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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05

and it has remained a knotty prob
lem among the Baltic states since
the signing of the Versailles
Treaty.
The problem of Memel arises
which nation the seaport was given,
refused to accept all the conditions
of sovereignty laid down by the
Conference OF Ambassadors. which
finally turned the question over to
the League for settlement because
it was considered a matter liatle
seriously to disturb international
relations.
1t is Mr.. Wilson's former secre.
tary, therefore, who is chiefly call
ed upon to attain the solution under
the terms of the League covenant
which the former president himself
compiled.
Although Mr.. Davis made no di-
rect reference to the larger prom
lem involved, his report will affect
the general relations between
Lithuania and Poland, which coun-
tries. if not actually fighting, are
still I'M a state of war over the city
of Wilma, to whose loss to Poland
Lithuania has never become re-
conciled.
At satisfactory settlement of the
Mcneil affair is expected vastly &c
improve the general Baltic political
situation.
eve are asked" said Mr.. Davis
in his address, ''to find in few
weeks a solution to problem whiel
has baffled more practiced diplo
mats for many months.
Obviously. he continued. the tas
was not easy, but he was optimistic
He said every week that passed
showed the dangers to all concerne'
of future delay in reaching Sc
Element. But he said he was strucl
by the improved feeling through
out Europe, where areas Of peaC
are constantly broadening.
Abiding to the Memel CONVEX
ton sixty articles, which Lithuani
/ declined to accept in its entirety
Mr.. Davis declared it was FemarE
able that an agreement had bee
reached on so many yital pe.At'
adding; 1t took the founders Q
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
TAX REFUND LIMIT
WILL SOON EXPIRE
Those Who OVERHEAD On In.
Comes in 1918 Must File
Claims By March 18th.

ATLANTA, Ca, March Bid
you over-pay your income tax in
the year 1918?
Do you know that the time limit
in making claim for a refund ex-
pires on the 18th of the present
month?
Frank Hampstead, well known
tax counsellor of Atlanta and Wash
ington, today called attention to this
important feature of the federal in
come tax acts.
"If a taxpayer has any reason to
believe that he overpaid his i'll
/ come taxes for the year 1918, it is
imperative that he Immediately file
claim for refund before March
18th, 1924, with the collector his
district, so that he automatically
opens an avenue of extending the
time in which to adjust his claims,
said Mr.. Hampstead.
The first installment of the in
come tax for last year will also be
due March 18th, when Unccle San
according to tax experts, will prob
ably be richer by half billion dol
lars. Regularly thereafter, al
quarterly periods, equal sums vii
be paid on personal incomes anf
profits. Two billions of dollars
and enough more to build two bat
tleships-were received by the M
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
DINNER GIVEN

FITZGERALD, Ca, March 5. y
One of the most interesting affairs
of the season was the dinner served
to approximately two hundred peo-
pie by the Fitzgerald Woman's Club
recently, and every product served
was a Georgia product.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
Eating sugar S ked in perfume
is fad with Middletown IN. "
girls, the sweet things.
Announcements
For TAX COLLECTOR

/ hereby announce my candidacy
the office of Tax Collector.
.ubject to the rules of the Demo-
cratic primary on the 19tb of
March, 1924. will appreciate the
support of the voters in said pri-
mary. W. B. (Claud) JOHNSON.
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FOR COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT

To every man and every lady
voter; | want your friendship and
your vote, please. If elected |
shall give my best to all phases OF
the work. f. I. MOORE.
~ -5-12
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05

Teacher in Indiantown, Fla, says
the earth is flat, reminding US
Voliva hasn't had any publicity in
long time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
FOR CITY COURT SOLICITOR

| hereby announce my candidacy
in the Democratic white primary
for City Court Solicitor. believe
in prompt azd impartial admins
tration of justice. Your support
will be appreciated.
T. o. MARSHALL.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

The friends of R. S. Oliver, of
Plains, announce him as a candi-
date tt succeed himself as mem
Der of the Board If County Com
missioners, subject to the action Of
the Democratic primary to be held
March 49,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT

l am a candidate for County
School Superintendent. subject to
the action of the Democratic pri-
mary, March 10.
A. B. PHILLIPS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05

