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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
ARMS PACT CAUSES
DELAYAT SANTIAGO
Delegates Fear Discussion of
Reductions and Situation
Grows Tense.
BY CLAUDE O. PIKE.
BY Gable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily
iult


SANTIAGO, Chile. April 16.-The
fourth week of the pan-American
conference opens with the important
issues still in nebulous state and with
every indication that the leaders are
seeking to avoid meeting them
squarely. Agreements have been
reached in committee on some of the
minor proposals on the agenda and
have even been approved at the Pile
nary sessions. but these are considered
Insignificant in comparison with the
really live issues which the delegates
seem afraid to take up.
The subject of ornaments is becom =
ing more delicate daily. The A. B. c.
nations are beginning to show tenn
per. although open discussion has not
yet been reached in the committee.
The report of DR.. Huneeus of the
Chilean delegation is causing bitter
editorial comment in the leading
Buenos Aires dailies. which charge
Chile with bad faith in proposing the
subject of a reduction of ornaments
and with entering secret pact with
Brazil for the exclusion of Argentina.
The Chilean newspapers insist that
the report lays the foundation for an
exhaustive discussion of the subject
of ornaments in the committee and
also that Argentina is not prevented
from stating it's position.
Argentina Worried.
Should the conference fail to come
70 an understanding and not make a
real start toward a reduction of
ornaments Argentina, according to
citizens of that country here, will be
forced to begin on a naval program
equal to that of Brazil to the neglect
of public works.
Economic conditions in the A, B., C.
nations would seem to make it neces-
sary that all three should approach
the subject earnestly as the finances
nf each are nearing the cracking
POINT. Some of the delegates here
W atching from the side lines are
wondering how long the game of
bluff will continue.
DIR. Gondra, a Paraguayan delegate,
offered an amendment to the Huneeus
report, making more binding the sec
tions recommending that the nations
agree to conferences and investiga-
tions before hostilities break out
This amendment is believed by some
to be based on the form of treaties
when he was Secretary of State. 1t is
believed that the proposal will find
favor among the South American ma
tions.
Wilson Popular.
Should the United States delegate
accept the amendment it will put the
republican party in the position of
indorsing the acts of the Wilson adj
ministration, which at that time were
the subject of republican ridicuIe.
Because of his advocacy of the
league of nations Woodrow Wilson is
very popular among the South and
Central American republics which are
members of the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 16-"Indications
are that we are entering into a. period
Of business expansion, and utmost
caution must be exercised to prevent
this from developing into a secondary
imitation. which would be disastrous, .
Charles NJ. Schwab, chairman Of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, de-
clared in a statement today.
Business Is plentiful and industry
is active throughout the country" he
added, land we have every reason to
feel happy over the situation.
Our job right now is to keep an
even keel and to steer a straight
course. Business is on a firm founda-
ton, but 1t must be kept there. Eco
nomic conditions abroad are not as
promising as would have them. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
$7,140,0O0,0O0 GOLD
AGAIN 0FFEREDBY
BERLIN TO ALLIES
Utmost and Last Proffer
Germany Will Make, Won
Rosenberg Asserts.
HOLDS BATTLE IN RUHR
Is OF RIGHT AND WRONG
Approves Hughes Suggestion That
Preparations Be Referred to
Body of Experts.
by GEORGE WHITE.

