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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
CHANG TSO-LIN ARMY
TAKES SHANGHAIWHAN
Reinforcements Ruskad To
Shanghai Defense - Many
Casualties on Both Sides

SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 81
by The Associated Press. 1.-THE
military forces. of Chang Tso-Lin,
Manchurian war lord, entered Shana
haiwkan yesterday evening. ac-
.cording to a Japanese report frcm
Mukden.
Many casualties were suffered by
both sides in the heavy fighting pre-.
ceding the entry into the city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
SLEMP BRANDS.
STATEMENT AS FALSE.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (By TIE
Associated Press. )-Bascom Slemp.
secretary to president Coolidge.
branded today as pure fabrication,
the statement made by Senator La
Toilette that he (Slemp) would have
charge Of campaign slush funds for
the Republican party.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
DENTIST IS DEFENDANT
IN FRAUD CHARGE

ATLANTA, October 8.-Fraud
in settlement of an accident insur-
ance policf is charged in a suit IN
equity filed by John B. Newman
and Charles Marshall, former depu-
ty United States marshals; James
Boudwin, Sr., James Hunter, Bron-
ley Hunter. Emil Ktause and
Ralph Mccullough.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
WALKER DELIVERS
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

MACON, Oct, S.-Acceptlng hls
denomination as Georgia's Chie8t2x-
ecutiye, Governor Clofford Walker,
at the State Democratic Convention
assembled in this city today, sound
ed thu keynote for a program of bet
ter schools, and more of them, bet
ter roads and better health, which
wouId make for better homes and
better churches. When realized,
1--WE will have succeeded in BALD
/ ing a greater state, the Governor
asserted.
Tie Chief Executive who, after
acknowledge the mandate from the
people, accepted his denomination
with a prayer for the guidance Of
Almighty God and with an appeal
for the cooperation and the supports
! of every citizen of She state.
.Reacaning the struggle of our
forefathers, their hardships and
handicaps, privation and toll
suffered to establish this
nation, Governor. Walker stat
ed That it was characteristic of a
Republic that ''its citizens are prone
to forget the blessings Of demo-
cratic form of government, and
accepted as matter of course, the
fruits of the toll, the sacrifice the
bloodshed of our patriotic t ,re-
lfathers,
Expressing pride in the accompli-
shment of Georgia to date in her
schools and colleges, all of which
are crowded, and turning away
worthy boys and girls ''crying out
for a chance" Governor Walker
reminded his hearers that every one
of the state institutions are suffer-
ing from growing pains and that we
must "donble quadruple the facili.
ties and equipment of the state in
stitutions which we look for the
training of the thousands of youths
who come after us"
Az this point in his speech the
Chief Executive pointed to tie
thousands of boys and girls who
were pleading for a chance" to
enter schools and colleges in order
that they may equip themselves for
greater manhood and womanhood
and stated that 1--WE have failed to
measure up to our obligations un-
til we give a real chance to every
boy and girl in Georgia"
As a means Of providing funds for
this purpose, Governor Walker stres-
sed the necessity of tax system
(which win distribute the burden Of
expense of the government upon
all the classes of people and proper
ties fairly" The Chief Executive
stated that the reform tax leeisla.
ton, while Unpleasant and unpopu.
lar" were considered necessary and
fundamental before any construc-
tive, progressive plans of moment
can be projected, and the definite
consideration of such plans have
been postponed pending remedial
legislative action.p The Governor
further stated that such a course
was approved by the people at the
ballot box, and that such a reform
in taxation would place ga fair share
OF the expenses Of the state rpoo
the owners of intangible invisible
property and those enjoying large IN
comes now. escaping taxation"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
WALKER ACCEPTS
denomination IN
SPEECH At MACON
Pleas For Better Health, Homes,
Schools, Churches And
Roads

MACON, Oct. s.--(By Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-The state Demo-
cratic convention convened here
ttIis morning with Fermor baHa-
rett, of Stephens county, as
chairman of the resolutions CONF
mittee.
G. E. Maddox, Of Rome, is
slated for recollection as chair
man Of the state democraeio COM
mittee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
Explanation OF Proposed
Amendmen to State s
COnStitufiOn-1Sf Article
Mr. Pace Today Deals With Amendment Effect
ing Consolidation of Tax Collector And
Tax Receiver Offices

