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Evening star., 1924-04-20
BY EDWARD +. ROBERTS,

HE limelight of publicity is the
one sure cure for corruption
| in government in the opinion
of George S. Silzer, Governor
of New Jersey.
Gov. Silzer's remedy of publicity is
not, moreover,>a mere phrase. 1t is a
prescription which he has put into
practical effect in the state capitol at
! Trenton and has thereby given some
| very severe shocks to the political
veterans of both parties in his native
| state. The governor subscribes to
| the doctrine of Woodrow Wilson that
They do not dare lay a bad case be-
fore mankind"
There is nothing SO good for gov
eminent as the limeIight,' says Gov
| Silzer. Whenever a political scan
/ dal breaks, whether in Washington
/ or elsewhere, it is a rule, without
/ any exception, that it had it's birth
and nurture in secrecy. The corrupt
| politician and the corrupt business
man who uses him fear the public as
| they fear nothing else and they have
brought the art of blindfolding the
people to a high state of perfection.
| If we are to have an honest and eff
! cient government it must be a gov
ernment in which every move is die
tated in the full light of day and
| with the public knowing at every
step what is being done and why it is
being done"
Practical Example.
Just what Gov. Silzer means by
publicity in government can best be
! illustrated by one of his first acts
I after his election. The question of
greatest public interest at that time
| in New Jersey was the elaborate road
program for which S4O,0OO,0o0 in
bonds had been issued and which was
under the control of the state high
way commission. There had been
widespread charges of waste and
! corruption in the building of the
roads, and, whatever their personal
responsibility, the governor knew
| that the members of the highway
commission had completely forfeited
the confidence of the public. Six days
| after his inauguration he appeared in
! person before the Legislature and in
a vigorous message laid bare the
facts in the situation and announced
that he had dismissed from office all
1 the eight members of the existing
! highway commission. He recommend
/ ed and obtained the passage of bill
reorganiZing the commission, extend
ing it's powers SO as to place upon II
full responsibility for the expenditure
of the funds and reducing its mem
! bership to four.
This drastic action required more
| than ordinary courage for the reason
that the highway commission con-
sisted of a majority of Democrats and
was the most important public office
held by men of the governors own
party, the Legislature being over
whelmingly Republican. OF course
there were loud howlS from the ma
chine politicians, but the governor
had so aroused public opinion by his
frank statement of conditions that he
was able to defy all opposition. He
|, went even further by appointing TIVE
Republicans and two Democrats tC
the newly constituted commission.
The curious part of this move wa:
that he found himself in a clash witt
the Republican Senate for his ap
pointment of the Republican mem
bers of the commission. The Senator
wanted Republicans all right, bu
they wanted Republicans of thel
Evening star., 1924-04-20
ny OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

n UMAN1A holds Bessarabia,
- Russian troops foregather
over the frontier in constant
menace. That's the situation
that has aroused the foreign ofhces OF
European powers and again centereo
attention upon the smaller nations of
the west, always regarded potential
danger zones, always menacing the
general peace and progress of Eu-
rope through alliances created as bal
ances for political scales.
Comparatively little mention has
been made of the withdrawal of the
invitation to Queen Marie and King
Ferdinand to visit the courts of Rome
and Madrid, much has been said of
their arrival in Paris and the i'm
portant conferences going on there.
Belgium extended an invitation to
the Rumanian rulers, but for a. date
impossible of fulfllment by the royal
pair. Beneath the surface there have
been running currents politically dan
gerous to practically all of the larger
powers, not excluding Great Britain.
And chiefly because Ruman'ia contin-
ues to hold to Bessarabia, which
grant was agreed to by the very pow
ers that today apparently are jeal-
ously guarding their own interests in
the constantly changing political ad-
| justments.
Rumania in Need Of Aid.
Rumania, it must be admitted, has
| been in sore straits since the war by
virtue of war burdens and subsequent
economic and financial adjustment.
Likewise she has been caught in po-
| litical Vaccinations that have mark
| ed these readjustments. Rumania at
| the instance of France became a
member of the little entente. While
| she subscribed to the general purposes
| of the entente and thereby promoted
| the idea of expansion of French po-
litical influence in eastern Europe,
| Rumania has needed even greater
aid.
Among the financial operations of
Rumania was the borrowing of 16,-
merits of Italy's claim may be, never
theless the loan is a bone of .conten-
tion between the two countries, Italy,
it being declared, having threatened
to send warships to the Danube
to enforce collection or at least con-
vince the Rumanians that the 1tal-
ians mean business when they de-
mand some sort of settlement Subse-
l quent to the Italian demands came
the withdrawal of the invitation of
| the Rumanian rulers to visit Rome
an action highly resented in Bucha-
! rest.
Evening star., 1924-04-20
RATKANS MAY PROVE
ANOTHER TINDER BOX
Politics of Larger. Powers, Using the
Smaller Nations as Cat's-paws,
Is Blamed.

