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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17

YORK, Oct. 17.-William
Ter is on his way back to
ky to face a charge of first
murder and to help authori-
d out who is buried in the
which for nine months his
s supposed TO have rested.
#, whose apparent death in
explosion resulted in one of
INCEST crimes outside of fic-
It New York without the for
of extradition papers to &C
y sheriff to Pike county,
" to attempt to clear him
implication in that the police
to have been a murderous
collect $4,000 in life insur-
in spite of the ease with
Pike county authorities iden-
Turner upon his arrival
'day from Germany, Turner
who received $4,000 of in
zee through the legal death of
husband, has refused to admit
me man who was buried in
Virginia following the mine
ION was not her husband.
husband lies in his grave in
Virginia" she said Friday at
'me in Trenton, N. J. "Why
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
HUSBAND Held
FOR MURDER


1TUSKEGEE, Ala, Oct. III. T
Cherry, a road overseer, was arrest
ed this morning in connection with
the death of his wife who was shot
to death in her kitchen last night.
Cherry"s arrested followed in
tensive search for several hours by
a posse that at times number five
hundred persons. Discovery of a
watch, bracelt and revolver under
a barn flood led to the arrest of
the husband
Officers were told by Cherry that
he had found his wife's body in the
kitchen when he returned from his
work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
CHIEF BRAGG RETURNS
FROM TRIP TO MACON

Chief John T. Bragg, of the To-
cal police department returned last
night from Macon, where he had
been called as a witness in Federal
court there.
The cases on which Chief Bragg
was called was the one in which
Clarence Fisher and TasSe Turner
We're tried, convicted and sentenced
to three years in Federal penien
tiary at Atlanta.
The two youths were charged
with robbery of the post office at
Marshallville sometime ago and
were arrested in Americas by the
local police department.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
JOHN BARTLETT
KILLS HIMSELF
With SHOTGUN
Young Farmer in Seventeenth
District Commits Suicide in
Home Saturday Morning

Saying that he was broke and
Respondent, John Bartlett,
young man living in the Seven
teenth district, near Plains, early
this morning committed suicide.
Returning to his home at late
hour last night, Bartlett went TO his
mothers room, where she and his
father were sleeping. telling them
that he was going to get his shot
gun.
His mother thought that he mere
ly wanted to take it to a smell
house nearby, where ne slept, ana
was surprised when he returned to
their room, took the gun, placed it
to his right temple, stopped and
pulled the trigger.
u am broke" and am going to
end it all right now the young far
Imer is said to have exclaimed to his
parents. Then he stopped over,
placed barrel Of gun to his right
temple and fired before his par
Tents could stop him.
Ross Dean, of Plains, state that
the entire top of his head from his
eyes and ears up was completely
blown off by the charge from the
gun.
Mr.. Bartlett was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Bartlett, well known
farmers of Sumter county Young
Bartlett was about twenty-one
years of age.
Last night he attended a social
gathering at Thalean school, re-
turning sometime after midnight.
The body was turnNd over to
Ross Dean, an undertaken of Plains,
this morning, At 80 this after
noon funeral arrangements had not
been made, the family awaiting ar
rival of two brothers from Florida.
Mr., Bartlett's friends state that
he was quiet, gentIemanly young
man, working the farm along with
his father. He had the respect of
his nieghbors and his death has
caused much sorrow in that section
of the county.
The deceased, with his father
and mother lived on the Andy Jones
place where they operated a two.
horse farm.
Surviving are Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Bartlett, father and mother; two
brothers, Joseph and Thomas Bart
lett, who live in Florida: three sis
ters, Mrs. Paul Stevens and Mrs. G.
Turner of Sumter county, and one
sister residing in Atlanta.
Mr.. Bartlett with his mother and
father attended the Rehoboth Bap-
fist church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
PTOMAINE POISON
PROCLAIMED MYTH

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 17.-Pto-
maine poison is now declared only
a myth. There is no such thing.
Numerous authorities were quoted
to prove this contention by DR.. Mil
ton J. Rosenau, Harvard, yesterday
before the Interstate Post Graduate
Assembly of America, which closes
its annual session here today. Pto-
maine was thought to be a degen-
crate product of protein foods, but
five years Of experimentation has
proved proteine cannot yield any
thing which gives the ptomaine
symptoms, DR.. Rosenaus stated.
These are due, he said, to infect
ed, not decayed food. The sickness
is seldom fatal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17