The first of the constitutional amendments be explained
for the benefit of the readers of the TnesRecorde that
amendment which would consolidate the offices of collector
and Senator PAGES explanation today
deals with the old law the presented why the law should
be changed and explanation of the proposed law
amendment TO the constitution.
This amendment is the first of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
RRoAp cARVING KNIFE

For carving roasts you need q
knife that is rather broad, but for
steaks and small joints smaller and
parrow-bladed one will be better.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-08
SPOT COTTON MARKET

,WEATHER-Partly cloudy to-
,ht and Thursday; probably
overs; cooler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
SKATER SCORES INITIAL
POINT FOR AMERICA
IN OLYMPICS
BY International News Service.

r4CHAMONIX France jan 26-Charley Jewtraw, Of Lake
Placid N T. scored the first American victory the 1924
Oympiad in winning the 5OOmeer skating championship to-
day. opening of the Olympic winter sports champion
ship Jewtraws victory time basis the upper New
4 York entry skating the distance in A seconds
Joe Moore of New York. the first heat in As $40
Onds and Harry Kaskey of Chicago, the sixth heat in
AZ seconds.
Jewraw turned in the winning time for the in beat
ing German of Canada the fifteenth and to the last
heat The American entered the fully that he
had die fguratve death in the attempt because
Moore Kaskey and Stenmetz the remaining American
tries, had made slower time than Olsen of Norway
The disposed of Steinmetz in the twelfth heat
lilo seconds and seemed destined capture individual
honors the until Jewraw flashed the finish
just tenth Of second faster than the Norwegian had
covered the distance.
Joe Moore, of New York, started America away with
flourish by finishing first in the opening heat defeating
Boomgreen of Sweden in As $40 seconds Harry Kaskey
of Chicago the fourth Yankee starter handicapped by
injured knee the result of fall the ice days ago.
He however managed to finish in front of Moens of Belgium
In the sixth heat the time being AZ seconds
The racing conducted under the continental system of
nterchangng lanes and twoman heats system unfamiliar
to the Americans.
In the final rating of the contestants the time basis,
Olsen placed second to Jewtraw while >Thunberg of
Finland and Lanon, of Norway tied for third place
4 at Al ITO seconds
Moore and Kaskey placed eighth and fourteenth
respectively.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
BROOKLANDERS
TONIGHT PLAY
maryland
Fast Game Expected When
Catholic University Meets
Old Line CUNT.

But one collegiate basketball tilt
is offered followers Of thee game
hereabouts tonight. Catholic Uni
versity will entertain Maryland Uni
verSity in the Brookland gym. the
contest getting under way imme-
diately after the conclusion Of
preliminary game between two
freshmen squads which is scheduled
to start at 7:15 o'clock.
Only a couple of weeks ago the
Old Liners were not rated very
highly, but with their overwhelming
defeat Of Gallaudet their stock took
an unexpected trend upward.
Coach Fred Rice, of Catholic Uni.
versity, will take no chances in to-
nights game. He will start his
first string five. Eberts and Bres-
lin will be at forwards, Lynch and
Lawlor at guards and PUGET at
center
Georgetown's quint will be the
attraction over at the Naval
Academy, the Blue and Gray squad
meeting the Midshipmen there this
afternoon. Gallaudet will also fill
an out-of-town engagement, they
playing the Loyola College team
in Baltimore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
ALOYS|USPLAYS.
BAL T|MORE Y
BASKETERS
Washington Champions Due
for Stiff Contest at
Gonzaga Tonight.

Some swift basketball action is
promised when the champion Alloy
sius club quint meets the Bali.
more 7. M. C. A. tonight in the
Gonzaga gym. A preliminary game
will be played by the Aloysils jun
Tors. formerly the Aloysius mid.
gets, and another junior team not
yet selected. The preliminary will
start at 1880 o'clock. va
Aloysius Is favored to win the
city independent championship again
and is ready at all times to defend
it's title. In the last season Alloy.
sius won all its games except two
and scored on an average of AZ
points to the game to % for its
opponents.
Thus far this season Aloysius
Is indicated and hopes to make
the greatest record Of its career.
The Baltimore Y. M. c. A. is
among the leading teams in the
fight for the championship Of the
Baltimore City league and is ex.
pected to give Aloysius a fight.
Tomorrow AloysiuS will play the
Quantico Marines in the Gonzaga
gym. A preliminary game will start
at 3 p. m. ,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
BOBBY JONES INELIGIBLE
FOR n" At HARVARD