The strife between Rumania and
Italy at the moment is in strange
contrast to the friendliness existing
during and Immediately following the
war when Rumanian influence was
important in the general settlement
of Adriatic and Balkan problems. AT
this period the Italian loan is said
to have been negotiated by Rumania-
But since the advent of French in
f1uence in southeastern Europe Ru-
mania has been in large measure
weaned away from previous Italian
sympathy.
Italy always has been suspicious
of the little entente largely because
it was sponsored by Paris and stood
adamant against the extension OF
Italian influence. 1t is likely that the
cooling of Italian interest in so far
as Rumania was concerned came
when Rumania supported in large
measure the attitude of Jugoslavia in
the Fiume settlement and again at
the behest of the French.
OTher countries ASSkSre0.
Though the little entente has been
a means of greatly furthering the in
terests of the smaller powers of
southeastern Europe, largely pro-
moted by the division of Austria and
Hungary, and possibly has been the
means of preventing outbreaks by
virture of these territorial adjust
ments, the little entente as such, has
not furthered in large measure the
| individual interests of participant
countries. Jugoslavia, Czechoslo-
vakia and Poland all have received
favorable loans from Paris, and in all
| instances there have been drafted
separate treaties with France, they
being interpreted by many as purely
offensive and defensive agreements
Rumania. knowing the French desire
to erect barriers, not only agains
| future Teutonic aggression, but un.
due Russian movements against Pc.
land-strongly allied with France of.
| fensively and Acknowledgements
ed Paris for a loan and treaty
| binding. the two countries closer to-
gether.
Because Italy has long been suspi.
| cious of French influence in the
Mediterranean and the Balkans
| Italy's interests at various times
having been sorely beset through tht
instrumentality of France, Italy ma.
| have shown her resentment toward
| Rumania through calling for loar
settlement and Withdrawing the in
vitation to Rumanian rulers.
If the understanding between Ital!
and Spain, reached during the visi
of Primo de Rivero Of Spain to Rome
is borne out as ssinimical to France
Evening star., 1924-04-20
Coal Needs Light.

Goal y eedS Light.
One national problem which Gov.
Silzer believes is very much in need
of publicity at the present time is the
coal situation.
I'VE have got nowhere in the soIu-
tion of this problem" he says, "and
there is no prospect OF US getting any
where so far as I can sec. The gov
eminent is just letting things drift
and the only way we will ever get
any action is by arousing the public
by showing the mthe facts in the case
At the present time we have no as
surance that there will be any change
in the old familiar situation when
winter comes around again. The pro
ducers will again reduce production
in order to boost prices. The author
titles will make a number of futile
gestures and the public as usual will
pay"
What is the remedy" l asked
The obvious thing is to have coal
declared public utility. Nobody can
deny that it is that, and if that step
were taken as soon as coal was loaded
onto the railroad trucks it would pass
under the supervision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, which has
ample powers for efficient regulation
The last time the coal situation be-
came acute enough to attract public
attention we got action in the form
of fact-finding commission. The
commission did good enough work in
ascertaining the facts, but there they
stopped. They proposed only half
hearted remedies and even these have
never been given effect because the
winter passed and the public forgot
all about the matter
"One of our troubles is that when
ever a national problem does become
acute there is always some clamor
for additional governmental machinery
10 deal with it. The truth is that we
do not need additional machinery. We
have all we need if it was properly
applied and the only way to get it
applied is through pressure of public
opinion, which brings me back to my
| original contention that what we
want is more limelight on our gov
ernme~t"
Evening star., 1924-04-20

Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1924-04-20

HE limelight of publicity is the
one sure cure for corruption
in government in the opinion
of George S Silzcr Governor
Evening star., 1924-04-20

Y HILE the $4,000, 900 appro-
NM priation voted by the
v House of Representatives
10 ralief nf destitute
Evening star., 1924-04-20