A good cotton crop, plenty Of
corn to last throughout the year 200
gallons of syrup and 800 worthof
sweet potatoes, among other things
is the result Of the 1925 farming
operations of G. A. Moore, who re-
sides in the 18th district.
there's just me and a negro
man on my place, but we have made
a good crop this year, Mr.. Moore
states. "No, we didn't have any
more rain than other folks in the
country, but we just K Otpek
ing.
81 have 200 gallons Of syrup and
the negro has 100 gallons which we
have refused $1.0O a gallon for. AL
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
Up Early Every Morning
HuStIing, Pays Moore

ready have sold 800 worth of
sweet potatoes; my corn is not the
best, but we have plenty to carry
US through the year and nv cot
ton crop was satisfactory was
good crop.
"How did do it? Well, we just
get up about 4 o'clock every morn
ing and hustle. That's all it takes to
make a good crop down here-just
Mr.. Moore has lived in the coun-
hustling."
ty for several years, but is a ma
tive Of Coweta county. He looks
so, but is 81 years old "and my
health has not been the best this
year, either" Mr.. Moore said.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
STEWART WAS
AGAIN ELECTED
Reports to the Contrary Were
Given Out in Wired Reports
to Newspaper4

Stating that wired reports from
Albany to the effect that he had
been replaced as commander of the
western brigade by D. D. reeman
a mistake, General Joe Day Stew
art today reported the true result
of the election held in Albany.
I'D. 7. Freeman, who was report
ed to have succeeded me, was
elected as commander of the north
ern brigade. All other brigade
commanders were reelected" The
Times Recorder is glad to make this
correction and we congratulate
General Stewart on being again
named as brigade commander of
the western brigade.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
POLICE ARREST SEVEN
LEADERS OF BAND

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Metro-
politian police today arrested a
woman and seven men said to be
leaders of band of criminals re-
sponsible for many crimes, includ-
ing murders and robberies over a
period of six years. Leaders are
said to have made a speciality Of
providing their subordinates with
pistol silencers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
MINE EXPLOSION
IN WEST VIRGINIA

GRAFION, West Va, Oct. IL
An explosion in the powder house
of the Star Ford Stripper company
mine at Dryden, near here this
afternoon was followed by fire
working, according to reports from
the scene. All wires to Dryden
are down and it was impossible to
learn whether the fourteen miners
employed in the mine had escaped
or not.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
WALKER NAMES WILSON
PRIVATE SECRETARY

ATLANTA, Oct II. - Governor
Clifford Walker today announced
the appointment of John B. Wilson
of Monroe as his private secretary
to succeed Matthew C. Hennett.
who has asumed duties as chief
examiner of the Georgia Securities
commission.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
JAP NAVY SENDS
OUT DESTROYERS

IOhHO, Oct. II. = Japanese
Navy Department today dispatched
two destroyers from Port Arthur
to Taingtao, in view of the situa-
ton there which has threatened
Japanese residents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
TWELVE KILLED,
TWENTY INJURED

BRESSANA, Italy, Oct. 17.-12
persons were killed and 20 injured
today when a freight train crashed
int GA passenger train bound from
Milton to Genoa. The victims were
mostly peasants. Three cars of the
passenger train were demolished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
Allied and German Representative Sign Peace Pact
ANEW EUROPE
RISING FROM OLD
ONE OF DISCORD
Locarno in Blaze of Glory AS
Pact Signing is Completed by
Delegates


