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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-17
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THE PLAY.

Is it possible for two runners
to be retired because they have
been hit by the same batted ball?
This query is the result of news
item recently published which
read:
"Odd plays have been more
numerous than ever this year. The
champion performance of the lot,
it is asserted, was double play
in which no fielder touched the
ball. 1t happened thusly: A batted
ball hit a runner going to third
and then caromed off and bound
ed against a runner on his way to
second and under the rules both
were out for being hit by batted
ball"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-17
HARBOR is INCREASING
IN IMPORTANCE DAILY

SAVANNAH, Sept. 1.-THE
steadily increasing Importance of
Savannah'5s harbor as a port of call
forb 9th American and foreign YES
sells is attested by the comparative
figures for 1918 and 1922 inclusive,
which have recently been compiled
by the board of trade In 1918 the
ships visiting Savannah numbered
$40, representing a register of i,
POI, 36T tons, while in 1922 the fig
ure was increased to 949 ships with
a tonnage of 1889, COZ In 1922
only 165 of the 949 We're foreign
ships. '"'- $500 ' "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-17
INQUEST FOR MONEY

BIRMINGHAM, Eng, Sept. II
Twenty pounds I'M gold, found by a
boy, was the subject for an inquest
The jury learned the boy
gave it to police Immediately and did
not try to hide ct. AS 4esuls he
nay get a grant IF 16 pounds by the
8 government for his honesty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-17
STRANGE FISH

MILFORD HAVEN, Eng, Sept.
ia strange fish measuring 4 1-2
feet around the head and IL feet
long has been caught by trawler off
the northwest coast of ireland. The
mouth os bottle-shaped and toothless
but the body resembles a sharks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-17

second to third had been hit, re-
ceives no consideration.
The runner on first who was hit
is not out, but is entitled to adj
vance to second, in order to make
room for the batsman, who gets
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-17

hit when the base runner was hit
by his batted ball and is there
fore entitled to first.
Somebody was kidding when
they labeled such a happening a
freak double play.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
Self Government Is So- lution of Ills, Says
 Joslin MERITS TERRITORY RIGHTS
Left Alone Would Have Many People by
 Now

SEATTLE, March 9.-Alaska has less self-government than Porto Rico, the Philippines. the Hawaiian Islands and aliens :n this country, declared Falcon Joslin, in an address deliv cred last night at the semi-monthly dinner of the Alaska Committee O. the Chamber of Commerce. Other territories, said MT. Joslin, pay fewer Federal taxes than do the native born Americans in Alaska With the same freedom that has been enjoyed by other territories of the nation, said MT. Jos1in, Alaska would have had by now population of from 300,000 to 5O0,O00 people, and an an nual commerce of a hundred million dollars. Subscribing to the state, ments of MT. Joslin Judge Schofield, of Nome, declared to the Committee that Alaska would develop only when she is given control of her own af fairs
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
G0Uern0r Pledges Departn1entSupp0rt
 Of Just Measure

you the support of Secretary Hoover and the Administration" Governor Bone spoke to a crowded hall and gal leries, which listened to his address in absolute silence broken only by ripple of applause when he declared that the canneries profit by the work of the Alaskan Fish Commission. "An increased tax upon their product and upon nonresident fishermen is manifestly warranted" said the Gov ernor The message was well-received by a majority of the members, though there was some criticism expressed of his attitude on the policy of the Administration in creating fisheries reserve. Following the session it was predicted by Aldrich and others that a fisheries bill would be passed after Delegate Sutherland has arrived from Washington.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
OIL DRILLERS
 ARE HALTED
 BY HARDPAN
Associated Oil Company Breaks Drills on
 Bedrock

SEATTLE, March 9.-That drilling operations by the Associated Oil Com pany at Cold Bay were started on Jan uary eighth, reaching a depth of 197 feet by February eighteenth, is the statement made here yesterday by c. M. Lay, a member of the Company drilling crew, who arrived on recent boat Lay said that at the 197-foot depth all the bits that were tried on it had been broken on the hard rock encountered, and that operations had been suspended pending the arrival of more machinery. The Standard Oil Company was expected to start drill ing on the first of March, Lay said. He reported that hundred persons had wintered at Kanatak, and had sui fered considerable hardships, since heavy winds had demolished several of their cabins.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
FARM TRACTOR MAY . HAVE MADE WOUNDS
 ON KHAN VICTIMS

