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Evening star., 1923-07-06
PHYSICIAN UPHELD
AT FL0GG|NG TRIAL
Forty-Seven Testify for Doc
tor, Who Declared Death
Due to Pneumonia.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. TW1"
LAKE CITY, II ~, July forty
seven influential citizens OF Perry
support of DR.. T. Capers Jones, camp
physician for the Putnam Lumber
Company, today in the trial of Thomas
w. Higginbotham, former convict
whipping boss, charged with the
murder of Martin Tabert Of North
Dakota.
DR.. Jones' truth and veracity were
nesses, who testified they had been
associated with him eighteen years.
The witnesses were the last to be put
state having closed its case shortly
after convening early today.
DR.. Jones attended Tabert. who, the
state charges. was whipped to death
In convict camp of the Putnam COM
pany. He testified he had made a
thorough examination of Tabert prior
to his death, and gave lobar pneu-
monia $ the cause of death. He said
there were no signs on Tabert's body
indicating he had been whipped. The
physicians testimony as to lobar
pneumonia was substantiated by six
expert witnesses.
Judge NJ. A. Mcmillan is expected
to charge the jury this afternoon
and arguments will Immediately fol-
low. Indications are the case will &c
to the jury Monday.
The states witnesses today present
ed testimony that the reputation OF
Higginbotham was bad during the
time he lived in Clara and his short
stay in Lake City. Fifty-four wit
nesses have testified that the defend
ants character was good. The court
sustained the objections of the de-
fense against the states efforts to
introduce a whipping strap used in
convict camps in the county.
Evening star., 1923-07-06
SUNKEN LUSITANIA
SALVAGE DOUBTED
knowledge Of Attempt to Recover
Gold From Ship Disclaimed
by Cunard Line.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 6.-Adyices from
Dover today create doubt as to
whether there is any sound basis for
the rumors that salvage operations
on the sunken liner Lusitania are
about to be attempted. The salvage
steamship Semper Paratus left Dover
yesterday with clearance papers for
the north Atlantic, and reports were
current that she would attempt td
retrieve some of the $5,000,000 OF
s6,00o.000 in gold that went dow1
with the steamer when she was tore
pedoed, but Cunard line officials dis
claimed knowledge that any suck
work was to be undertaken.
The salvage company OF whicI
Count Landi Is the head bought thu
Semper Paratus for the admiralty
last year. She has since been en-
gagged in salvage work of a non-sen-
sational character and the salvage
experts here are skeptical over the
possibility of success for any diving
operations she might attempt in
water as deep as that in which lies
the Lusitania.
Evening star., 1923-07-06

London consumes about $4,000. 900
tons of coal annually.
Evening star., 1923-07-06
METHODIST BISHOP
|. FIRM ON RUSSIANS
Blake Says Reputation Was
like Shooting Own Sol
dierS in Back"
BY the Associated Press.

ny tHc hSsoSiotcu
CHICAGO. July 6.-Bishop Edgar
Blake of the Methodist Episcopal
area of Paris. in communication
to DR.. Joseph B. Hingeley. CORE
spending secretary OF the Methodist
Episcopal board Of conference claim
ants, the pension department of the
church, described his visit to the
council of the Russian Orthodox
Church at Moscow as one Of his most
fascinating experiences" according
to DR.. Hingeley.
Bishop Blake wrote that he would
be glad to tell the people about 1t
if they would listen to one who. in
spite Of efforts to make it appear
otherwise. had never been red, or
even pink. and who had never been
accused Of being yellow"
Discredited Reports.
The bishop had just closed the Bull
gartan conference, in Belgrade. when
he read newspaper statements con-
cerning the Methodist mission to
Russia.
when he came out of Russia and
read that the Methodist bishops had
recalled the mission to Russia and had
rebuked and repudiated him, he re-
fused to take the reports seriously
because 1t was inconceivable that
they would send a delegation of their
colleagues on such a delicate mission
and then repudiate them while they
were in actual performance of their
duty-an act like that Of ordering a
soldier to an advanced position and
then shooting him in the back" Bishop
Blake wrote, DR.. Hingeley stated.
Especially inaccurate was the
Characterization of the Moscow cpun-
Gil as former ecclesiastics of the
Russian orthodox church. The char
acter of the council and it's status was
exactly the same as when the invita-
tion was accepted at Baltimore in No
vember, 1929
Elected Legally.
THE Moscow council was a council
of legally elected representatives and
was called by the patriarch Tihkon
himself. Archbishops and bishops
were ex-offfcio members of the coun-
Gil. approximately sixty of them from
the total of seventy-two diocNses were
present as Members remarkable
fact in view of the great distances
and the difficulties of travel But they
met not as former ecclesia sites of the
Russian orthodox church. but as
elected representatives and recognized
leaders of the Russian church of to-
day
Besides the archbishops and bishops
the council was composed of clerical
and duly elected lay delegates, the
dispatch added.
Evening star., 1923-07-06

