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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
ANERICUS IN PATH
OF sun ECLIPSE
Scheduled For Early in Morn
ing of January 24.-Visible
"a In Many Sections

A total eclipse of the sun will oe
visible in Americas early the morn
ing of January "a. Spots will be eli
the sun little more Ctan two hours,
the middle Of the eclipse occurring
here about 7:48 o'clock, central
time.
A total eclipse of the sun will be
visible in the eastern section of the
United States if the weather is ia
vorable, in a shadow path stretch
ing from Minnesota, just each of
the Red Lake, extending over Mich
igan, part of Canada, New York,
Pennsylvania, to New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island.
Naval observatory scientists say
it will be the first time tae east has
been able to witness a total solar
eclipse for many years. The CEN
trail path of the eclipse will RIM
very nearly through such centers Of
population as Buffalo, n. Y, and
New Haven, Conn. The eclipse Will
terminate in the Atlantic Ocear
north of the British Isles Comm i
ties outside the shadow path will
witness the eclipse as partial.
In the Hudson river area the
shadow path will be about 40 miles
broad. The Naval observatory be-
lieves, while in Minnesota it vii.
be about 50 miles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16

CONFEDERATE VETS
BURNED TO DEATH
IN HOME FIRE
Second Tragedy To Visit Mis-
sissiPpi's Institution This
Month
(By The Associated Press)

BEAUVOIR, Miss, Dec. 10.
Confederate veterans
were burned to death and two
others badly injured when fire
destroyed a dormitory of the
Jefferson Davis Soldiers Home
here early today. All the vic
TINS are natives of Mississippi.
Twenty of the old men were
asleep in the frame building
when the fire was discovered.
Volunteers fought their way
through smoke and flame and
carried many of the old vets to
place of safety. The two vic
TINS of the blaze could not be
reached by the volunteers be-
cause of the intenseness of the
heat, and their charred bodies
were found later.
The fire is the second tragedy
which has visited the home this
month. A few days ago an cpl
demic of dvsenteGy, caused from
an infected milk, took the lives
of six of the inmates and sent
thirty-six more to the hospital.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
RESIGNS /.
POST ON REQUEST
OF ATTY. GENERAL.
Charged With Being Too Lieht
With Bootlegger Tnmatoe
OF Prison
(By The Associated Press>

WASHINGTON, Dec. To-
No comment has been made re-
garding the charge of A. E. Sar-
tain, deposed warden of the At
lanta penitentiary, that he is a
victim of star chamber" pro-
ceedings.
Extreme secrecy is surround-
ing the charge made by the war
den, and an air of mystery is
thrown around the whole situa-
ton by officials here.
The charge made by the war
den has created a sensation.
However, Attorney General
Stone continues to withhold all
information, except the CRYPTIC
remark confirming Associated
Press dispatches from Atlanta,
relative to the charge Of the ex-
warden. .--..-aA... !.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
GOMPERS' BODY
AT CAPITAL TODAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Ar-
rangements were announced last
night for receiving the body of
Samuel Gompers here this after
noon and for funeral procession
from the union station to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor building
where the casket bearing the late
labor chief will lie in state for six
hours before starting on the jour
ney to its last resting place in
Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Arriving here at 2:45 p. m. the
body will be taken through the
presidents room at the station to
the plaza where funeral process
sion will form and escort the body
to the federation building in North
west Washington. The public
will be admitted to the building
after Mrs. Gompers and immediate
members Of his family have visited
the body.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
IA GIRLS ADPIFT
ON STORMY WATERS
Rescuers Find Them Among
Rum Chasers After All
Night Search
(By The Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 16.--
Fourteen girls on board the Cam
araderie, formerly an ocean going
ship, We're carried adrift on the
storm tossed waters of Union Lake,
here last night, and early day
numerous crafts were organized to
rescue the girls.
After time the old vessel was
located among nine government
rum chasers, tossing about in the
gale which was sweeping the waters
of the lake.
Police say it will be late in the
day before the storm viii permit Tho
rescuing of the girls.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
ASHUPST MOVES TO
OVERRIDE POSTAL
SALARIES We 7 0
Arizona Senator Wants Inrned-
mediate Consideration OF
Returned Measure
(By The Asaociated..Presso