BASTROP, March 9.-Persons who have examined carefully the report of the pathologists on the condition of the mutiliated bodies of Watt Daniels and T. F. Richards, alleged victims of the Klan kidnappers of Mer Rouge, express the belief that the so-called torture machine" used to break the tor, which was run over their bodies while they were still alive. It is point ed out that such a machine would in- flict injuries identical with those found on the two bodies.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09

JUNEAU, March 9.-That all fac tions in the controversy should agree on a measure for control of the Alas ka fisheries which would be fair alike to the Territory, the fishermen and the canners, which he promised would receive the support of the Ad- ministration, was the direct sugges- tion made to the Territorial Legisla- ture yesterday by Governor Bone. The Governor said: "In this connec- tion I am authorized by Secretary Hoover to say that the Department of Commerce will welcome a measure prepared here for the protection Of the fisheries and safeguarding the interests of the Territory and the rights of all Alaskans, and fair to those having investments in the in- dustry. If the Legislature will pre- pare such a measure I can promise
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
MINERSLET OUT BY GERMANS IN THEIR
 STALLlNG PROGRAM

ESSEN, March 9.-That German miners in tue coal mines of the Ruhr are being gradually dismissed from work as part of the German plan gradually to reduce the output of coal to a minimum, is the state ment of French authorities, who de- clared that the scheme is in line with the general German program oT passive resistance. Meetings of em- ployees are being held at various points to protest against the payment of strike funds by the German work CTS. There is much unrest among the thousands of unemployed. The towns of Essen and Dusinborg have been isolated from rail communica- tion with the remainder of the Ruhr district.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
Second Trial Results in Prisoners Acquittal
 of Burglary
COURT CLEARS CALENDAR
Panel Dismissed, Judge Prepares for Trip
 to Seattle

VALDEZ, March 9. The second trial of Virgil Rich, for robbery of Urbach's store at Anchorage, went to the jury at five o'clock yesterday, and verdict of not guilty was brought in at three o'clock this morning. Harding and Swanson, of Cordova, were members of the jury. The yer dict clears Rich of all charges against him. The panel for the petit jury was discharged this morning, all cases on the docket for this term having been concluded. Judge Ritchie will leave for Seattle on the next trip of the Northwestern.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
UTAH SEEKS MODIFY
 FREAK SMOKING LAW

SALT LAKE, March 9.-A House bill to amend the anti-cigarette law of Utah, which has recently attrac- ted nationwide attention, was passed by the Senate yesterday. The meas ure which, it is expected, the Gov ernor will approve, provides for the sale of tobacco, including cigarettes, under a system of licensing, but pro- hibits all advertising of cigarettes in national publications, and the ad- vertising of tobacco except in news papers.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
ESCAPED MURDERESS BEING TRAILED BY
 l.. A. DETECTIVES

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9-Mrs. Clara Phillips, the convicted "ham- mer murderess," who escaped from the Los Angeles county jail follow ing her trial, has passed through Los Angeles twice and has been in San Francisco recently, according to the statement of Deputy Sheriff Frank Dewar, of Los Angeles. The woman has been aided since her escape by of the underworld, according to Dewar, and is believed to be now in the vicinity of Los Angeles.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
BALFOUR DEFENDS
 DEBT-FUNDING NOTE
 CRITICIZED BY HARVEY

LONDON, March 9.-In an address delivered before the House of Lords yesterday Earl Balfour, Secretary for Foreign Affairs during the adminis- tration of David Lloyd-George, de- clared that his circular note to the Allies on the subject of the inter- allied debts did not deserve the strictures which had been placed upon it recently by Ambassador Har- vey in the course of luncheon ad- dress in London. From a strictly commercial viewpoint MT. Harvey's s statements might be correct" said Earl Balfour, "but I, for one, take less of a comm ercial view of the deal"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
CHILD SLAIN IN ATTACK
 BY BRUTE

VANCOUVER, Wn., March 9.-Evi- dently the victim of fiendish attack, the dead body of the eleven-year-old daughter of Paul Roscoe, a farmer liv- ing near Battle Ground, sixteen miles from here, was found lying beside the road last night. The child's clothing had been torn to shreds, and there were other indications of terrible struggle having taken place. The body was found in the course of a search which had been instituted when she failed to return home at the usual time from school A country wide hunt is on today for the per petrator of the crime.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
JOHNSON DEGREES
 PRESIDENTS PLAN
 COURT MEMBERSHIP