500 pairs of Mems.
Boys, Women's and ID
Children's White and n
Brown Tennis Rub
ber Sole Oxfords;
all sizes; Saturday q
special ...........
Evening star., 1923-07-06
RADICALS ARE HELD
STRIKE BOOSTERS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 6.-According to
some of the newspapers, the strike
of dock workers Is drifting into a
struggle between the communists and
the trade unions. These journals al
1ege that If the communists did not
start the strike they nevertheless
speedily availed themselves of the
situation for their own interests and
are now taking a prominent hand by
furnishing speakers at strike meet
ings and otherwise Identifying them
selves with the discontented element
Leaders of the striking dock men
in London repudiate this, asserting
that the strike has nothing to do
with the communists.
Resolutions rejecting the unions
Instructions to resume work on Mon
day were passed at several meetings
Of strikers held last evening.
Evening star., 1923-07-06
Dor caucus which would have ex-

Dor caucus which would have ex-
cluded groups associated with the
third internationale.
Five vacancies are being held on
party, If it elects to affiliate.
Another plank was injected into
the federated platform just prior to
adjournment which would prohibit
injunctions against unions in labor
difficulties. Other resolutions add
ed to those passed last night protest
cd against the French occupation of
the Ruhr and indorse the co-opera-
tive movement.
Evening star., 1923-07-06
60, 900 METAL WORKERS
OF BERLIN ON STRIKE
Walking Out by Stages, Is Claim,
With 100000 Members In
volved in Movement.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BERLIN, July 6.-More than 10000
of Berlin's 25O,Oo0 metal workers
struck at noon today. following a ball
lot last night, by which the union re-
jected for the second time the agree
ment reached between representatives
of the government and the employers.
The strike is. being instituted by
stages, the workmen declare.
The Association of Metal Indus
trialists met today to discuss the sit
uation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
OKLAHOMA SOLONS
EJECT ONE MEMBER.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 26..--
A dozen Or more members forcibly
attacked Representative Callahan
Of Latimer, smashed a chair and
threw Callahan out of the room
when he declared in a bitter ar
raignment of the Ku Klux Khan
Thursday that N. C. Jewett, grand
dragon of the Oklahoma realm Of
the khan WIS debating the kind Of
legislation to be enacted in Okla
homa.
Galatians words hardly fell in
the house chamber before one
member shouted that's a black
lie.' One member sprang at Cal
lahsn's throat and both fell on the
floor in scuffle. Twelve or fiji
teen other members rushed toward
Callahan, most Of them endeavor-
ing to place their hands on him.
Sergeant at arms and virtually
all other members Of the house
rushed to the corner where the
scuftle was taking place. Clench-
Continued on Page 81
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
ROGERS C0NFESSES..
KILLED HIS BROTHER
Wanted Brothers Wife, Accord
ing To Confession Made To
Sheriff

DOUGLAS, Oct. 26.--John AL
ton Rogers, held in the Coffee
county jail on charges Of murder in
connection with the death Nov. 20,
1922, OF. his brother, Love S.
Rogers, has confessed to Sheriff
Tanner that he killed his brother
because he wanted his, brothers
wife, according to announcement at
the county jail Thursday night.
Rogers is said to have signed a
previous confession that he killed
Love in self-defense, and the wo-
man corroborated the story.
Mrs. Love Rogers and John
John Alton Rogers were arrested
in Avon Park, Fla, several days
ago and charged with the murder
Of the other Rogers, whose skele-
ton was dug up in a cornfield. Rog-
ers is charged with shooting The
brother to death, burying him un-
clothed in the cornfield and rails
ing a crop over the remains. About
a month ago he and Mrs. Rogers
went to Florida.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
DENIES MRS. Stokes
At BRAADER HONES
Brush Manufacturer Says He
Was introduced To Mrs.
Stokes by Gen. Miles

