe that the
figure will express your AVER
AGE or most probable chance.
You may differ from the average
. live longer or shorter. That de-
ponds largely on the care you are
able to take of your body and
mind.
How about sudden death-for
instance, the man run down by an
auto? DR.. Pearl says herejisy IS
a powerful influence even in such
cases of "unfavorable accident"
If the victim had inherited keen
wits and swift Judgment, he prob
ably would have been TOO alert 70
be struck by a mot0rear.
The age at which We die is De-
termined by a combination @,
heredity and environment And
environment includes early train
ing and diet, as well as later sur.
roandings and occupation.
Karl Pearson's researches con.
vinced him that there is a seientifi-
cally exact relation between the
death age Of father and son. He
decided that the death age is so
to IS per cent determined by
hereditary factors, and that these
are so powerful they cannot be
materially modified by environ
ment.
The clear-cut lesson in all this
is that the way we live and take
care of our health today viii, to
large extent, fix the number of
years our sons, grandsons and
later descendants will live. The
greatest legacy for the future is
sensible living in our generation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. March
q, 1899

/ Y, 1880
Will Carter announces that as
the late firm of Calvin Carter &
Son, having disposed of the balance
of their stock of shoes and hats to
John R. Shaw, he will hereafter be
found at Shaw's Eagle Shoe Store
on Forsyth street.
Last week the blooming fruit
trees were greeted with frost and
ice nearly every morning. 1t is be-
lieved that the fruit crop is not as.
seriously damaged.
Mr.. ]. J. Willifdrd and family
leave tomorrow for Atlanta, where
they will make their home in fu-
ture. Americas regrets the loss of
Mr.. Williford and his most estim-
able family, and the best wishes of
their many friends here will attend
them in their new home.
Mrs. NJ. I. Elan is at home from
New York, and where she purchaser
line of Easter bonnets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawsons Stapleton
left yesterday for Preston where
they win be the guests of Mr..
Stapleton's parents for few days.
Miss Alice Wheatley left yester-
day for Atlanta, where she will be
guest of her cousin, Miss Belle Abb
bolt for a few days.
Mrs. Lowry left yesterday for
Washington, where she will be the
guest of relatives for the next sew
al DAYS.