BOSTON. Jan. 26.-when Bobby
Jones, noted golfer. leaves Harvard
for good early next month. he goes
without the much coveted III" as
it has been decided that he is in.
eligible for the honor. The student
council sought some way to award
him his letter for winning the ma
tional open golf championship. but
couldn't get around the fact that he
was a graduate of another college be.
fore he entered Harvard and had
never played on the Harvard golf
team.
One of the members Of the student
council said today that II Jones had
been a member of the Harvard golf
team the golf letter undoubtedly
would have been awarded to him,
but that, although the council mem
bers were strong for It, they did not
think II was logical thing to do,
principally because he had not been
eligible to represent Harvard on
the golf team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
EURoPE's BEST BANTAM
COMING TO FACE LYNCH

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-on Tues.
day night last, Johnny Brown, ban
tam champion of Europe, knocked
out Harold Jones. leading English
bantam, In three rounds in London,
England, and the following morning
Brown sailed on the steamer Majestic
Tor New York with the intention Of
forcing Joe Lynch into a match for
the worlds bantam championship.
Brown has scored an emphatic
success in Europe in the past year,
having made a record of 80 per cent
knockouts, and will arrive here
confident that he can defeat any
bantam in America. Brown is due
In New York Wednesday next and
VIII be ready within two weeks to
meet the best men in his division.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
GEORGETOWN RUNNERS
TO GET ACTION TODAY

Georgetown >University's blue and
gray will be carried in two big
meets tonight-one in Brooklyn and
the other at Boston. Tive squads
left the capital last night for the
northern cities.
At Boston the Hilltoppers have en-
tered two teams, one in the two.mile
event against Harvard and the other
in the one-mile gallop in which they
will meet Holy Cross, Fordham and
Boston College.
Brooks. Holden, Walter Gegan
and Captain Marston will display
their ability in the two-mile event,
while Gaffey, Haas, Burgess and
Herlihy will compete in the one-mile
jaunt.
At Brooklyn, Vernon Ascher and
Billy Sullivan will represent the Blue
and Gray in the intermediate dis.
tances, while Swinburne, EASEMENT
Murray and McLain are to compete
as a team in the one.mile relay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
TECH BASKETERs FACE
GENERALS At ROANOKE

BLACKSBURG, Va, Jan. 26.--
The Virginia Tech basketball squad
left here early today for Roanoke,
where they will engage the Wash
ington and Lee Generals" tonight.
The entire Gobbler squad of fif-
teen men made the Roanoke trip,
and Coaches Cubbage and Day will
give every man chance to get in
against the fast-going Lexington
outfit.
While the Tech record is not very
impressive SO FAX, the quint has
shown decided Improvement during
the past week.
The work of Captain Carroll, ROB-
erts, Rutherford, Sutton, and
Cousins has been of a very high
order, while the numerous second
string men have been fighting It
out for the center and guard posi-
tons which are still open.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
seems to know. DOberman died
without revealing his secret.

To some people, the most interest
ing dogs in the big show are the
greyhounds and whippets. The
whippet in appearance is a NINA
ture greyhound. A controversy haa
arisen as to which is the faster
afoot. The whippet is the popular
racing dog Of England and Wales
Greyhound racing is becoming pop
ular in this country.
Mcclure HALEY, of New York
who is a whippet expert, favors the
little dog to win at a distance up to
200 yards. He bought whippet in
England that could do 200 in 10h
seconds.
Mrs. B. F. Lewis, Of Lansdowne,
Pa, is strong for the greyhound
Mrs. Lewis declares greyhound
can beat a whippet at any distance,
anywhere, under any conditions.
The dog show will close tonight
and it has been so far the most sue
cessful in every way ever held here
according to Charles e. Watson, sec.
rotary Of the Washington Kennel
Club. The Coliseum has swarmed
with visitors from the time the
show opened.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
CADET GRAPPLERS AND
BOXERS WORKING HARD