NEW YORK, October 26.-
Thomas w. Brander, brush manu-
facturer, testified late Thursday at
the trial of w. f. D. Stokes divorce
suit, that although he had been in
PRODUCED to Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes by General Nelson A. Miles,
Mrs. Stokes never had been in the
Brander homes in this city and Be-
thcl, Conn.
The photograph of woman
which hung in the Bethel home, and
which was declared by Janette Car
ter, negress witness for Stokes, to
have been that of Mrs. Stokes, was
the photograph of another woman
long since dead, Brander declared.
He testified that the Stokes witness,
q domestic in his household, had
been discharged for theft.
General Miles introduced him to
Mrs. Stokes at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria hotel years ago, said Brander
He could not recall Just when. Since
then he had met Mrs. Stokes only
once, he said. He denied ever haV-
ing seen her at the apartment which
he and Edgar T. Wallace, co-respon-
dent, formerly shared in this city.
Refus +. Stillman, former gard
ner at Branders Bethel home, who
had originally been subpeonaed as a
witness for the plaintiff. was called
to the stand by Mrs Stokes coun-
sci. Ee said that after waiting
around the courtroom for several
days he was told by Stokes agent"
that he was, not needed any more
and that he should go away or he
would get into trouble.
Stillman testified that Stokes and
Daniel f. Nugent, of Stokes coun-
sci, called on him several times,
showed him photographs and asked
him if he could identify Mrs. Stokes
from the pictures as a woman who
visited Bethel while he was working
there. He said he told them he
would be unable to do so unless he
saw Mrs, Stokes personally,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
HEAD OF VETERANS
ENTERS BROAD CAST
DENIAL OF CHARGES
Breaks Silence at Insistence OF
Friends That He Make
Statement
CHARGE is GROUNDLESss
ANY Accusation Against Per
sonal or Official integrity,
False, Says Forbes
'CHARGE is GRouNDLEss.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-From
his place of seclusion here, Charles
r. Forbes, former director of thu
Veterans Bureau, issued a state
ment denying astutely and absolute.
ly the false story of Elias H. Nor.
timer before the senate investiga-
ting committee of his alleged brib-
cry and corruption in connection
with contracts for veterans hos
pitfalls.
Forbes said that although he did
not feel THAT he ought to make any
statement in advance of his full
and complete testimony he will give
under oath to the committee, but at
the insistent urging of his friends
and inquiries from the press, ne
could not refrain from saying that
every charge brought by Mortimer
involving his personal or official
integrity is without the slightest
foundation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
AUTO WRECKED.
| DEAD. 5 INJURED
Wilkes County Car Turns Tur-
tie and Dewey Jones Is
Killed

ELBERTON, Oct. 26,-Dewey
Jones, of Norman, Ga, was killed
outright, w. H. Gunter and Jeff
Brake, We're seriously injured and
three other young men from
Wilkes County were slightly injur-
ed Thursday near here on the Wash
ington-Elberton State highway,
when the large Studebaker touring
car in which they were riding turn
ed turtle.
The car belonged to Gunter, who
is said to have been driving at a
high rate of speed just above Fort
sonia station. 1t is said the car
overlook a wagon in the road and
as an attempt was made to go
around the vehicle, the car skidded
of the graded road, and turned over,
The car was a complete wreck.
Jones, who was killed, was son of
Wiley Jones, a prominent farmer
of Norman. Gunter received num-
erous flesh wounds and had one eye
badly injured, which will very likely
have to be taken out. and had one
finger mashed off. Jeff Drake who
is IN engineer on the Washington
Lincolnton Railroad was practically
scalped and it is feared that he re-
ceived internal injuries also. There
were three other occupants of the
car who were slightly injured but
were picked up by a passing car
and carried to Washington before
their names could be ascertained
Dr.. George Ward, of Fortsonia
was the first to reach the scene
Soon afterwards he was Joined by
Drs. Matthews, Bailey, Thompson
and Johnson, of Elberton, and Dr..
Ellis Of Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
HOSPITALS APPROVED.

SAVANNAH, Oct. 26.-Local
hospitals are working hard to meet
the requirements of the American
College of Surgeons following their
approval in a recent announcement.
The requirements of the college it is
said result in the most scientific
care of patients and it is quite an
honor and distinction to be placed
on the approval list. Several To-
cal institutions are expecting to
meet the requirements of the col
.ege in the immediate future, .
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
ALLEGED ROBBERS FACE
BUNCH OF CHARGES