NEW YORK, March 9.-Addressing the Bronx Board of Trade yesterday Senator Hiram Johnson, of Califor- mia, Senate Irreconcilable during the League of Nations controversy, de- clared that the recent proposal of President Harding that the United States should become a member of the International Court of Justice is the first false step" toward member ship in the League of Nations. Sen ator Johnson said the demand for American participation in European affairs has emanated from a be logged international Intellectually or hysterically perfervid imagination"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
FREED CONVICT
 SH00TSFAMILY
 STATE0FFICLAL

NASHVILLE, March 9. - Lewis Douglas, a paroled negro convict at Spencer, Tennessee, shot and prof ably fatally wounded Mrs. George Haston, mother of Ernest Haston. Secretary of State, seriously wound ed her son, Sam Haston, and her daughter, Mrs. B. D. Shapparo, and two others yesterday, according to advice received from Spencer. Douglas made his escape, and is being sought today by a posse. Err nest Haston left Nashville immedi- ately with bloodhounds to take up the trial of the convict.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
BONE SUGGESTS FISH LAW BY TERRITORY
GENERAL IS COMMITTEE COUNSEL
 IN BUREAU PROBE

WASHINGTON, March 9.-General John F. O'Ryan, of New York, whC was in command of the Twenty-sev- enth Division of the American Army in France, has been appointed cour sel for the special committee of in vestigation assigned to look into the conduct of the affairs of the Veterans Bureau. The General is expected to begin work immediately making a preliminary survey of the charges against the Bureau recently brought by the American Legion. He will recommend what charges require special treatment during the investi- gation.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
MONTANA MINERS ENDORSE RIOT COURSE
 OF HEREIN STRIKERS

GREAT FALLS, March 9.-A reso- lution endorsing the conduct of the striking coal miners of Illinois dur ing the course of the Herrin riots of last summer, and extending the sympathy and wishes for a speedy acquittal of the defendants now on trial for murder, was passed by the Montana State Federation of Labor at their annual convention in ses- sion here yesterday. The resolution was signed by the officials of the Federation.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
NEGROES UNWILLING TO MINE COAL IN THE
 RUHR VALLEY MINES

NEW YORK, March 9.-Harry V. Dougherty, member of a local de- tective agency, who declared he had arranged to export from 2500 to 4000 American negroes to the Ruhr to work the coal mines for the French occupationary forces, announced yes terday that he had abandoned his plan. Dougherty explained that he had given up the project for the reason that he had been unable to find more than hundred negroes who were willing to take the job.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
WALLACE JOINS
 OFFICIAL JAUNTS
 TO N0RTHLAND

WASHINGTON, March 9. On a five-weeks' swing that will take him Coast, Secretary Wallace, of the De. partment of Agriculture, will start Sunday night to make an inspection tour of the various operations con. nected with his Department. The Sec retary contemplates several other take him to the Middle West, the Pacific Coast and eventually to Alaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
WISCONSIN BODIES
 VlNDICATE LA TOILETTE

MADISON, March 9.-The Wiscon- sin Assembly yesterday passed the day before, condemning the action of certain members of the Wisconsin University faculty who signed the round robin" denouncing the war record of Senator LaFollette. While directed primarily at the University educators the action of the Legis- lature is taken as a public vindi- cation of the attitude taken by the Wisconsin senator during the War.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
ANTI LEAGUE HEAD
 NOW DENIES HE PAID
 MONEY TO REPORTERS

NEW YORK, March 9.-That he had paid any money to the employees of wet" newspapers in an effort to induce them to betray their em, ployers was denied yesterday by Will liam H. Anderson, State superinten- dent of the Anti Saloon League, whose expenditures of League funds are under investigation. Anderson has been accused of having admitted that poses.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
KHAN ISSUE DUE FOR BITTER FIGHT
 IN LOUISIANA

NEW YORK, March 9.-That the political lines in Louisiana in 1924 will be drawn strictly for and against the Ku Klux Klan was the predic- tion made yesterday by Governor Parker, who is here to be present at the reunion of the wartime Food Administration Board. The Cover nor declared that the Klan is losing strength throughout the State.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
JUDGE ENJOINS CITY OFFICERS IN FAVOR
 OF PRIZE FIGHTS

