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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 132.
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PARENTS GIVE
BARBECUE FOR
SOLDIER SONS
Relatives, close and distant, to the
number of about 100, were on hand
yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Israel, near Sumter, to partici
pate n the barbecue given by them
as a welcome home to their sons Alvin
and Floyd Israel who have just re
turned from service in Frapce with
the American army. A very few who
were not relatives of the Israel fam
ily were present, among them Carl
ton Rogers, a neighbor, who also has
just returned from France, where he
served in the hospital corps with Alvin
Israel. Floyd Israel served with the
82d division and participated in seven
battles.
The affair was the first welcome
home on a large scale for any of the
soldiers of Sumter county, and was
declared to have been a delightful oc
casion. The feast was spread in the
open and there was a great abun
dance of food.
Petrograd Not Yet
Taken by Esthonians
COPENHAGEN, June 5. —(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Persistent reports that
Petrograd has been captured are “very
premature,” according to a statement
from the official Esthonian press bu
reau here.
The battle west and northwest of
Gatchina between the Esthonians and
the Bolsheviki is still in progress,
without definite results.
Son of Jos. Perkins
Undergoes Operation
Olin Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Perkins, was seized with an at
tack of acute appendicitis last right
and underwent a surgical operation at
the city hospital at noon today. It was
stated this afternoon that the opera
tion was successful and his condition
was very hopeful.
Framed Portrait of
Chubby Baby Found
in Road; Who’s Is It?
If you had a baby 10 ,15 or 20
years ago, and had its photograph
taken, and treasured it enough to
have it framed and hanged upon
the wall where you could see it
frequently and where the neigh
bors and friends who came in
could see it, too, and admire it and
give you an excuse to brag on the
youngster—
And if you were moving one
day and lost that picture along the
roadside, you very likely would
want to find it as quickly as possi
ble, wouldn’t you?
That is what the members of
the city fire department thought
when they saw a framed picture
lying in the road on Lee street in
front of the city hall yesterday,
where it had apparently slipped
from a load of household goods
being moved. The picture of a
chubby baby, was uninjured, and
was sent ot The Times-Recorder
where the owner may have it by
calling.
Whisky Maker Gets
No Mercy Request
Zjrthur Corley, a negro under in
dictment for a felony and misdemeanor
with his two brotrers, Mathis and Hea
ver. for making whisky, was convicted
on the felony charge by a jury in Sum
ter Superior court Wednesday after
noon, the verdict being without a rec
ommendation for misdemeanor punish
ment, which has been common in such
offenses. He probably will not be
sentenced until the disposition of the
other charge.
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LOCAL SPOT.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 5, 1919
HELP MUST BE
GIVEN EUROPE
SAYSVANDERLIP
WASHINGTON, June s.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Frank A. Vanderlip,
former president of the National City
Bank of New Porki, told the Pan-
American conference today that trad
ing between South America and Eu
rope could not be resumed as former
ly for some time, as the situation over
seas is “more serious than has been
grasped on this continent, or even
by a Large proportion of Europeans
themselves.”
He declared Europe must have help
to reconstruct her industries.
Sgt. York to Wed;
Governor Officiating
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June s.—Ser
geant Alvin C. York, greatest hero of
(he world war, and Miss Grace Wil
liams, his sweetheart, will_ be married
at a dinner celebration to held Sat
urday at his home in Pall Mall, Fent
ress county, Pastor D. C. Pile, of the
Church of Christ in Christian Union,
has announced.
Governor A. H. Roberts will officiate.
Prominent officials are to attend.
Miss Williams is the little girl who
York has looked forward to meeting
with eager interest, even forgetting
big offers made him. She is about 17
and he about 32.
Wilson Orders Drive
On Bomb Plotters
PARIS, June s.—President Wilson
has directed every agency of the
United States government to unite to
the utmost to run down the authors
of Monday night’s bomb outrages in
the United States, and to obtain com
plete punishment for those found
guilty.
At the same time the president tele
graphed his warmest congratulations
to Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer and others on their escape.
TELEGRAPHERS
IN BIRMINGHAM
TOQUITMONDAY
AIDINGATLANTA
Both Sides Appear Outwardly Deter
mined-Operators Not to*
Get Places Back
BIRMINGHAM, June 5. —(By Asso
ciated rPess.) Union telegraphers
here will join the walkout of the At
lanta key men Monday if the strike
there is not settled by that time, offic
ials of the local union stated today.