UMANIA holds BesSarapla.
Russian troops foregather
over the frontier in constant
menace. That's the situation
Evening star., 1924-04-20

~ ESIGNED to eliminate the
waste in marketing of farm
products, to stabilize prices
for the farmer and the con-
Evening star., 1924-04-20

Continued on Third .Page2
Evening star., 1924-04-14
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

a point to a new low for the year.
yellow Taxi around rs was off almost
} points to the lowest for 1923, while
Paige Detroit and Cleveland estab-
liShed new lows.
Declaration of a quarterly dividend
OF IS on the new National Tea com
mon. thereby placing il on an annual
$40 basis. caused u further advance
in this stock.
The drop OF 212 points to new low
for the year i'll Consolidated Textile s
per cent bonds accompanied the state
ment or the chairman of the executive
committee that a further curtailment of
production was possible.
The granting OF an increase in gas
rates TO the Detroit City Gas Company
failed to bring about Improvement in
American Light and Traction stock. of
which the former company is sub
Sidiary.
Evening star., 1924-04-14
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

Special Dispa tch TO The Star
NEW YORK, April 14.-Oil shares
were among the weakest in the
Grading on the curb exchange today
Standard of Indiana, Ohio Oil and
Imperial Oil of Canada were a point
lower. while Vacuum, New York and
Kentucky were under pressure. De-
clines in the high-priced members
ranged from l to more than points.
The statistical position of the oil in
dustry appears not to be as strong
as it was previously made out to be
offerings of motor stocks at new
low prices for the year reflected un-
certainty regarding the outlook for
the future. Durant sold down over
Evening star., 1924-04-14
INDESTRIALS.
Washington Stock Exchange.

Potomac Electric os 1851, 900 at 1o3
81 900 103
Washington Gas Lisht-l0 at 80 20 at 50
Icashl.
Real Estate Title Insurance at 14U ) at
140, = at 40.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas Light at 4els. 4 at 49h,
10 at 491s. d at 49, 10 at 40.
Evening star., 1924-04-14

NEW YORK. April l4.-Foliowing |
IS an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb !
Market today:
Evening star., 1924-04-14
VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.

NEW YORK. April 1.-The visible
supply OF American grain shows the
= owing ChRngv in bushels; Wheat
decreased l,9S4,000, corn decreased
l,S57,000. oats decreas sed $4,000, rye
de feased $4,000. barley decreased
li0.00C.
Rolled steel wheels now serve as
track. tender and trailer wheels on
over so per oent of our locomotives.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
TAX CONSOLIDATION
BILL FINALLY PASSED
Measure Permitting Combina-
ton of Tax Offices Will Now
Be Voted on By People

The tax consolidation bill, intro
duced in the senate by Senator
Pac, was among the last Of the bills
passed by the general assembly
which has just adjourned. This
measure has been widely discussed
in this county and throughout this
section, and as it involves consti-
tutional amendment, its provisions
will be voted upon by tile electors
at the generalization this fall.
The text Of the amendment to be
voted upon is as follows:
"And the general assembly shall
also have authority to consolidate
the offices and duties of Tax ReceiV
er and Tax Collector in any or all
of the counties of the state, the OF
fetal performing the duties OF SAID
two offices, when so consolidated,
to be known as county tax commls-
sioner. and the general assembly
may prescribe the compensation OF
such county tax commissioner or at
thorize county authorities to flz
the same, which compensation may
be on the basis of fees or salary
and may be fixed without regard to
uniformity in the various counties.
This amendment, if adopted, will
permit the consolidation of the of.
fees of tax collector and tax re-
ceiver and authorize the county
commissioners or the general assem-
bly, to put the newly created office
which will replace the two existing
offices upon asalary basis. This
authority is so wide that the commits,
sioners nor the general assembly
will be compelled under its provi-
sions to change the existing basis OF
payment or to consolidate such Of
fees, not does the amendment make
obligatory any Uniform consolidation
of these offices throughout tho
state.
If, however, the amendment be
adopted, and the general assembly,
authorize The county
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
BUSINESS SCHOOL To
OPEN HERE Sept |.
Complete Course in Various
Business Branches Will Be
Taught By Miss Braswell