A senator says the Teapot Dome
exposures effect will be fleeing.
We say it won't be as fleeing as
the exposed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05

"Have you any engagements III
sight?' Coolidge asked Dempsey.
Wonder if he wants to hire Jack?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05

June is coming, and many young
men will find the stepping stone to
the altar is a diamond.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
WEI ERANS COMMIT TEE
AS KS HOUSE FOR CASH
Advocates OF Bonus Present
Two.FoId Plan To Ways and
Means Committee

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Tte
two-fold soldier bonus plan, provid-
ing options of full cash payments
or paid up insurance, was proposed
to the house ways and means COM
mittee today by committee Of the
veterans representing the housA
democrats.
Closed autos are becoming as
popular as closed mouths.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
For COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The friends Of w. T. Anderson
hereby announce him as candidate
for County Commissioner. subject
to the primary of March 18th. We
desire your vote for BIN
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05

my country longer to agree on ou
constitution, which is consideraol.
shorter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
WRIT RELEASES M.SDAUCHERTY
 FROM CUSTODY
Habeas Corpus Action Frees Banker From
 Senate Officers

CINCINNATI, May 31.-Fsderal Judge A. M- l. Cochran today grant ed the application of M. $. Daugher- ty, Washington Courthouse, Ohio, banker, for a writ of haheas corpus releasing him from custody of an assistant seTEeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, who had ar rested him on a warrant charging contempt
 Judge Cochran. in granting Nlr. DaughRFty a discharge from custody declared the Senate has usurpal judicial power and eneFoached on the preFUERtive of the House of Rapresen- tztives- In his opinion, Judge Coch- ram hOfds that the Senate is not en- gagged in investigating the attorney gen erals office, but is investigating the former attorney general. In so doing, he holds, it is exercising the judiciai function and that it has no power to do this
 The action for a writ 4rose follow ing Mir. DzughertY's refusal to testify CT permit the Senate Daugherty com mittee to examine the books of the Midland National Bank, Washington Courthouse, O., of which he IS presi- 6emt He was then arrested and charged with contempt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
FRENCH CABINET FACED BY CRISIS IN NEW CHAMBER
Attitude Of New Left Government Promises
 Trouble for Millerand
By JOHN O'BRIEN By Leased Wire To Age-Herald)

PARIS, May 31.-France's new chamber of deputies, in which, the so- eiaTfst and radical members of the left pFedou1inate, will meet tomorrow, simul- taueousIy opening a new cabinet crisis and perhaps also precipitating a presi- dential crisis.
 The complex political situation which will confront the country with the as sembIins of the new chamber has end less possibilities.
 The resignation of Premier Poiucare following his repudiation in the recent elections, is matter of routine, but in the formation of the new left govefh. ment the promHlgation of it's policies and its attitude toward President Mil. Iarand there iS ample opportunity for involved political trouble.
 Demand 1IiIlerand Resign
 Socialists are elamoring for the resig- nation of NTiIIerand, but Edouard Her riot, who is expected to be the new premier, has shown signs of resisting the socialist demand. Herein lies dan ger of dissension in the ranks of the left Herrfot does not desire to accept the premiership unless assured of the socialists support, but neither does he wish to promise the overthrow of Mil IeFand.
 Following Poincare's resignation, France will be without an official gov .On vsrv and Millerand may ask Poincare to ex- pedite the government routine until q new cabinet is formed. This may not be for a week or ten days.
 The presidential situation was com. plfeated further tonight when it was learned authoFitatively that President MiEIerand has decided to refuse to quit office except on the order of a definite vote in the senate and chamber. With the socialists already quarreling over MilIerand's dismissal, they are expected to experience further difficulties when they attempt to agree on the compost tiHn of the new cabinet. Herriott, Briand and Painleve are the 'big three" who must reconcile the divergent interests of their followers.
 Seek Drastic Action
 It is indicated that on other ques- ti0ns besides the presidential issue, the sOeialists will demand more drastic action than the HeFriot group is willing to support.
 The opening of the chamber tomor- TOW will be purely formal affair. An opening speech will be made by Profes- sur PfnaFd, aged doyen of the cham heF, who is scheduled, according to tra- ditiau, to be escorted to the rostrum by the six youngest deputies. Difficulty arises here, however, as two of the young deputies in this chamber are communists, both 26 years old. Being revolutionary in spirit and scorning convention, they have refused to abide by the bourgeois rules which call for them to escort the aged professor. The Latter'E support, therefore, for the first time in history, probably will be lim- ited to a quartet of less radical youths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
APPEAL. IS PLANNED
Daagherty Committee Startled 5
 ChaFges Of A. L. Fink