Fly Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1928
BERLIN, April 16.-Today in the
reichstag, Foreign Secretary Won
Rosenberg reiterated Germany's offer
Of last December to pay 10000. 900 900
gold marks (s7.14o.O0O.Oo0 in repara-
lions 10 the allied powers. That is
the utmost and the last offer Ger
many will make" he declared. His
speech was received with great ap-
plause except by the socialists.
Doubts as to the honesty of Ger
many's, or rather the Cuno cabinets,
oft-repeated good will in the Ruhr
question have raised recently in
many quarters. The government s
failure to come out with a new and
definite Preparations program instead
of clinging to the old one has often
been censured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
RIGHT AND WRONG ISSUE.
Minister Declares Hughes Proposal
Would Solve Tangle.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 16.-Foreign Minis
ter Won Rosenberg, addressing the
reichstag this afternoon, declared the
battle now in progress on the banks
of the Rhine and in the Ruhr was
not one for coal or wood. but fight
which would determine whether the
ideas of right and peace would pro-
gress or lose ground.
The foreign minister voiced ap-
prevail of the suggestion of Secretary
of State Hughes that the Preparations
problem be referred to body of
authoritative experts, and he also
Endorsed the conclusions on this sub
ject recorded in the resolution adopt
ed by the International Chamber of
Commerce at its recent congress in
Rome.
Attempt NOM Futile.
In view of the economic devastation
wrought by the invasion of the Ruhr
and what he characterized as France
avowed purpose to paralyze German
economic productiveness. any attempt
at present to appraise Germany's ca
pacity for payment or establish the
precise amount would be wholly fu-
tile, the foreign minister declared.
The German government, said the
foreign minister had tried in various
way to get the PREPARATION question
out Of the "quagmire" in which this
problem, together with all Europe,
was threatened with becoming stuck
fast. 1t had also tried to help put an
end to the daily increasing tension
and economic chaos under which Eu-
rope was suffering. Germany's eff
forts in these directions, he said
were designed to facilitate the release
uf all possible forces for reconstruct
ton, in which process Germany
wished to cooperate.
Task for Experts.
Referring to Secretary Hughes pro-
posal at New Haven in December
Baron Won Rosenberg reiterated the
statements he recently made before
the foreign relations committee of
the reichstag.
In the German governments opin-
ion, he said, an international commits
sion OF experts such as Mr.. Hughes
had suggested should determine, first,
what Germany has done so far on
PREPARATIONS: second, what could and
should Germany do regarding them
in the future, and, third. in what
way could she do what was expected
OF her in the future. Germany and
the entente. he added. would be rep
resented on such a commission with
equal rights.
Would Seek Big Loan.
If the problem were handled in this
or similar way. he repeated. Ger
many would be ready to seek the
highest loan possible in the inter-
national finance market. and the pro-
ceeds of this loan would be available
Immediately as a cash installment to
be turned over to the allies or to
France.
Premier Poincares speech yester-
day at Dunkirk. the foreign minister
declared, was "a preachment of might
which rendered poor service toward
the needed attainment of interna-
tional understanding and reconcilia-
ton"
In conclusion the foreign minister
declared the German government
would not sacrifice or jeopardize
Germany's future merely for the pur-
pose of overcoming or eliminating
present complications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. April 10
Poor old King Tut. Already held re-
sponsible for some of the most out
landish feminine fashions of recent
wears for enforcement of curse that
brought death in it's wake. even
though his mummy is not yet out of
its tomb; and for a revolutionary
movement in Egypt he is now to be
the medium of a feminine insurrec-
ton. His influence is to extend to all
that women do as well at to their
frills and furbelows.
Listen to Ralph Vandeman McGoff1n,
PHI. D., LII. D.. A. B., president of the
Archaeological Institute of America
and instructor in classical archaeology
in Johns Hopkins University in Balti-
more, now in California for short
stay. He says--and he ought to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
SIGN FINNISH AGREEMENT
Debt Funding Commission Author
ICES Mellon to Approve Terms.

The American debt funding COM
mission today authorized Secretary
Mellon to sign the war debt funding
agreement with Finland
The agreement. already ratified by
the parliament at Helsingsfors, has
yet to be accepted by Congress. but
members of the, commission expect
no opposition from that quarter. No
official announcement was made as
ments on the Finnish obligation,
among the smallest due the United
States, are required under the
agreement until late autumn, but the
suggestion that the arrangement be
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
SARGENT PORTRAIT GIVEN
Harvey Presents Painting of Duke
of York to Lady Elizabeth.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 16.-George Harvey,
the American ambassador to the
Court of st. James, has sent Lady
Elizabeth Bowes-Lytton as a wedding
present a portrait of the Duke Of
York, her prospective husband, by
John Singer Sargent, the American
artist, says the Daily Express.
The duke is the first member of the
royaI family who ever sat for Sar-
gent for a portrait, the newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
WEATHER.