LEXINGTON, Va. Jan. 26.-The
v. M. I. boxers and wrestlers are
coming along steadily under
"Quinny" Quinlan's coaching. The
grapplers are taking part daily in
q series Of elimination matches
that will decide which mat artists
will represent the Cadets in the
opening meet here with North Caro-
lima on February 2. Captain Knox's
boxers will get into action in a
series of elimination bouts next
week.
So far Capt. Rupe Baird, Lowe,
Carlton and Denton, all letter men
on last years South Atlantic cham
pionship team, seem to have the
edge on the other wrestling can.
didates. Charlie Barbour, the Cadet
heavyweight, Is counted on to take
care of the unlimited class pro-
vided his academic studies do not
interfere.
Shirley Baughan, the lightest let.
ter man on the v. M. I. football
team, is a find in the 125-pound
class, and J. B. White and Lewis
are the leading 115.pounders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
ANAcoSTTA EAGLES TO
BATTLE HEIGHTS FIVE

with a record of eleven straight
victories the Anacostia Eagles have
booked a tough fee in the Con.
gress Heights qdint, which they
will meet tomorrow afternoon In
the Congress Heights gym. 2
Tne game possesses more than
passing interest in as much as both
teams are from over the Eastern
branch and the victor will in a way
have a call upon honors of the sec.
tlon Tor the season. The game will
start at 3:15 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

the map by the Athletics.
Eagle Pass, by the way, is the
only place in the world that can
boast of a golf course with asphalt
green's.
Tia Juana was a secret until Jim
Coffroth put a race track there,
and no one ever heard Of Jaurez
until the ponies ran there.
|. And whoever heard of Shelby un.
til Dempsey and Gibbons exchanged
compliments there last July?
Stage any big sporting event in
the most out-of-the-way places on
the globe and the next morning
everybody will know where it is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
HEYDLER Calls.
NATIONAL
CHIEFS
League Will Hold Winter Meet
ing in New York. Feb
ruary ~.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-PresidasG
John A. Heydler has issued a call for
the National League mid-winter
meeting here on February H.,
Ratification Of the 1924 schedule,
details Of which already nave been
worked out In ONT conference with
the American League, and a report
on plans for the National Leagues
fiftieth anniversary jubilee in 1925,
are among matters to come before
the magnates. 49,
Plans for the jubilee are IN the
hands Of a committee Of club owners,
including Christy Mathewson, Of
Boston; Williars l.. Veeck, of Chi
cago; Barney Dreyfuss, of Pitts
burgh, and Charles H. Ebbets, Of
Brooklyn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
Pentathlon Champ
Will Captain
w. And ].

WASHINGTON, Pa, Jan. 26.
Charles West, of Washington
and Jefferson, who won the ma
tional pentathlorf championship
last spring, has been honored by
his teammates by being elected
captain of the varsity track
and field squad for 1924.
The honor conferred on
West, which was made unani-
nous, probably is the greatest
ever conferred upon a negro
athlete in the country. Be-
sides his track activities, West
for four years was a star on
the football team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
HORNSBY PUT ON RIGHT
TRACK BY CONDUCTOR

This tale of diamond perhaps should be Charley
the rise fame Of the Cardinal who change
uniforms deal that will make all look small
Reese railroad conductor Texas shorlne the who
discovered Hornsby the
could stae the baseball world he got chance And
he the world take his prophecy regarding the young kid
calmly months before began sit take
gent worth 100000 by
I.nuic clrh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

When Charley Moran first started
to coach, football down there it was
a hard job to get eleven players to
make up the team. Last season,
when Centre came North to play,
there were more than eighty on the
squad.
The publicity of sport did 1t.
Golf Is doing it's share to put out
Of the way Southern spots on the
map. Golf is attracting more PEG.
pie to Southern chimes than any
other agency. Florida has become
dotted with golf courses.
Texas is heraIded now as q
winter playground, and the wide
stretches Of prairie, where the
long horns used to roam have
been transformed into golf courses.
San Antonio has a long, sporty
eighteen-hole course in one Of its
public parks, where no fee Is charged
to play.
This is such a fine course that
the Texas open, with $4,000 In
purses, will be played over it next
month.
Many Northern people who used
to think that the Everglades and
Ponce de Icons Fountain Of Youth
were the only two places in Florida
now flock to. the peninsula to play
golf.
Baseball has also put many places
in the South and. Southwest on
the map.
No one ever heard of Marlin
Springs until the Giants went there,
and who ever heard of Bogalusa,
La, until the Browns went there
a couple Of years ago?
Small, Out-Of.the.way hamIets In
Texas suddenly became centers Of
worldwide fame as soon as major
league baseball clubs trained
there.
Sequin, Texas. had nothing but
a Main street and a multitude of
Jack rabbits before the White Sox
went there to train.
Eagle Pass, Texas. was put on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
HERE ABOUT ADOG
WITH REAL GRIT
RY X. D. THOMAS.