CHICAGO, March 9.-An injunction was issued yesterday by Judge Ryner, of the Circuit Court, forbid ding the city officials of Chicago and Cook County to interfere with the matches to be fought by Joe Lynch, bantamweight, and Frankie Genaro flyweight, which are to be fought here on March nineteenth, to defend their respective titles.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
SON IS HELD ON SUSPICION
 OF CHILD'S MURDER

VANCOUVER, Wash, March g. Edward Whitehead, twenty-year-old youth, nephew of a farmer living near Battle Ground, is being held at the county jail in connection with investigations into the murder of Anna Nosko, the eIeven-year-old child whose mutilated body was found hidden under some brush on farm near Battle Ground yesterday
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
ENGINEER OFF
 0N LONG TRIP
 FROM DAWSON
Dredging Expert Leaves For the Orient on
 Enterprise

DAWSON, March 9.-Frank Holz, a member of the Guggenheim staff here sand mile journey for the purpose of experimenting the dredging opera tions of the Company on the Malay Peninsula. Taking the stage from here Holz will make the journey to Whitehorse, thence by way of south eastern Alaska and Vancouver to Se- attle where he will take passage on one of the Pacific liners for the Orient.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
BRITISH SAILORS HURT
 IN CRUISER ACCIDENT

GIBRALTAR, March 9.-As the re- suit of torpedo explosion which oc- cured yesterday on board the Brit ish cruiser Coventry, two sailors were probably fatally injured and two others were hurt.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
WHOLESALE SK00TINGS
 MARK GEORGIA TOWNS

ATLANTA, March 9,-Robert Hope, a mail carrier, under arrest on a liquor charge, shot and killed Wales Martin and Jack Ryan, marshall at Lulu, Georgia, yesterday. Almost coincident with the killing at Lulu occurred a similar one at Black spear when s. I. Sharpe, sought by officers for a similar offense, shot dead Marshall I. c. Brooks in a gun battle in which J. A. Monroe, a Fed eral prohibition officer was ser iously wounded.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
STANFORD BALKS AT
 NEGROES IN CONTEST

PALO ALTO, March 9.-Because the University of California proposed to enter two negro boxers in the contests the championship tourna- ment between Stanford University and California, which was scheduled for tonight has been cancelled by the Stanford athletic authorities.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
FARM BUREAU PRAISES REGENT CONGRESS FOR
 CREDITS LEGISLATION

CHICAGO, March 9.-That the re- cent Congress "has done more for the benefit of American agriculture than has any other session in the nations history" is the declaration made in the bulletin of the American Farm Bureau just issued.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
CARUSO'S ART RELICS BRING A LARGE SUM
 AT PUBLIC AUCTION

NEW YORK, March 9.-An auction of the personal effects of Enrico Caruso, including collection of bronzes, paintings, costumes, statues, books and art relics, was held here yesterday. The amount realized from the sale totalled $150,000
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
WELL KNOWN MARINER OF STIRRING HISTORY
 TAKES LAST VOYAGE

VICTORIA, March g. - Captain Charles Bake, a familiar figure in shipping circles of the Pacific Coast, and who was once held prisoner for eighteen months by the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Sound and finally released on payment of ransom, died here yesterday.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
ARMY FLYERS LAND
 SAFELY IN FLORIDA

MIAMI. Fla, March 9.-The six Army De Havilands which are en route from San Antonio, Texas, to Porto Rico, arrived here safely yes terday.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-09
CHINESE CABINET OUT

PEKING, March 9.-The Chinese Cabinet yesterday resigned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-05-10
Birds Curious Modification.

There is in New Zealand a form of
crow OIura) in which the female has
undergone It very curious modification.
1t is probably the only case in which
the bill is differently shaped in the two
sexes. The bird has taken on the
habits Of the woodpecker, and the stout
croW-like bill Of the cock-bird is admir-
ably adapted to tap trees, and if they
sound hollow, to dig down to the bur
row of the insect within.
But it lacks the. horny-panted tip
of the tongue which in the true wood
pecker is provided With recurved hairs,
thus enabling that bird to pierce the
grub and draw it out. In the hura
the bill of the hen-bird has become
much elongated and slightly curved,
and when the cock has dug down TO
the burrow, the hen inserts her long
bill and draws out the grub. which
they then divide between them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-05-10
CENTRAL And P, R. R.
LOCK HORNS IN FIGHT
Pennsylvania and Allies Sue in
the Courts to Get More of Chi
Cago Stock Yard Trade.