Fair tonight, with frost; tomorrow
fair with rising temperature. Tenn
perature for twenty-four hours erded
at pm. today: Highest, 81 at noon
today; lowest, SO at am. today.
Full report on page 4.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
GEORGIA BOY IS NOW
PIEDMONT LEAGUE STAR

RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. "a
Coming to the Raleigh club Of the
Piedmont league from the semi
pro ranks of Savannah, Georgia.
Virgil w. Barrett, better known as
Jumbo" BARRETT, is now being
heraIded by sport writers through.
out the circuit as the best first
basemen and one of the most dan
gerous hitters in the league, al
though until three weeks ago, when
ne joined the local club, he had
never played professional baseball
Barrett has been attracting the
attentio non several big league
scouts by his hitting, the last league
! average giving him a percentage of
1854 which included Ia extra base
wallops, five home runs, six triples
and five doubles.
jumbo until recently perform
ed on the Seaboard shops nine o.
the Savannah league, playing out
field. While there, he had the rep
utation of being one Of the heav
lest hitters Of the league.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

favorable auspices and if the
tax-gatherer shall be commits
stoned to pounce upon them as
the new statute provides the
places that knew them viii
know them no more
Instead of penalizing such
artistic affairs, the Georgia
legislature, if it had good
sense, would provide q bonus
TO promote these big musical
occasions. Grand opera must
be subsidized, not held up, if
it Is to attain worthwhile pro
portions in an atmosphere and
environment which can tolerate
the presence of such a phenom-
enou as the Georgia legisla-
ture."
The Journal Is wrong. 1t will
take more than a Georgia legisla-
ture and a $4,000 tax to kin grand
opera in Georgia.
There are enough men in the
state with patriotic souls to over
come the petty animosities Of some
so-called statesmen. by special sub
scriptions to make up the unfair
tax.
Grand opera IS a GEORGIA IN
STITUTION. It is the firest piece
Of advertising the state has ever
secured. 1t is enjoyed and psrtici-
pated in by men and women from
every county in the state and from
every walk of life.
There are those who are salts
fled with a niger jazz band or a
mail-order monograph, men whose
musical souls find a solace in a
church hymn on Sunday and a
syncopated crossroads orchestra
weeks days. And some of these
men are members of the legislature.
But the great bulk of the people
are reaching out and up for some
thing higher and nobler in music.
School teachers by the score, Law
aside few cents weekly from their
meager salary, TO enable them to
visit Atlanta each spring and. hear
the best in music that the world
affords.
Merchants Of small means, men
and women old and young. from
cit yand hamlet, crowd the galleries
each year.
And, if we but knew it, the real
critics, those who appreciate most
the art, are to be found in the gal
Ieries and not in the boxes below.
Grand opera in Georgia-(New
York or Chicago, for that matter)
has never paid out" ALWAYS
there is deficit, which is made
up by the hundreds of guarantors
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
n So2 z. 4. ss5 l3ss. Daily Poem
By
Berton Braley
THE ADVANCE GUARD

They fret and fume humdrum round of een and food and
o ana shrk at routine work which hasn't hope of change
Ont AZ tL s"Ioer cnance at copper or gold or oil
ou at the edge OF frontier Is raw and STRANGE
lhey wager the last red they own they'll wager their strength
health, go ~ o'''s|I aNu
IN finding gold at the rainbow in the deserts heart
iheS sweat and sarye and toll like for Of
wealth 80 i0 '"e-"iSl o
Which dances before their eyes to lead them over the char
% Of mem VIM but most of them lose YEARLY beat it hack
Shabby and broke the homeept folk who look at these
askance ~ N a. 'ie'e H"lpS
soon as Vhe roYers get stake they're another track
saves Oh gamor that draws them on and bondsman Of
orIue may wait at home they not at all
Hef VEINS are filled with that drives them on f
% 1ey are bound in mightier spell and held in
anu ever 'hey struggle on to the light of a distant start
ioyers adventures ALL who wealth thew seek
ony the wanderfret that them on their WAY,
~ oy ehahee their well in they strike nvn +eraa
7 OH again to newer field where game is still to navt
ever gamblers thrill they flee the towns Of men
% push ahead to the raw frontier life begins anew
e settler comes on the trail they breakand pushes them on
" 'i'Iz7uon dogs the heels of a highly uncivized crew
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