SAVANNAH, Oct. 26.-Robbery
charges against sextette Of Sa-
vannah men by D. w. Howell, &
roofing expert of Atlanta, bred a
multiplicity of charges and invoked
several courts here Thursday
Howell complained to the police
that in a store on West Broad street
he was knocked down and robbed
of considerable sum.
NJ. Wilkinson, John Richbourg,
}. l.. Dixon, Raymond Lovett, Tom
Murphy and Joe Simms were bound
over to to the superior court on
robbery charges. their bonds being
fixed at $4,000. The men denied
the charges
Tom Murphy, whom Howell de-
clared had wihskey in his place,
also denied that charge, but pro-
hibition ofrants for Murphy, Dixon
and Simms, charging violation of
the prohibition laws. They vii ap-
pear before the o. S. commission
err.
Howell charged that men robbed
seven bottles of liquor which he de-
him when he declined to pay for
clsres he did not receive.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
FIRE DESTROY BIG
MARBLE PLANT WERE
Schneider Concern and Adioin-
ing Dwelling BUrned With
Loss of $4,000

Fire this afternoon completely
destroyed the Schneider Marble
Works plant here, the blaze having
originated in the garage, where
an automobile was stored Harry
Schneider, one of the proprietors,
VINO discovered the fire, tried to
getat3se car from the garage be-
f9ro the flames reached it.
al the contents OF the office
were saved, with the exception of a
large iron safe. which was too
heavy to be removed.
A quantity of marble was de-
stroyed by the intense heat, and
large pieces damaged beyond use.
A large drum of oil in the building,
it was said by onlookers at the
fire, exploded, crashing through the
roofs and causing a volume Of dense
black smoke to proceed upward.
The damage is estimated at about
$4,000, with a probable insurance
of $4,000, although this could not
be correctly estimated until after
the safe has been opened.
A five-room house adjoining the
marble works, belonging to Tom
Cox, Seaboaord engineer, caI1ght
fire. the roof and side next to the
marble yard being badly damaged.
All the furniture in this home wae
saved, with the house practically
ruined from water and fire. The
damage to the dwelling is estimated
at about $4,000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
HOr.LU LEADERSHIP
Lost TO AMERICA

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 26.-Oscar
w. Underwood, United States
Senator from Alabama. declared in
an address at the Texas State fair
here Thursday that America has
surrendered leadership in world af-
fairs, losing herself in partisan
politics, and the plain duty that
lies ahead is"return to the princi-
pies guiding America in the great
war to have and exercise a definite
governmental policy in Europe"
Mr.. Underwood opened his cam
paign for the democratic presiden-
tial nomination previously at Noe
ona, Texas, when he declared he
was "going 10 give the south a
chance to select z southern man to
carry the banner of democracy"
The south must assert itself, he
said. and expressed belief that the
great democratic north viii recog-
nize its right to carry the banner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
FRANKIE RESTING
EASY TODAY.


MACON, Oct. 26.-I Frankie, a
salesman from Brooklyn, N. Y. On
innocent bystander of, the shooting
last night, was resting easy in a
Macon hospital today. His condis
ton is serious, but his recovery is
expected.
Five men were wounded during
the shooting, which occurred here
last night in front of a pool room,
and started when Hollis NJ Pollock
opened fire on Aaron Mannheim, us
ing a shotgun loaded with buck
shot.
The shooting, which was led up
to by a previous quarrel between
Pollock and Mannheim. resulted in
the serious injury Of salesman
named Frankie, travelling for a
New York house, who CHANGED to be
near the scene Of shooting. He is
now at hospital in Macon, where
he was carried Hast night.
1sadore Mirskey, of Hawkins
Vile, bystander, was shot in the
foot by stray bullet; Joe Coley
of this place, and Julian Berg, Of
Eastman, two other bystanders,
each received flesh wounds during
the shooting.
Police are investigating an angle
of the case that promises to de-
velop feature that may lead to an
arrest. Pollock, who shot twice,
disappeared immediately following
the shooting, while bystanders as
serted that some unknown person,
hiding behind a column of the
Hawkinsville Band and Trust build
ing fired four shots from large
calibre revolver into the crowd. At
least two bullets from this revolver
found victims, it is declared.
The difficulty that led up to the
shooting is said to have had its be-
ginning when George Grinstead,
went into the poolroom during
Thursday afternoon, beginning to
swear. He was cautioned, it is al
legged, by Pollock who is interested
in operating the establishment. He
went from the poolroom to a vul-
canizing shop operated by Mann
helm, where he told his story of
the quarrel.
Pollock, it is said, armed himself
with a shotgun following his quar-
rel with Grinstead, and when he
saw Mannheim and Grinstead APP
preaching his place together, he
commanded them to stop.
Reports at this point differ, but
Pollock is said by some to have
commenced firing. Mannheim was
struck near the heart, while Grin
stead was not wounded.
Mannheim is prominently con-
nected here. being a brother of Is
rael Mannheim, clerk of the Supe-
rior court of Pulaski county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
UNKNOWN MAN KILLED
INSTANTLY IN AUTO
CRASH IN WASHINGTON.
High Powered Machine Crashed
Into Telephone Pole, Kill
ing Driver instantly
BODY is TOSSED so FEET
Corn Liquor Found Trickling
Down Road in Wake of Car
BY Sheriff
BODY IS TOSSED so FEET