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, to-
day moved to give immediate
consideration Of President Cool
idges veto of the postal sala-
ries bill. An everything objec-
ton was made by Senator Sterl-
ing, of South Dakota. President
pro tenn of the Senate Cummins
stated that the motion was in
order and ordered a calling of
the roll.
This action blocked the adj
ministration move by which it
was hoped the veto vote would
be held up until action to in
crease postal rates would come
before the senate.
The vote taken on the Ash
urst motion for consideration
stood 81 80. Fourteen Repub-
licans voted to take up the bill
and three Democrats opposed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
i|RPIlNE HOOKS
ON TO AIRSHIP
Flys 1000 Feet, Then Frees
Self-Dcuble Feat Accom-
plished For First Time
(By The Associated Press

BELLVILLE. ILL.,, Dee. 16.--For
the first time in the history Of
American aviation the double feat
CT an airship successfully picking
up an airplane, while in full flight
and then carrying it drought the
air, 1000 feet up in the air, and
finally casting it off without an ac-
cident or mishap, was accomplished
here at Scottsfield
The feat was ACCOMPLISHED joint
ly by Lieutenant Frank Mckee, in
dirigible TC-3 and Lieutenant
Clyde Finter, of McCooks field.
driving a Sperrt Messenger plane,
of the smaller type.
A metal hoo kattached TO a frame
over the motor Of the plane was
used to catch on to small trapr7c.
swinging from cables sIung under
the bombing rails of the ship. The
feat was accomplished at an eleva-
ton of l 800 feet.
The experiment was tried at
Langley field, near Norfolk, several
months ago, but the hook in the
nose of the plane pulled out and
furthe rtests were abandoned.
From a military standpoint n'uch
Importance is attached to the ex-
pertinent, which may lead to the
fitting of dirigibles of. tie SheAan-
doah type with gear for carrying
several planes. They VIII serve as
mother "ships" to the planes. car.
rying them long distances and then
releasing them when the scene of
action is reached.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
.SOB-SISTER DISTORT
CHILD LABOR FACTS,
STANLEY CHAPGES
Commissioners Accuses Writer
Of Magnifying and Misrepre-
senting Georgia Conditions
(By The Associated Pre5s)

ATLANTA, Dec. 1e.-Commis-
sioner Of Commerce and Labor, Hal
M. Stanley has refused to furnish
any further data regarding Geor-
gia's child labor laws and regula-
tions to the National Child Labor
Committee of New York City. as
well as to Miss Jean MacAlpine
Heer, said to be an appointce eff
that Committee.
In statement prepared for The
Associated Press by Commissioner
Stanley this week, Mr.. Stanley as
sertS that Miss Heer recently COM
municated with hin. regarding
Georgia provisions OF the Child
Labor Law, but that prior to writ
ing him, that she had a signed
article in the New York Herald
Tribune, in which she severely criti-
cised Georgia's child ltLcr laws.
In the statement of Commission
err Stanley, he replied to the request
of Miss Heer for infclm nation as
follows:
Under date of December 5, 1924,
The New York Herald Tribune pub
lished a communication from you,
dated December 2, 1921. Inn this
communication you made a number
Of mis-statements concerning Geor-
ga. AS it is your evident purpose
to obtain information which you
can distort into an argument in
favor of the National Child Labor
Law, l decline to furnish this to
you now, or at any other time"
In his statesemnt Commissioner
Stanley asserts that there are 8
great number of professional sob
sisters in this country who exist
upon subscriptions furnished by a
sympathetic public" H., alleges
chat further, in order for them to
secure contributions ''they must
conditions, and distort
facts and endeavor t. wiring the
heart strings of sympathetic citi-
zens who will furnish money t. car
~ on the propaganda"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
DUDLEY OPERA HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE
QUICK WORK SAVES
OLD PLAY HOUSE
FROM DESTRUCTION
Several Merchants Sustain Loss
From Volumes of Water
Poured Into Building