LOCARNO, Swift. Oct. 16.-A
new Eruope, happier Europe, a
safer Europe is today rising out
from the old slough Of discord, sus-
plcion and intolerance, is the belief
of the statesmen representing Ger
many and the five Allied powers
who have been in session here for
days.
The European Security Confer
ence ended early today in literal
Dlaze of glory and rejoicing.
Throughout last night there was
music and dancing, with fireworks
ughtlng the heavens, In cOmmem-
Grafton of the five pact signature
to the peace treat formulated by
the German and Allie statesmen.
AT exactly 7;20 the European
Eesmen who maze this victory
sible, threw open a window on
second floor of the palace of
tee and rejecting decorum, an
anced to the waiting null -tude
tAthe Rhine pact and other treat
had been formally approved.
Jhe Of hefr number held aloft the
a protocol bearing the sigma
'es of all the delegations as
,of that the conference had sue
sded.
instantly the crowd gave vent to
~-thusiasm, rockets were sent into
the air, their balls of fire. narl ow-
ly escaping entering the windows
md falling on the shoulders of the
elegates. The appearance at the
lndow of NJ. Brianu, the French
relgn minister, was greeted with
longed cheering. When the Bri-
foreign secretary, Austin
NDerIaln, came and waveo his
the crowd clamored for
F.. Chancellor Luther and the
n foreign munster, Stresse-
were acclaimed with no less
rs SPEECH PRAISED
lands speech, at the clos
ION of the speech conference
adjourned with the under
that the treaties would be
London December l, was
his colleagues afterward
st brilliant effort of his ca
ressemann had spoken first
ling the work of the con-
nd emphasizing that it's
9elled a new era in Euro
tionships. he declared sol
It Germany would loyalty
the peace pact. He made
81 allusion to foreign occu-
" the Rhineland.
ponse, NJ. BRAND said that
was not the end, but the
1g of a new epoch-an
cooperation and friendship
unstinted praise to the
leals and generosity of the
statesmen who had origin
e idea of fashioning pacts
maintenance of peace, and
/ the world would duly rend-
age to the happy initiative He
took up DR.. Stressmann's
al to the occupation and made
ar that this occupation would
o reduced as to give Germany
cause for complaint of uneasi-
urnIng toward chancellor Lu-
and DIR. Stressemann, he said:
people of France will soon
ize your loyal statement bp
ression of good will toward
man people"
Chamberlain appeared to
ntinued on Page Five)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17
WEATHER

For Georgia - Partly cloudy,
probably local thundershowers this
afternoon. Sunday generally fair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-17

AMERICUs SPOT COTTON
Middling, zoe.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25
Secretary of Labor Urges
Vigorous Following Up of
Accident Prevention WORK
BY International Labor News Service

BY International Labor News Service
Washington. psS. a2-nilesslne AT.
tc0uon % The need Tor accident prc.
Neauea work, Secretary OF Labor Ia.
Wis, IN his annual report To- Coaurcss
Ter I'VE says TIE Industrial acgi.
utntspfeNenuon WotA, Whieh - As the
Suh!est 81 the meeting I called early
ga peteUher, l9sa. should be Nigor.
ouslH followed up ] have been able
90 Is WY little in connection With Il
up Il tie present time owing Il lack
Of funds State contacts have been
made IL a number Of instances. hu,
owing 10 the fact that I have bat 0ne
ma Il handle TINS entire prohlem the
ptgreSs is entirely unSauSfaetarN.
The fact that industrial accidents
causing a loss OF Wage fOF one DAY OF
more IN 1923 we're practically TIVE
ami a half million. st which =. OO0
were fatal. should be sufficient en-.
phaSis upon the Importance If this
work, and the Bureau of Labor Stats.
ties shoul dbc put IN a position II EN-.
ploy several experts 10 place the ma.
ehinefy Of accident prevention in opera,
ton as rapidly a possible.
In order that a definite step for.
ward may b. taken In this work,
recommend that a division Of labor
safety be created in the Bureau Of Ia.
Dor Statistics and that funds he pro-
yided for les maintenance AND develop.
meut Such a division would bring In.
90 uniformity State legislation aloBe
accident prevention lines ami uniform
.ty IN the gathering and compilation Of
accident statistics. SO that the Com.
missioner 81 Labor Statistics viii cv.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25
Operators Won't Reveal
Profits: UnioniSt En-
poses Hight cost Plot