AUGUSTA, Oct. ga man
whose coat bore the name of S. l..
Suggs, Of Columbia, s. C. was in
stantly killed this morning, when a
new high-iowered automobile driv-
en- by him collided with telegraph
pole just outside the city. His body
was thrown 60 feet.
Sheriff Plunkett said that corn
liquor trickled odnw the roadway
from the wreckage for a distance
of 900 feet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
CHARLES STEINME I.
ELECTRICAL WIZARD .
DEAD At \. Y. HOME
Death Followed Recent Trip To
Pacific Coast ON Research
Work
HAD REMARKABLE CAREER
Born in Germany. He Came To
America AT An Early Age,
Earning Wide Renown

NEW YORK, October 26.-Dr.
Chares P. Steinmetz, A. NJ, Phi. D.,
chief, consulting engineer of the
General Electric Works, Schnecta-
dy, NY =, died today at his home in
that city, death following a physical
breakdown attributed to a trip to
the Pacific coast from which he re-
Gently returned
The American career of DR..
Steinmetz had its beginning in New
York in 1889 where. penniless and
able to speak but very little En-
gllsh, he arrived from Zurich, Swift
zerland, He was accompanied by a
young American who had been his
fel!ow student at the Zurich Poly
technicium.
One side Of Steinmetz s face was
badly swollen as the result of a
t!rltling illness aboard ship and the
immigration authorities at Ellis Is
land refused at first to allow him
to enter the country. He was sent
to the detention pen," and was
only released by the eloquence and
persuasion of his American com
panion. A few years later he be-
came at naturalized citizen.
At the time of his death DR..
otelnmet2 vas regarded not only
as one Of the foremost authorities
on electrical engineering, but one
of the greatest mathematicians in
the world. Strangely enough. one
Of ms great difficulties as a child
table. !, = & ''0'
Born in the city of Breslau, Ger
continued on Page Five.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
DEKALB RED CROSS DRIVE

ATLANTA, Oct. 26.-Dek&lo
red cross chapter is planning a
drive for the relief of the poor to
he launched in the near future. A
meeting of citizens will be held at
the county equity house to devise
plans and many prominent speak
ors will offer suggestions, accord
inc to Miss Claire Hancock the sec
retary of the local chapter. There
will be no subscriptions taken at
the meeting which is to be bust
ness meeting to formulate plans
only. One of the principal SUD
iects to be considered will be the
proposal that The DeKolb chapter
take a subscription of sustaining
memberships for the advancement
of the work in the county II the
pear future, : 49,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
GA. AID MEN PLAN
WORLD CONVENTION

ATLANTA, Oct. 26.--PIAns are
now being made by the advertising
clubs of Atlanta to attend thu
world convention to be held in
London next summer, Blanks art
being mailed to advertising clubs
all 'ver the South to be filled in
saying whether they are planning
to attend the convention as a spec
ial train from Atlanta to New York
is being considered for the use of
Southern advertising men who viii
attend. Plans for the world conf
vention ere rapidly taking sharpe
and many Atlanta an dother South
ern ad men are expected to attend.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
BOY SCOUTS IN COLUMBUS

COLUMBUS, Oct. 26.-The large
numbers Of Columbus boy scouts
that are now attending the leading
colleges over the country empha.
sizes the fact that the Boy Scout
movement is one that creates ambi.
ton in the youth of the country.
The local scouts through various
means are brought into contact with
the business men of the commun.
lily and they are given an oppor.
tunlty to see just the necessary
qualities required to serve we'll as
a public spirited man to commun.
ity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-26
HALF r. r. FARE FOR
CONFEDERATE VETS

ATLANTA, Oct. 26.--Half fass
on railroads in the State of Geor-
gia for confederate veterans may
soon become a reality. The Geor-
gfa Public Service Commission has
recently authorized it in 2 circular
giving permission to all common
carriers to do it. While not manda-
tory it is thought that the roads will
respond and make the reduction.
The action of the public service
commission was similar to a resoiu-
ton adopted during the 1928 legis-
lature.