Daugherty Committee Startled By Charges Of A. L. Fink WASHINGTON, May 31.-An ap- peal wiII be taken from the decision of Judge Cochran in Cincinnati releasing 9EaI DaUgherty from custody under the Senate warrant of arrest.
 This is a ease the supreme court of the United States will have to decide" said Chairman Brookhart of the Daugh- eTtF committee
 A. L. Fink, who first introduced Sen stOr Wheeler to Roxie Stinson, came to the center ait the ogtburSt of fireworks today i'm the DaugheTty investigation While Gastou B. Means was rounding out his IOng story of under-cover transae- tionS and investigations. Bursting into the committee proceed ure without invitation, Fink said he wanted to testify how Senator Wheeler got b00ze for ROxie Stinson" and how Frank A. vindeFlip offered him money to give to peFJure testimony.
 The committee prosecutor himself was not present, but Chairman Brook hart restored silence with the aid of polhce and Fink departed. Later Sen at0r Wheeler asked that he be recalled, huu ne eWu1Q uOt De lOcaCe0. ana the senator announced his opinion that Fink was just iar' brought in by the Daugherty attorneys as a part of a -fFsme-up-"
 Means took the stanG after EA ltOr Henry Cabot Lodge had appeareu vol untariIy to directly deny any inference In previous testimony that he had been concerned in securing 4 whisky permit for Craven brothers of New York. Means later reiterated that he had not charged amy wr0ngli0ing on the part of the Massachusetts senator.
 EGepeating under eruss-examination his story of how he passed on $10O.0O0 to JesS Smith from the Mitsui company, which was interested in the Standard Aircraft claims Means declared he did mot consider at the time whether the transaction was illegal.
 At the end of Means ePoss-examina- tiom Chairman Brookhart announced that the committee desired to hear for mer Attorney General Dausherty next Friday.
 Mr r~Dzugherty agreed to commu- micSte with the client and advise the : chairman whether be could appear on that day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
WORDS EXCHANGED
 AT MEET IN ROME
Argument PFecipitated Between British and American Delegates

ROME, May 31.-(By the Associat- ed Press-b-A crisp exchange of words took place today at the,~fnternational conference on immigration and emigra- ti0u- between viscount Ullswater, Brit ish deIegate, and F. J Henning. as- siistaHt secretary of the United States department of labor, during a discus sion which involved a reference to. the international labor bureau of the League of Nations.
 With Mir. Henning presiding, the conference was about to take a vote on a resolution providing equal treat naent for emigrants in regard to com pensati0u for industrial accidents when the British delegate announced that his deEegati0n would abstain from voting because they considered another inter- national organization more competent to deal with such matters.
 BIr. Henning remarked that the pres ent conference was a perfectly autono- msEs body and did not need to refer questions to another body. In fact, :" he added, T am quite sure what or gznfzation the honorable gentleman from Great Britain is referring to, v ViseuhHt UIIswater retorted "The UMit(S States should live in the world and kt 0at of it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
EXCLUSION |NDEUARED 'UNWELCOME Formal Note Of Protest
 Made Public At
 Washington TREATY OF 1911 DECLARED BROKEN United States Expected To Challenge Discrimi-
 nation Charge ZANZIBAR HOPES REPLY IS FRIENDLY Whole Question To Be Thrashed Out In Amicable Ven,
 Is Hope
ZANZIBAR HOPES
 REPLY IS FRIENDLY