Announcement is authorized of
the formal opening of a business
school September on the second
floor Of the Merritt building, Jack
son street, which will be personally
supervised by Miss Lillian BraswelI,
principal of the institution.
The rooms are now being
thoroughly equipped with tables and
chairs, Miss Braswell stated today
to a reporter, and within two weeks
time, everything will be in readiness
for the first session of the school.
The exercises will begin at $3.50
o'clock in the morning, continuing
four hours until 1890.
The study course will comprise
bookkeeping, stenOgraphy, typewrit-
ing, penmanship, English, spelling,
commercial law. and mathematics,
thus affording pupils the advantages
to be had in the larger business
schools of the cities. Il is also
stated by Miss Braswell that board
ing accommodations in the homes of
religious families may be furnished
to those students from the surround
ing territory who wish to avail
themselves of the business course.
Miss Braswell has lived in Ameri-
Gus several years, being connected
with some of the largest business
firms here She is a teacher of
splendid success and wide expert
ence, and will give her pupils per-
sonal supervision at all times dur
ing the study period. Positions are
guaranteed to those students who
fulfill the prescribed course and re,
ceive diplomas of graduation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
ALBANY ADVERTISING
CAR WAS HERE TODAY
Secretary-Manager Mel of Cham
Der of Commere There and
Doc White Start Tour

With exactly 36 miles registered
on the speedometer, Albany's adver-
Using car breezed into Americas
early today, with doc" White at
the wheel, and Robert <. L. Mel
and Mrs. Mel, both in knockers, on
the back seat. The car rs well dec
grated with signs bIazoning Aluen.
10 all as Inc World ecan CenO-
err"
Length-wise the top is painted u
large wmte arrow letlerea IN bIue,
Albany, Ca, Worlds Pecan Cen
ter" and Follow the Arrow 10
Florida" Follow the Arrow from
Florida" On either side of the hood
is also reproduced the white arrow
lettered in blue with the admoni-
ton Follow the Arrow" Across
the top at the side is Albany's Buick
Special and on the body on both
sides of the car in large letters APP
pears Chamber of Commerce, Al
bany, Georgia. Western Dixie High
way to and from Florida. Better
Roads-The Most Senic Route" In
the rear is Albany, Georgia, The
Worlds Pecan Center"
Mel is secretary-manager Of the
Albany Chamber of Commerce, and
one big purpose of the tour is to
supply reliable data to the Automo-
bile Clubs and other sources of in
formation for tourists to and from
Florida as to the Western Dixie
Highway through Georgia, via. Al
bany. This leg of the Dixie High
way passes through the neart of the
Georgia Peach belt at Fort Valley,
by the National Cemetery at Ander-
sonville, to Americas and on to AL
bany. Speaking of the advantage
of using this highway today, Mel
said: "There is not single detour,
nor wooden bridge, nor ford on the
Western Dixie Highway, but every
stream is spanned by concrete or
steel structures, many of them built
in memory of the achievements CT
Georgians on the field of battle. it
is claimed to be the best route 20
Florida through Georgia, the most
senic route and over the most per-
feet roads. 1t has convenient Free
Tourists Camp Sites and comfort
able hotels and will be marked with
white arrows with blue lettering
reading Albany, Ca, Worlds Pc
can Center"
The car will follow the Dixie
Highway through Macon and Allan
ia in Georgia to Chattanooga and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
FINDS OPT MISM IN
NEW YORK MARKET
J. E. Hightower Says Buyers
From All Over Country Now
in New York See Prosperity

Optimism exists everywhere in
the markets of the metropolis, ac-
cording to a letter received il
Americas today from j. E. High
tower, who is now there. and buy
ers from all parts of the South arc
now flocking to market to replenish
their stocks in anticipation of heavy
fall buying. This feeling Of opti-
mism is shared by manufacturers
and jobbers as we'll as retailers
from this section, and renewed ac-
tivity is expected in all lines OF
trade within the next fortnight.
From New York, Mr.. HightoweT
will go late this week to Cleveland
and Cincinnati before returning
home, and at present he plans to
spend several days examining stocks
in that market.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
MRS. ABBOTT BURIED
THURSDAY IN ATLANTA