R. ]. Perry, J. B. Fielder, j. G.
Pinkston, and Mayor Cults.
Mrs. c. E. Taylor, daughter
and son, of Quitman, are visiting
at the residence Of Officer T. NJ.
Cobb in East Americas.
That invincible railroader, Gene
Nisbet, is managing the Fat Mems
Club. He is a cIincher, and is put
ting in some fine work for the
heavy weights. Gene isn't great
when it comes to weight, but he is
talker from way back, and mas
voice on him that can be heard
from the S. A. NJ. Jackson street
crossing to the water works pump
ing station.
Cain & Brown open the season
on next Wednesday at Glovers
opera house with Barlow Broth
er's minstrel, a good beginning for
one of the best seasons yet had by
Americas.
Ool. BOB johnson the cotton ar
fist has been confined in his room
for. some days suffering from an
attack of hieroglyphics.
Miss Maria Harold and Mr..
William Harold left yesterday for
a visit to Chicago.
w. K. Bell, returned yesterday
from Chicago and to the World
Fair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
The STANDARD:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BAR
GAINS

At $2.98 new stock of Jersey Fet-
ticoats, all colors, regularly $3.50.
At $1.98 Satin Boomers, all col
ors, all sizes, regularly $3.50.
At $5.75 new fab
Dresses of all wool serge, new mod
els, worth up to $40.
At $40, new fall Poiret Twill
Dresses, just unpacked, values up
to $40.
At $2.5O.to $3.50 over one hun
.dred styles ladies' fall hats just
Iopened.
At soc our CSC mems athletic
union suits reduced for Friday and
Saturday.
| At soc mems balbriggan shirts
and drawers, all sizes knee or ankle
length.
At Toe, ladies' 25c ribbed vests,
regular and extra sizes.
At soc mems and boys blue chev-
lot work shirts, double stitched all
over. "a
At $3.50, mems pin checked trou-
sers of Standard Otis materials,
none better made.
At $3.45 large crex squares, great
variety of pretty designs.
At 1895 genuine Gold Seal Con-
goleum squares, size 1-2x9 feet,
only few left.
At 69c, mems heavy fall under
wear, shirts and drawers, value 81.
At $3.50, mems fall and winter
union suits of the Haynes make, SO
to 46.
At SOC infants Cinderella under
wear vests and bands of silk and
wool.
At 85c, one big table of Rompers,
Teddies, Boomers, Gowns. values in
this lot up to $3.50.
At $1.25, ladies' Pongee Waists,
new fall styles just received, sizes
up tc AZ.
Nj @1.19 genuine imported pongee
silk, every thread silk too, so inches
wide.
At Use, American Pongee silk
beautifully finished, actual value
CSC.
At SLIGO, guaranteed black satin.
full yard, new, perfect goods, just
opened.
At $3.50, beautiful Canton Crepe
black and all leading colors, 40 inch
es wide.
AT CSC fine yard wide satins in
black, white and colors, suitable for
fine underwear and Innings.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

New knowledge

Former Sergeant Snodgrass and
Ditto Private Whippler hadn't seen
each for couple of years until
they Joined the same legion post.
They gathered in a corner to 1em-
irisee,
DO you still dream your old
cream about getting a government
tarm?" asked Snodgrass.
Yes" replied Whiplper, sad
ly. But now when l dream it,
I've got sense enough to know I'm
asleep"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
THAT GRAND
OPERA TAX.

The Georgia legislature in taxing
its ingenuity to find things to tax
decreed that grand opera shall
hereafter pay a privilege license Of
$4,000, when pHoduced m cities like
Atlanta and the smaller burgs sha.
be mulcted 81, 900, when they un
dertake to stage musical evnts.
''The effect of the law will
probably mean the passing
from Atlanta of those fine
musical concerts which have
been sources of so much en-
joyment and inspiration" says
the Selma (Ala.) Journal. The
financial success of these big
undertakings has been known
to be dubious under the most
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
Tax
Law Change