The play is ended; the
curtain drops"
This almost proved true of
the Dudley Opera House last
night when flames were discov-
cred by a passer-by pouring
from the upper windows of
Americas 42-year-old play
house. Quick action on the part
of the firemen probably saved
the entire building from being
RACED by the flames.
W. H. c. Dudley, owner of
the building, stated today that
his loss, estimated at $500, was
without insurance. The other
occupants of the building, Nit
chell Attyah, John Monohan,
Jr., and the P. and T. Market.
who operate stores underneath
the theatre. suffered damages
from the floods of water that
poured. down on their stores
through the floor Of the opera
house. None of these merch-
ants have been able to estimate
their loss, but it is thought that
the entire loss to The three will
com ewithin $1,000. Mitchell
Attyah suffered the greatest
damage, a large stock of dry
goods and notions being dam
aged by water.
Mri Monahan reports that his
loss is insured to the extent of $500
and Mr.. Attayh carries $4,000 in
surance. The P and 7 store is with
out insurance.
At the time of the fire the thea
ire was vacant, and there has been
no performance held since Satur
)day, Mr.. Dudley is perplexed to-
know how the fire started. Hell
stated that he left the building at
$50 Monday afternoon and at that
time everything was presumably in
good order
A thorough investigation of the
conduit wired lighting system hyI
W. c. Jeter, city electrician, reveal
ed nothing to show that defective
wiring caused the fire. When the
fire was under control the lights IN
the building continued to burn and
Mr.. Jeter said he was unable toI
find even as much burned out
fuse.
The fire originated in the rear
of the balcony of the theatre, just
back of the moving picture booth
and it was in this part Of the house
that the greatest damage was sus
tanned. Flames leap;ng high onI
each side of the projection room
failed to damage the moving picture
machine.
When firemen arrived on the
scene the flames had worked down
into the rafters and ceiling between
the balcony and the roof and it was
necessary to chop several holes in
the ceiling and flood this section
with water in order to get to the
flames. Practically all of the cell
ing over the balcony was washed
away by the streams of water
When the fire was discovered it |
looked as though the entire building
was doomed. The interior of the
building was a roaring furnace.
Mr.. Dudley stated this morning
that he would begin Immediately tel
repair the damaged parts OF theI
play house and that by Christmas
day he hoped to reopen the theatre |
The Opera house is one of the
old land marks of Americas, and
was for 35 years the only "show
house" in the city. During itsI
long reign as the leading theatre 1t |
has featured practically all OF the
old time stage celebrities and has
only been recently converted into
a moving picture house.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16

FATHER AND SON ARE
HELD FOR MURDER

FRANKLIN, Ca, Dec. '16. -
George Knowles and lis son, Har-
rison, who are said to have fatally
wounded o. J. Heard, 10, as he sat
in a church seven miles north o.
here Saturday night, were formally
charged with his murder here to
night, following Heard's death at a
Lagrange hospital late Monday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
COACH BEARING
GONPERS' BODY
BREAKS LOOSE
No Damage Occus-Train Pro-
ceeds Toward Washington
Where Body Will Lie
(By The Assoelated Pressl

PIEDMONT, w. Va, Dec. 16.--
The locomotive pulling the train
which is bearing the body of Sam
ud Gompers, deceased president
of the American Federation of La
Dor, today broke loose from the
train a few miles west of here on
a seventeen nile grade, The coaches
after breaking loose came to a
stop under their own breaks with
out damage and the train resumed
its trip eastward
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
ALBANIAN REBELS
MARCH ON CAPITAL

LONDON, recember 16-AIban-
ian rebels are advancing on Tirana,
the capital of the country, fol-
lowing the capture Of Kroja, a
comparatively large town in CEN
trail Albania, according to Central
News dispatches from Belgrade.
Tirana is south of Kroja.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout southern Albania, fol-
lowing an alarming spread Of in
surreetionist activities in that re-
gion, according to dispatches. w
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
COOLIDGE NOMINATES
M'INTOSH AS COLLECTOR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Presi-
dent Coolidge today nominated, 10
seph w. Mcintosh, Illinois deputy
collector of currency to lie conyrcll~
er, succeeding Henry w. Dawes
who recently resigned tic office.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
POISON WHISKEY is
FATAL TO SIX IN GOTHAM

NEW YORK, Dec. t6.-Six per-
sors one of them q woman, died
and several other persons, uncon-
scious and all said to be in a seri-
Gus condition were taken to Belle
vue hospital recently as result of
what the police and hospital sur
.eeons report as a pre-hcliday cpl
deniic of poisonous hqaot cases.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
SIX PERSONS PERISH
IN TENEMENT FIRE
Others Seriously Burned In
Flames Which Drove Scores
Into Streets
(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. IL Six per-
sons are known to have persisted in
a fire which swept through brick
tenement here early this morning
The bodies of the dead have been
recovered.
1t is believed that at least three
ether persons were seriously burn
cd by the flames which drove scores
Of families out into the streets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16
.NPS. s. T.. LYNCH
GRANTED DIVORCE
Sues On Grounds of Desertion
In Paris-Marired Lynch
In 1905
(By The Associated Press)