Philadelphia. pec - - Anshra.
seal operators oppose Governor Pm
ehot'S stuke settlement because uudef
X tbty would be toreed h open Their
books, said Nlee President Murray 81
ne United Mine Workers
Ne ere outside ther companies has
seen TIE inside VI these books ENen
the Un.ted seal commission, a pan Il
the government, cou.I not examine
them. SAM Mr. Murray.
The commission vas obliged t.
content ltalf with statements pre-
pared By the companies. What mys-
srrlCs are hidden In lhese books TIA,
must be 81 aealouSly %guardsJE Under
the Plnehot proposal, = commission
would have access - The books.
Therefore. the companies rejected tie
peace offer.
''rhe operators Want 10 reduce wag-
a. SO that II they take a notion 10
fejuce eeal prices their profits vii nj
- impaired.
Prom the start the mine workers
have said that the operators "A IN
crease wages without increasing the
price Of coal, The operators say they
can not do this. Governor ftnehotS
plan SAYS 10 them: ne miners say
you can; yeu say YOU ean not. Let a
commission find whether you can OF
can not And the operators refuse. II
they accept they would have 10 permit
the commission to examine their books.
There Is the rub, Their books ale an
alright secret
In spite Of the fact that the gov
eruor's peace plan failed to meet their
hopes, the mine workers accepted the
proposal As a means II end the strike
and furnish coal 10 the public. Tie
mine workers laid aside their de.
mand for an increase in wages ana
accepted Governor rinehot'S proposal
tha There be 40 increase unless II
could be granted without increasing
the cost Of coal The operators re.
jected this proposal. because It would
make 1t Just that much more difficult
for them 10 boost coal prices ami pile
u more profits.
There was n siN-months' strike OF
anthracite miners In 1922. The opet.
ators demanded a wage reduction. bnl
the strike was settled and the men re.
turned To work on the old scale. There
was no increase In the labor costs OF
production, but the operators added
81 TO $3.50 a ton 10 their selling pfic,
when the strike Vas over. And the
public had 10 pav the bill.
"lu 1923 there was a suspension thai
lasted two weeks. The miners Won d
10 per cent Increase, which added a.
cents to the cost Of production. II
absorb this ~ cents the operators al.
ded 81 a ton 10 the selling price Of
coal and gave the public another skin
ming.
With these two recent cases az pre-
eedents, II is a"pallin gto ~aniiclpat,
what these operators may do 10 the
public this time. If they accept Cover.
nor Pinehot's proposal their oppor.
tunity TO put oven another increas,
would be curtailed. That's why they
do not like the plan"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25
Super Power Systems
Replace City Plants
I'm B Illinois Towns

Three municipal electric light plants
and two municipal distributing sAs
TENS in central Illinois have recently
been sold 20 large power companies,
whose vast systems Of transmission
lines gndiron virtually every county
in that part Of the state.
The city.ouned light plants. whica
aro located at Sibley, helllloNer AMI
Fisher, will be taken over BY the Gem
tral Illinois Public Service Company.
The nearby towns Of Mahomet and
Mansfield. which have been purchasing
current at wholesale fnom The Illinois
Power and Light Company viii hence
forth he served entirely by the com
panS. Financial limitations aud inabll=
ity= Ia meet the increasing demands for
service are given as the reasons for
disposition IN each ease
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25

~entaally De abe 10 bring these togeth-
CT IN a national scale and show the
actual number Of accidents and be
able 70 compute rates in al the prn.
.elpal Industries.
1t has been pointed cut in rather
expressive language that FOR the ns-
cal year iaaa. Sfi6,a6o, and IN 1925
SIS. SEQ. vas spent hy the govern
ment 10 enforce the pure food AMI
drugs act. though il is exceedingly
questionable whether 100000 per
sons we've made sick and % ZOO pee
pie died per year as the result Of the
use If all the food aud drugs that
have been made moro hygienie thru
the enforcement 81 that law
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25
Capital Comment

Washington, ID. C., Dee. %.

Washington, ID. G., Dee. %.
An annual event in Washington ia
the dead letter sale, when the posi-
Office department auctions all of the
undehyeied mail which has accumu-
lated during the year. The sale last
week included q 900 900 letters, $685.
900 parcels. These parcels contain
everything from safetin pins to auto
mobiles tires, and are purchased at the
sale for what you have.
The new Congress has developed a
flood of new bills, Whic hoover every
conceivable contingency which might
arise. The number at present Is close
10 5000, and if they are all enacted
the only way you could avoid yiolat-
ing some Law would be 10 die, and
even then got wouldn't feel safe until
buried.
The court Of appeals has ruled that
the indictments against Fall and Do
heny are valid, but there Is always
the chance. Of course, that with the
aid Of good lawyers they may die ot
old age before actual conviction.
The president, in his message. urg-
ed enactment of a mothers' pension
law for the District of Columbia. I'm
mediately two stalwart Republicans
rushed bills in the two houses. Sena-
tor Keller. of Minnesota, a Progressive
however, had a similar bill last year
and alread had introduced IL this year.
Wit hthe added support Of the admin
istration Mr.. Keller's much.needed
bill may become a law.
A 800 per cent jump in the rent
paid for quarters for the Labor De
partment Is causing considerable ank-
iety. There is talk Of housing the de
paftment in some Rovemment-o.ned
building to avoid an increase from
S24, 900 TO $96 900. A few weeks ago
the lease Of the Justice Department
Building vas renewed at a similar IN
crease and caused hardly any misgiY-
ing.
A campaign 10 popularize 81 bills
in order that 81 bills would have les
work 10 do as failed, and We now
hear talk Of a new metal CON, 10 DC
Of silve rWith enough gold In the
center 10 make a dollar light enough
10 be accepted in place Of paper dol
lars.
Much to the satisfaction Of Old
Guard leaders, young Bob La Fol
lette ignored the invitation to at
tend the Republican caucus. HI
father started 30 years ago 10 EN-
tighten congress, and while he made
little progress in this line he did sue
coed in en~lightening the people.
The postmaster general reports a
deficit Of 81 million dollars and say
the cause is the increase in pay given
postal workers and the failure Of con-
gress 10 raise rates. Another reasno
is the tremendous amount o. s9n-
gressional and departmental mail that
Is carried without charge.
Anthracite coal operators, says
John L. Lewis, also own bituminous
mines. Northern textile magnates
control Southern cotton mills. They
get you whatever happens.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25