Off hand you'd think Nellie Gusts wasn't lady
accept geneman last drink but don't judge until you've heard
greater love hath no man in this dy and age than this That he
give up his last shot Of hootch q friend.
Nellie R. Randolph of Harmony Village,
fast friends So much that Randolph made for her the splendid
sacrifice mentioned Nellie dog and Randolph At
Coliseum where Nellie has Just carried off honOrs in the
Chesapeake breed Of the Washington Kennel Clubs tenth annual
bench show interviewed Nellie and Randolph and found both
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
RUDY HULSWITT TO COACH
RED SOX At SAN ANTONIO

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. &c.
Rudy Hulswitt, veteran major and
minor league infielder, will assist
Lee Foil in conditioning the Boston
Red Sox at San Antonio, Tex, and
after the season begins will act az
scout for the club, it became
known here today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
Richard Thinks Big
Convention Real
Drawing Card

Tex Richard declares that he
will not put on a championship
bout at the Polo Grounds during
the week Of the Democratic con-
vention.
But" opines Tex, 81 sure
would like to be specializing with
a block of ringside seats for the
shindig in Madison Square Gar
den."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
TWENTY MANAGERS ON
ONLY EIGHT TEAMS
By FRED TURBYVILLE.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2-Dck Hobitze signed play
FIRST base Reading and thereby the string of
This probably
has than other circuit in the country
Besides the eight regular
and the usual number of grandstand managers:
The Jersey City club only that hasn't least
managers the list Right Jersey City hasn't though
Ben last years supposed to return the job in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

Now, before relating the adventure
that cemented the friendship between
Nellie Gusts and Randolph, it may
be worthwhile to tell why Nellie hap
pens to be what is known In dogdom
as Chesapeake Bay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
He Loses His TonsiIs.

Charlie White. the Chicago south.
paw lightweight has had his tom
sils removed and expects to be in
better shape than ever for his ring
combats.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
Plays Ten Games.

Bucknell's 1924 football schedule
calls for ten games. including those
with Maryland, Gallaudet, and
Georgetown. three elevens from this
vicinity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

Coach Andy Coatley has Issued
call to his Columbia University
pitching candidates to report for
their first practice on February II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
Garry Only Eighteen.

American Association clubs will
carry only eighteen players this sea-
son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

The fire bell on the Riggs
building?
The old Fredonia cabaret?
Seagram's?
"Twenty-three, skiddOo ~
The coal stove in street cars I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

Baltimore leads the list with Jack
Dunn, Bill Clymer, Jimmy Walsh,
! Fritz Maisel, Otis 'Lawry, and Chief
Bender. t
Maisel and Lawry barely get in
under the wire. Maisel was mana
ser Of the club last spring when
Jack Dunn chose to remain away
from baseball for a time. Fritz
was taken i'll and Otis Lawry ran
things.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
DANVILLE OWES MUCH TO
CENTRE COLLEGE

Sport has unheaof places the The
Danve, Ky something of until Centre College de-
veoped a good football eleven .
With body Of less than 100000 spectators
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

Miller Higgins was managing the
Cardinals in 1914, it will be re.
called. They were one of the three
outfits staging a pretty fight for
the flag, which the Braves won by
their wonderful squirt. The Car.
dinals' chances were hurt day after
day by the poor shortstopping the
club was getting. Higgins was in
despair. He pleaded with the big
league moguls and minor league
bosses to help him find a short.
fielder.
But when Reese halted Higgins
before the Cardinal clubhouse one
day that summer-1ust after the
Cards had lost a 2-to-0 game-Hug.
gins was only mildly interested in
what the trainman said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

package of that
cheap substitute
hasn't got it out
of his whiSkers
yet.
E N T o MOL
OGY. We are
in f m e d on
highly inflated
scientific author
ity that alto
gether there are
794 species of
water bugs, Of
which the ordi.
nary kitchen va