WASHINGTON, May 31.-(By Associated Press. s.)-Japan's ~soa- emn protest" against the exclusion section of the new immigration law was formally presented to Secretary Hughes today by Ambassador Hanz- hara and was made public at the state department without comment
 Coupled with the protest is the request of the Japanese government h at the American government take all possible and suitable meas ures" for removal of "discrimina- tion."
 The communication declares in- ternational discriminations are par ticularly "unweleome" when based on race" and adds that discrTmina- tion of that character is expressed in the exclusion status. Position Understood
 The history of commercial zxrss- ments between the two countries. it is declared, shows that the Japanese gUg- ernment has sought to protect its na- | tionzls from discriminatory inmigra- ton legislation in the United S1ataz.~ which position was fully underStDo4 and appreciated by the American goE- ernment."
 The Japanese government desires now to point out" says the note, that the new legislation is in entire disre- gard of the spirit and circumstances that underlie the conclusion of ths treaty (of 1011.)"
 It is added that the provisions of ths new law have made it impossible for Japan to continue the undertakings as- stunned under the gentlemen's agree ment."
 ''The patient. loyal and scrupulous observance by Japan for more than 16 years, of these self-denyirg regulations in the interest of good relations be- tween the two countries now seems to have been wasted" the protest con- tinues.
 At the end, Ambassador Haniharz appended the following paragraph:
 In Spirit of C4n50r
 ''I am instructed further to express the confidence that this eommunicafiea will be received by the American gov- ernment in the same spirit of friendh- ness and candor in which it is made" Despite the silence of administrators officials, it can be said definitely that the state department is in a position to challenge in its reply the Japanese contention that the exclusion act can be construed as a particular diScrimi- nation against Japan, and also to take the position that the negotiations lead ing up to the commercial treaty of
 (Continued on Page FourD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
} FREMEN HURT IN $5O,OOO FIRE AT GRAIN PLANT Entire Warehouse Is De-
 stroyed In Early
 Morning Blaze TWENTY MISSING
 IN ASYLUM BLAZE Los Angeles Authorities Unable To Account For
 Missing Inmates

Wesley Downs, 21-year-old white man, of Haley vile, Ala, night watch man at the Iron City plant was found dead by firemen about 3 o'clock Sun- Hay morning. The eharred body wal found at the entrance of the office oi the building, where possibly the youth was going to turn in the fire alarm and was trapped.
 Origin of the fire was placed early Sunday morning by R. J. Foster. Jr. and Howard Foster, owners of the plant, in a box car switched on tracks in the rear of the granary. The cal was found completely destroyed, ana they believe the flames had started there and then spread to the grain house.
 Belief that another person had per ished in the flames was held by fire men later in the morning, and they were fighting their way through the debris to discover the body. At 5 :SC o'clock, their efforts had availed noth- ing,
 The other supposed victim is a brother, Marcus Downs, of the watch man, said to be about the same age. A brothre of the dead watchman told firemen that the two were staying to- gether during the night in the grain plant.
 Three firemen were injured and the entire warehouse of the Iron City Grain company, at Twenty-ninth avenue and Twenty fourth street, north, valued al Approximately $50, 900 were destroyed in q fire which originated about o'clock Sunday morning of an unknowE cause.
 The injured firemen are: Capt. Y. W. Hughes and Privates Will Shan and Gordon Pair, all of Station No. 13- They were injured when the roof of the burning building caved in and pushed out the walls which fell on the Norwood hospital in Ridout's am bulance.
 Captain Hughes, the most painfully injured of the three men, was thought to be suffering possibly from broken bones, and possible internal injuries, and the other two from minor injuries. TWO OI the men were DrOugnI IroAu tnr scene of the fire in private automo- piles, but Captain Hughes was so pain fully injuped, the wall having fallen across his back, that he had to be car ried in an ambulance.
 The Iron City Grain company build ing was a complete loss. and the amount involved was estimated by acting Chief Brown as $50,000. Not a wall was left standing of the entire structure. It was virtually destroyed before the fire department reached the scene. The elarm was turned in by a neighbor. No trace could be found of the watchman by the firemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
OVERSEAS VETERAN
 FATALLY. INJURED
Tennessee Man Victim Of Crash
 With Train

JOHNSON CITY. Tenn, May 31.- Luna Morrison, 26. patient in the na- tional sanatorium here, was fatally in jured this morning when an automo- bile he was driving was struck by the Memphis Special, Southern railway, at grade crossing west of the city. He died while being carried to the sana. torium hospital. The force of the col lision hurled the automobile 60 feet from the railroad tracks into a meadow, where it struck a steel mile post and snapped 1t in half. Morrison was thrown q similar distance, striking on head and shoulders. He was an over seas veteran and a native of Bailey ton, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
20 BELIEVED LOST
Inmates Missing After California Asy.
 lum Fire