PARIS, Dec. 16.-Fronch courts
today recorded the granting Of a
divorce to Mrs. Flora Camilla Posey
Lynch, of Atlanta, from Stephen
Andrew Lynch, whom She married
in 1908 at Ashville, N 6, The de-
cree was granted on the grounds Of
Gesertion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16

"EATHER-Local rains TONIGHT
and Wednesday in Georgia; war;
mer tonight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-16

a. AMERIcUs SPOT COTTON
Strict Middling -. 90,
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taking last desperatsAA efforts

making last desperateA- efforts to
qualify. They failed to qualify.
Wells made two laps in qualifying
time and then broke an oil line.
Roof ran two laps and decided his
car would not make the grade.
Had there been any efficacy IN
the power of a bunch. Wells would
have qualified easily Friday.
At the head Of his New Jersey
Grew Wells came to the Speedway
last year with a home-built job that
never took the track. Undismayed
he went back to Newark and went
to work on new car. He came
back this year and has had one break
Of hard luck after another. Other
cars have dropped out for far less
than happened to the Hornet. After
each backset the Jerseyites spent no
time crying hard luck, but went to
work. Late Friday the car finally
took the first qualifying run. 1t
missed by only sixteen seconds, four
seconds to the lap.
Every official, every driver, every
spectator pulled hard for the car to
qualify as reward for gameness, and
when 1t failed Wells was over
whelmed with condolences.
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RELIGIOUS FETE
DRAWS THOUSANDS
TOFRENCH TOWN
Tourists From Every Part of
World Come to Pictures
que Spot.
BIZ Times Special

By Ifm6s Speotdt
LES sAINTES MARES DE LA
MER France, May 30.-The people
In this little town IN the south Of
France. near where the River Rhone
empties itself into the blue waters
of the Mediterranean. are busy over
their great annual fete which started
May "a and which draws thousands
Of tourists from every part Of the
world to this picturesque spot year
after year.
1t is a pilgrimage similar to the
the Pilgrimage to Lourdes. but
unique In it's queer admixture of
pagan and Christian customs, and
In the fact that it is peculiarly a
fete of the gypsies of the world,
who yearly come from almost every
country to worship before the shrine
of the Holy Maries Of the Sea.
The legends of the country tell of
the arrival about 2 A. d. of a dis
mantled skiff whose passengers
were the holy women VINO became its
parton saints. M Y Magdalen,
Mary, the mother Of James, and
Mary, the sister of Marthe, tOgeth-
err with Martha herself and Lazarus,
and their servant, black Sarah the
Egyptian, had been driven out of
Egypt by prosecution and set adrifr
on the open sea, supposedly to die.
But they were miraculOusly guided
In safety to the shores Of Provence.
where they lived life Of sanctity
preaching to the people.
The local legend that this region
was a center of worship of the Per.
sian god Mithras and of the sacri-
fetal rites of the bull, not only takes
the pilgrimage back to remote days
TAR beyond the origin of Christianity,
but hints at an early link with the
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EXPORT CANADIAN AUTOS

TORONTO, Ontario, May 30
The expectation of Canadian-made
automobiles during the twelve
months ended March, 1924, showed
e remarkable increase over the ex-
portation during the preceding pc
Rod a year ago. During the year
ended March. 1924. Asp passenger
cars, valued at $27,246.O25, were ex-
ported, and during the previous year
45,10S cars. valued at s25,S06,350,
were shipped from Canada. Automo-
biles used chiefly for freight in
creased from 1920 in the year ended
March, 1923, to 1896 for the twelve
months ended March, 1924.
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RuiIdinn Permits