New York.-Legal papers served on
the New York Central Railroad Com.
pany in a suit brought by several
Eastern roads, of which the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company is the head,
promise after a period of peace to
renew the long feud between the Cen.
trail and the Pennsylvania which has
lasted for twenty years, with few
respites. Technically, the Pennsyl.
vania, with its allies, is suing in the
courts to set aside an Interstate Com.
merce Commission order giving the
Central authority to purchase the cap.
ital stock Of the Chicago River & In.
diana Railroad Company, and to lease
the properties Of the Chicago Junction
Railway Company. Actually, the fight
is to put the Central ont Of a strategic
position it has obtained in the heart
Of the Chicago packing and manufac.
turing districts. 1t has already been
made apparent that both parties to
the controversy will fight the issue
to conclusion without regard to cost.
The lineup of opposing factions
presents an array of forces unequaIed
in recent industrial disputes and rare.
ly approached in the historic battles
Of railroad history. Allies of the
Pennsylvania are the Baltimore G
Ohio Railroad Company, the Chicago,
Indianapolis G Louisville Railroad
Company, the Grand Trunk Western
Railway Company, the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Rail.
road Company and the Wabash. Al.
lies Of the New York Central are the
Chicago River & Indiana Railroad
Company, the Chicago Junction Rail.
way Company the Chicago Junction
Railways & Union Stockyards Com.
pany-also the United States Govern
ment On the complaining side are
properties worth in the aggregate
nearly a billion dollars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-05-10
NOT LONG Held IN MEMORY
Much What Would Come to
Most of U.s.

It isn't the Rip Van Wrinkles only
who come back to find themselves for
gotten. That sort of thing occurs with
painful frequency in everyday life.
Nor is it necessary for the victim to
stay away 20 years. Much less time
will efface him.
Some time ago a man came back
from the West, where he had made his
home for ten years. and set out to re
new old acquaintance. He had been
a prominent man in the business life
Of the city and Il member of a leading
firm. 1t was to the habitation Of this
firm that he directed his footsteps.
As he passed down the saIesroom
one of his old partners came to him
with outstretched hand
"Why, huLo, how are you? How are
things going, and how long do you
stay? Sorry I'm so busy See you la
ter" But he never came back.
Then the senior partner saw him and
came forward.
"Wen, WELL this is a surprise." he
cried. How are things coming, and
how long do you stay in the city? Drop
in whenever you can find time. Sorry
I'm so busy. Good-day.'
This visitor went away. feeling hurt
and ignored, but after all there's little
sentiment in business, and this Clcye-
land mans experience has been dupli-
Gated countless times, no doubt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-05-10
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

Representative Porter assaiIs Lord
Robert CeciPs statements and
charges League of Nations is foster
ing drug traffic.
President Harding said to be consider
ing dropping world court plan, now
opposed by leaders of party.
Tariff Commission to consider adVis-
ability of investigating production
costs of various commodities under
flexible tariff law provision.
Senate Gold and Silver Commission to
investigate methods to relieve situ-
alton in prospect soon when govern
ment ceases silver purchases under
Pittman act.
Venezuelan Legation here protests re-
port that President Gomez, through
loans from American bankers, has
imperiled finances of country.
Patent office here, discovering that
Germany invented armored tanks
before the war, wonders how Inn
perial Government permitted Eng
land to surprise her with tanks In
action.
Woodrow Wilson, Democratic leaders
say, will not be last ditch fighter
against conditional world court par
ticipaton; Democrats to vote for
Harding participation plan rather
than none at ALL
Government suit fails to lower retail
sugar prices.
President lets it be known officially
Government will act to scatter rum
fleet.
Election of Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook
as 0. A. r. president dissolVes bit.
terness within organization.
President Harding is quoted as prom
ising criminal prosecution against
sugar profteers if evidence war
rants it.
Recognition of Mexico appears nearer
as result Of White House statement
that conditions there, are growing
better every day.