NCOHLIHueu from rage L.
property owners be required to re-
turn their property for taxation by
street and number, and that eacn
parcel be separated from any other
with separate valuation placed
thereon.
One of the most important
changes suggested is that relating
to automobiles. In this paragraph
the assessors alIege that auto own
ers deliberately purchase cars aft
er April /, making no return for
the first year, and then returning
the cars as second hand machines
at very low valuations. they fur.
Their assdct that there seems to be
tendency among taxpayers who
own automobiles not to make re-
turns thereon"
The assessors also recommend
that the city have prepared map
arranged in blocks showing the
ownership of all property in Amer
icus, with the dimensions shown on
such map and reasonable descrip-
ton Of each house located here,
The report, which viii be cen
sidered by council at its next meet
ing, follows:
ITO the Mayor and City Council
of Americas, Americas, Ga: We.
P. B. Williford, Chas. Lingo and
Bradley hogg, tax assessors for the
year 1928 for the City of Americas,
Ga, would make the following rec
concentrations to your honorable
board:
I'VE believe that every proper
owner in the city of Americas, Ca,
should be required to make tax
return, either by himself or by his
agent duly appointed, at the office
of the clerk and treasurer, and for
failure to do so be subject to
penalty as this board may see fit
to impose.
''For the welfare of the CITY we
believe and recommend that every
parcel of real estate should he re-
turned by number and street, and
all properties should be given in
separately, that is, that each lot
or house and lot should have a
separate valuation, and so designat-
ed that it may be located from the
information in the return.
eve recommend in view of the
present law that the tax ad va
loren on automobiles be changed
50 as to make each owner purchase
a teg instead of paying ad valorem
taxes. There are so many cars
purchased after April l, whereby
the owner returns his old car for
little value and by the time the
new car is subject to taxation it is
practically a year old and of much
less value than when purchased.
Also there seems to be g tendency
among the taxpayers who own au-
tomobiles not to make returns
thereon, In this way the tag would
show if the tax had been paid.
We recommend that land map
in blocks showing the size of lots
and improvements thereon believe
this method would gain enough in
returns to more than pay the ex-
pense Of such undertaking."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY
tFrom the Times-Recorder. Au

tFr0m the IlmeS-RecOrder. Au-
gust "a, 1879
An enjoyable occasion of the
past week was a picnic dinner at
Magnolia Springs, given in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Blackwell, of
Columbia, Ala, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Bolton. Included in
the party besides Mr.. and Mrs.
Blackwell. and Mr.. and Mrs. Bolton
were DR.. and Mrs. J. E. Prather,
Mrs. S. A, Walters, Mr.. and Mrs.
T: NJ. Furlow and Miss Evelyn
Bell
Six hundred and fifty new bales
cotton of the new crop represented
receipts in Americas up to and in
GLIDING yesterday, 23rd inst. as
reported by the four warehouses
last night. Of this number 225
bales were received yesterday,
which We're even more than the
local trade had expected. in view
Of the large receipts on Friday.
More than six children have al
ready been registered in the
Americas public schools, and with
still a full week remaining where
in pupils may register it is fair to
assume that the total will go con-
siderably above 1900 within that
time. The total enrolment during
the past year was 1920 pupils of
all grades and it is very reas enable
proposition that this large number
will be exceeded at the fall ses-
sion this year.
Miss Juanita Bennett of Waycross
was the honor guest at a delightful
heart-dioe party given by her hos
tess. Miss Ruth Britton on Tues
day morning at her home on Lee
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(From tho Times-Recorder. Au-
gust, "a, 1899
The banks Of this city will issue
certificates to help pay for cotton
That was determined on yesterday
afternoon. A free interchange Of
views was had; and as the result.
the chairman appointed a commit
tee composed of Messrs. NJ. B.
Council, H. A. Harris, A. Rylander.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

Iornadoes passed through two
sections of Kansas. Either that
or a couple Of wheat farmers
got mad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

In spite Of revenue agents a
man back up in the mountains of
Tennessee is 100 years old.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

Swiss rifle team is coming
over. 1t is not true they learned
while shooting holes in cheese.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
TOM SIMS SAYS.

Wife in Flint, Mich, claims
hubby tried to drown his trou-
bles by pushing her off bridge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

Man who umpired ball game
IN Three Rivers, Mich, escaped.