Inmates Missing After California Asy-
 lum Fire
 LOS ANGELES, May 31.-Between 10 and 20 girl inmates are believed to have perished in a fire tonight which destroyed the Hope Development school for subnormal girls at Playa Del Rey, near here.
 Nineteen of the schools 39 inmates have been removed to a hospital at Venice, three and a half miles north, injured by the flames or from jumping from the second story O. the three-story building.
 Six firemen from Venice station, hurled from a telephone pole by high tension wires during the course of the fire, also have been removed to the Venice hospital.
 When the blaze was discovered, in- mates of the school had been in their beds in the dormitory only a short time. 4lIany jumped from the windows at the first alarm.
 Origin of the blaze had not been de- termined late tonight.
 Matrons and attendants making a check have been unable to account of 20 of the girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
JAPAN REQUESTS REMOVAL OF BAN;
 MILL WATCHNAN BURNED TO DEATH
BERLIN MODELS
 BOW TO NATURE
 AS COMPETITOR

ND ERLIN, May 31.--German ar HE lists are turning to nature as
 as their cheapest model, and as a result many pretty artists models are on the verge of starva- ti0n.
 Hundreds eke our wretched ex- istenee as seamstresses, mattresses and charwomen, although they con tinue to appear weekly at the acad- emy of arts seeking employment in their chosen lines. However, there are very few artists in Germany to- day who can spend one mark per hour, the scheduled pay, on models.
 The models sit at the employment agency on two long benches. The first is occupied by the younger generation while the old timers, who have posed for many pictures of fa- nous artists, have reserved the second bench. Some of the older women have been coming to the model market" now for over 2S years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
TENNESSEAN SLAIN
 BY ARTISTS MODEL

ST. LOUIS. May .3l.-Clande M. Morris, 9, formerly a Memphis, Tenn plumber, was shot and instantly killed early today by Mrs. Katherine Kearney, &, who was found critically wounded The shooting was in the apartment af Mrs. Kearney, a widow, and artists model
 f'I shot him-again and again and again-and I'd do it over again" the woman told police. He struck me and shot me first mad I took the gun away from him."
 At the hospital where if was Enid her chances for recovery were doubt ful Mrs. Kearney explained that the shooting was the culHainatina of a quarrel over another woman" Morris was said to be married and had one child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
WHIPPING BOSS
 GETS NEW TRIAL

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. May ,31.- Thomas w, Higginbotham, convict whipping boss" who was convicted in circuit court here last July of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment as an outgrowth of the death of Martin Tabert of North Dakota, was granted a new trial in a decision handed down late today by the Florida supreme court reversing the lower court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
AIR RAID SHOWS
 WHAT ZEPPELIN
 CAN WITHSTAND

TIRST-HAND story of a 2ep
 raid on London-a bit of history
 which experts regard as a fore cast of possibility. E.
 It throws . light on what may be done with the greatest of Zeppelins, the passenger ship ZR-S, which is expected soon to fly from Germany to America.
 Lieutenant Yon Schiller's graphic account of an air raid on London and a battle with a storm.
 On page today.
 Winners in the Age-Herald's Year-to-Live contest.
 The three winning letters together with a list of all winners will be found in today's Age-Herald on page 1, Local Section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
TO MEET AT STATION
VsGesznS And DauEhtsrs Will Go I'd
 Msmwhts RRuniou.

Veterans of Camp Hardee and mem bers of the United Daughters of the ConieOIeraey chapter who wish to at- tend the Confederate reunion at Mem PAis will assemble at the terminal sta tioE- Tuesdsy moFEing at II o'clock in uEdeE tS have tiYs for their tickets to be Ef srh4Ssd. which will be provided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
WANT BULL FIGHT

StoekhOlm City Fathers Receive
 Petition Citing Viking Ideals
 STOCKHOLM, May Sl.-A petition has been sent the city fathers of the Swedish capital to permit bull fights. The petitioner says his fatherland needs such display of personal heroism as is shown by the matadOres in order to re- vive the old ideals of bravery of the Viking forefathers-