Mrs. C. C. Holiday will return
Saturday from Atlanta, where she
was called to attend the funeral OF
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Elmer Abb
bott, wife of w. A. Abbott, Jr., as
sistant superintendent of the Ford
plant, VINO died Wednesday atter.
noon at private sanatorium. Fun
eral services were held ats o'clock
Thursday afternoon frcm Druid
Hills Baptist Church, vita the Rev
F. C. Mcconnell officiating. she
was II years old.
Mrs. Abbott was born in Atlanta
and had resided in that city prac-
tically all of her life. She was a
member of the Druid Hills Baptist
church, and was identified as TAX
ing prominent role in the church
undertakings.
Surviving her, in addition to her
husband, are her mother, Mrs. j. r.
Fuller; three sisters, Mrs. S. A.
Johnston and Misses Icie and Ruby
Helen Fuller, and four brothers,
J. T., Frank NJ, Edward and Grow
er Fuller besides a number of 9th
er relatives. Interment was in Hol-
lywood cemetery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
HUSSEY To COMP. ETE
MAP Of DOUBLE STARS

ANN ARBOR, Mich, August Is.
Mapping the heavens that TOOL.
down upon "the Land Of the South
ern Cross" to complete the list Of
double stars that swing out to the
south of this continent, is task Dr..
w. j. Hussey of the University Of
Michigan expects to begin within a
year.
With other astronomers he has
listed the double stars OF the north
In the times he has been in the
Southern hemisphere he has found a
small number. His quarter century
search for a location probably end
ed, he expects to devote seven or
eight years in completing the work.
He will take a 81 inch telescope.
His probable location will be Naval
Hill, looking down upon Bloemfon-
tain, in the Orange Free State, al
though the top of some other kopje
in that locality may be chosen. He
found points near Bloemfontain had
the advantage of great clarity of at
mosphere, visibility to the horizon
edge and almost 300 cloudless
nights year.
From his experience searching
among the northern stars DR.. Hus-
sey believes that the third of the
sky not mapped will add 1850
double stars above the ninth magni-
tude to those already known.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
RIVER SLOUGH BREEDS
MOSQUITOES IN ALBANY

ALBANY, August 15.--Mosquitc
control as part of the community
anti-malarial work here Is proving
quite difficult.
The rising and falling Ct the river
has caused great deal of trouble
in mosquito control in East Albany.
There is slough running parallel
to the river, beginning near The
bridge and running north about a
mile. This slough fills every time
the water gets up, or when heavy
rains occur. When the water re
cedes, there are hundreds of holss
and puddles which breed mosquitoes
during these hot days, and the wiI.3
from the west blow these pests over
East Albany.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-15
WESTERN ROhDSREADY
TO HANDLE BIG CROPS
Huge Car Reserves Stored in
Grain-Loading Territory With
Loadings Increasing

CHICAGO, August 15.--With the
crop movement under way the West
ern Railway Association states that
its roads are in better shape to move
the traffic than probably ever be-
fore.
Two conditions are enabling them
thus far to handle the crop as fast
as it is offered to them, says
statement issued by the Association.
On July Is they had assembled and
stored in the grain loading territory
about 47,O00 cars fit for grain
loading. This is about 10000 more
than they had assembled a year be-
fore. In addition, the western roads
have about one-third more of their
own box cars on their own lines
than they had year ago.
The total shipments of grain and
grain products are now exceeding
, those Of last year In the week end
ed July ~ the total number of cars
loaded was 41,970, an increase of
about $500 cars over the correspond
ing week of last year. In western
territory alone the number of cars
of grain and grain products loaded
was 20, 489, an increase of 2776-
cars over the corresponding week
in 1928. Some of the railways
moving grain from the winter wheat
territory are breaking all previous
records.
The farmers produce vast guam
titles of fruits and vegetables when
must be transported in refrigerator
cars. A great deal of difficulty has
been experienced in previous years
in handling this kind of traffic be-
cause there has been such a very
great increase in it. The railways
in 1922 moved ADOPTS cars of fruit,
A44,879 cars of vegetables and
320,889 cars of fresh meats, poultry,
eggs and dairy products, a total of
1,zU5,O4b cars OF perlshable pro-
ducts.
This business in 1928 was at least
$4,000 cars larger. There were
severe congestions of refrigerator
cars in many terminals, and in con
sequence, serious delays in their
movement, largely because of OK
cessive Detection of them by shippers
for reconsignment and other rea-
sons. On April 20, 1923, there was
a total of 1929 refrigerator cars
available and on April 20, 1924,
this had increased to ISL, 1921. On
the latter date the car builders also
had orders for 1926 refrigerator
cars which were under construction
and some of which have now been
delivered.