bers' Union No. 54s, but has failed IL
each attempt.
I'VE have $500 MEMBERS" said Mr.
Leidig. 'NOf these there are 300
whom we seldom see. These 5000 arr
holding down jobs at the best wage
and under the best conditions obtain
ed by BARRIERS anywhere in the world
They are satisfied and do not Civ,
US any trouble.
1--WE have about 500 members, how
ever, who are never satisfied witt
anything" continued Mr., Leidig.
"They are incompetents and trouble
makers. If they are sent out on a
good job they can't fill the bill and
only succeed in spelling the job fol
a competent nan
Reds Also Make Trouble.
Like other unions, We too, have
had to contend with Communists, who
are taking orders from the Russian
Third International. j. c. Shanessy
of Indianapolis, Iud., our international
president, sen orders to US some time
ago to expel the Communists as sasi
as they are found out. That is an or
der which we intend to religlously
obey"
As a means of intimidation and tc
scare them off thir jobs, the homes
of James Rose, business representa-.
tive of the BARRIERS Union No. 54S, AM
of Frank Range, the secretary-tfeas-
urer, were bombed six minutes apart
some time ago.
Bombing of the homes of Rose and
Range having failed their purpose, an
attempt was made TO dynamite an
automobile in which both were riding.
but the attempt failed.
1t was noticed that there was some
thing wrong when the engine wa
started. The hood was raised and the
dynamite discovered.
President Leadig was the next vic
tim on the list. He was to be KID
mapped and taken for a ride" Be
ing taken for a ride" means in the
paflance of the underworld that Leid-
ig would have been murdered out
right or mutilated by an unmention-
able oDertion and then dumped out
in the woods somewhere.
still Seek to Fix Blame On Unions.
The Chicago Tribune has persisted
in trying TO lead the public TO believe
that the unions are wholly response
BILE for the i19 bombings. The Bar
bers' Unionhas been the center Of the
Tribune's attack. The other Chicago
daily newspapers followed the Tri-
bue's lead for a few days, but switch
ed after that and began 10 tell a
story that approximated the truth.
The special grand jury investigation
brought TO light that several organ
izations OF small business men had
used the services Of bombefs 10 intim-
idate non-members who were consid-
cred 10 be unfair competitors and to
force them 10 join the respective As
sociations.
These business mems organizations
have been held up TO the public gaze
by the Chicago Tribune as horrible
examples Of trade unionism. There
are a half dozen or more Of these or
CARNATIONS involved, but they can not
be considered trade unions By the
widest stretch Of the imagination.
They include an outlaw master but
chers' association, owners Of retail
fruit and vegetable stores, small laun-
dry owners, cleaners and dyers, shoe
repairers, bakers, master BARRIERS and
~tailors.
As stated By international Labor
News Service last week, it is believed
that there is a great deal Of politics
mixed up in the situation described
above, and that the Chicago Tribune
is Gin the know" and is leading the
way.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-12-25
Attempt to Involve BARRIERS
Union In Chicago Bomb
ings Found Flat Failure

Chicago, Dec. 16-The special grand jury impaneled
to investigate the l19 b~ombings of the homes of individ-
uals and business places in Chicago during the last year
adjourned after returning indictments against 90 persons.
Several persons were indicted on as many as five and six
counts and were held in $50, 900 bail on each count.