]: H. Lotshar. reroof. 1925 n. Peunsyl-
vania- S215.
]. Hoss, reroof. 1885 n. Talbot. S315.
Supreme Oh Company, sign Kentucky.
Queen Cox. addition. 1914 Lawton $3.50
II. L. Waterbury. dwelling. 252 W. For
H. L. waterbury. furnace, 252 W. Forty.
Fourth. 5000
E. l. Cothren Realty Company. dwelling
1919 Y. Oxford. 81 600
E. l.. Cothrell Realty Company dwelling
1916 n oxford. So 600
E. L. Cothren Realty Company. dwelling
1920 n. Oxford. 50. 900.
F. L. COthrell Realty Company. dwelling
1924 y. Oxford. 1000.
Mrs J L. Campbell. addition. 1912 Eu-
B. G. Yalman. reroof. POI W Merrill
Thomas Cusack Company. sign Illinois
and Market. 81 500.
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company,
sign 48 Monument Circle, 81 700.
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company,
building. 1915 Prospect. 81 600
Guy Justus. remodel, 1015 N. Gladstone
Georgia Cloe. addition. SOB Lord. $500.
Joseph Nail. reroof S41 n. Rural. 5000
Mrs Harry Mott garage. 52I Powell
E. Stout. dwelling. 21e4 Gent. $3.50.
E. Moore. garage. 1902 Ruckle $500
Taylor Carpet Company, repair elevator
20 W Washington. $3.50.
". F. Thlesng. garage. 415 n. Keystone
Jesse C. Moore. remodel. 2425 Barnes
A Messick. garage. 1912 Linden. $500
$500.
H, o. Bennett, dwelling. 6237 Central
E n. Trusler. addition. e51 E. Twenty,
Third. $40
General Motor Service Company. sign.
701 n. Illinois. S216
John Hugeler. repairs 2914 Macpher-
son, 81 500
James I. Bradford. wall 1921 W. Mich
gan, $3.50
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'SLEEP-WALKING'
DIVORCE DENIED
Way Paved to Prove Child
Legal Heir to Title,

By United Press
DONDON, May 30.-The House of
Lords sustained the appeal of the
Hon. Christabel Russell and set
aside the verdict under which the
Hon. Russell was granted a divorce
on the ground of her misconduct
with an unknown correspondent.
The verdict paves the way for
probable later action by the wife
to establish the legitimacy of her
son Godfrey, with a view to the
eventual succession by him to the
Ampthill title.
The Hon. John Russell had alleged
that Godfrey was not his son. His
wife declared that relationship had
taken place while her husband was
asleep and that the child was his
son.
The case has been commonly re-
ferred to in England as the sleep
walking case"
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SON
HELD FOR QUIZ
IN FRANKS CASE
Glasses FOund Near Body
: Traced to Law STUDENT
Police Say,

By United Press
CHICAGO. May 30.-Nathan Leo
pold, 10, son of millionaire manu-
facturer, was held for questioning
at the State attorneys office in con-
nection with the kidnapping and muir
der of Robert Franks.
Leopold law student at the Uni
versity of Chicago and master OF
fifteen languages, admitted losing a
pair of glasses similar to those found
near the nude body of the slain
youth. He was taken into custody
after the glasses were traced through
4 large optical firm.
Leopold admitted he had often
visited the scene where young
Franks body was found; that he
owned a typewriter similar to the
one with which the ransom letter
was written, but denied any knowl-
edge of the crime.
Richard Loeb, son of the late vice
president of Sears Roebuck & Co,
and friend of Leopold. was also
questioned regarding his movements
IN the day of the murder.
I'VE are not satisfied with LOeb's
story and win hold him a while
an attache Of the State at
I<brney's Office said.
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TRIO QUESTIONED
IN MURDER CASE
Three Men Held Here GriIIed
by Police,

Police today We're questioning
three men arrested here last Saturday
night in the Broadway Hotel in an
effort to learn whether the men are
implicated in the kidnapping and
murder of Robert Franks at Chi
cago.
The men had come from Chicago
in the same make of car in which it
is believed the Franks boy was kid
mapped. A safe blowing outfit was
found in their rooms. police said.
Following their arrest the men
were held on a vagrancy charge un-
der high bond. They will be charged
with transporting high explosives,
police say, if not wanted in Chicago
on a more serious charge.
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trance, taking up the long vigil at
9:30 a. m. Thursday.
Lawrence Schroppel, Ralph
Nightingale and julius Kraft of
Cleveland, Ohio, were first at the
west gate Of the middle Craw-
louisville Rd. entrance. They ar
rived at II a. m. Thursday.
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camped until the middle Craw-
louisville Rd., gate was opened
this morning. They We're the
champ early birds. They We're like
wise damp and chilly early birds.
They left Poplar Bluff Monday
night
Others first in line were Mr., and
Mrs. Earl Masten, Ravenswood,
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Find Two Big Lakes

OTTAWA, May 3O.-Two lakes
comparable in size with Lake Onta
rio are in the southern part of Baffin
Island and the island itself is nearly
five times as large as Cuba, a topo-
graphical survey of Canada reveals.
At many points Of the island there
are remains of Eskimo encampments
and villages.
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who for the fourth year in success.
sion headed the procession at the
east Charlottesville Rd. gate. TAX
ing the position at II a, m. Thurs
day.
Emanuel Morgan and Dolph
Holland Of Grand Lodge. Mich,
beat the crowd. to the main en-