BOTH SIDES APPEAR
DETERMINED IN STAND.
ATLANTA, June s.—(By Associated
Press.)—Both sides outwardly were
determined today in the strike here of
union employes of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. and the local telephone
companies.
With the exception of about a dozen,
the Striking telephone operators fail
ed to obey Postmaster General Burle
son’s order to return to wprk by 6
o’clock last night.
Local employes of the Western Un
ion who went on strike yesterday in
support of the telephone operators
! were informed yesterday that “the
. company will not again re-employ
any one who engages in the strike even
: if it is necessary to entirely abandon
i telegraj>h service at Atlanta.
The notice, signed by S. L. Burts, di
• vision traffic superintendent, followed
| a telegram from Newcomb Carleton,
president of the company, spying that
I the Western Union had “no alternative
but to cancel their employment and
> with it all benefits that have accrued
!to date.” Both notices, it was said,
were posted shortly before 11 a. m., the
hour set for the strike.
J. .J Montgomery, president of the
Association of Western Union Em
ployes, issued a signed statement de
precating the strike and saying asso
ciation members who, he asserted,
comprise a “substantial majority of
the Morse and multiplex operators
here and throughout the system”
would stick by the company.. A mass
meeting to which al! members of
trades unions here were invited was
held last night to endorse the wire
strikes, which union leaders predicted
might become nationwide.
Illinois Seeks to be
First for Suffrage
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June s.—(By
Associated Press.) —A resolution seek,
ing to nut Illinois on record as ratify
ing the federal suffrage amendment
was introduced in the senate today,
but went over for one day.
E'lorida Leader Sees Hope.
JACKSONVILLE, June s.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Mrs. W. S. Jennings,
leader of the suffrage forces in Florida,
i announced today that she had assur
ances from many members of the leg
islature now in session that they would
support a bill ratifying the federal
j suffrage amendment.
George to Make
Graduation Address
Judge W. F. George, of Vienna, now
a member of the Georgia Court of Ap
peals, has accepted an invitation ex
tended by Superintendent Mathis, of
the Americus public schools, to deliver
the commencement address to the
graduating class of the Americus High
school on the night of June 25.
The graduating class is composed
of 44 young women and young men, a
number slightly larger than hereto
fore. >
Wilson Will Reach
Brussels June 10
BRUSSELS, June 4.—(Wednesday.)
(By Associated Press.)—President
Wilson will arrive here June 10, ac
cording to an official announcement,
and will leave June 12.
GERMANS FEAR
ULTIMATUM AS
ALLIES’ANSWER
TO PROPOSALS
Reply not Likely to be Ready Be
fore End of Next Week,
Report Says
BERLIN, June 3. —(Tuesday.)—(By-
Associated Press.) —The correspon
dents at Versailles of most of the Ber
lin newspapers write pessimistically
today under the impresison that the
Allies will answer the German coun
ter proposals with an ultimatum,
which will make it impossible for the
Germans to sign the treaty.
ANSWER TO GERMANS MAY
BE DELAYED A WEEK.
PARIS, June s.—(By Associated
Press.) —It is doubtful if the Council
of Four will be able to send a reply to
the German counter proposals before
the end of next week, according to
Reuter’s Limited.
The necessity for various nations,
especially France, to make definite
statements to banking interests con
cerning funds likely to be received
from reparation payments, in order to
arrange for loans, apparently is af
fecting the Council of Four’s consider,
ation of amendments to the German
treaty and it is expected to result in
the fixing of a definite reparation sum.
PADEREWSKI PROTESTS ANY
CHANGE REGARDING SILESIA.
PARIS, June 5.—(88y Associated
Press.) —Polish Premier Paderewski
has protested to the peace conference
against any change in the terms of
settlement of the Silesian question.
TERMS UNACCEPTABLE,
SAYS AUSTRIAN CABINET
VIENNA, June 5. —The Austrian
government has decided unanimously
that the peace terms presented at St.
Germaine on Monday are unacceptable,
the Neus Abendblatt says.
List to The Woes
of Charley Wood,
a Faithful Janitor
Charley Wood is janitor for the
Times-Recorder, and he is in dire dis.
tress. A new suit of blue serge and
a few other articles of clothes Charley
had accumulated have disappeared,
and thereby hangs a tale. Some time
ago, wishing to economize, Charley
engaged a room in agreement with two
other “cullud boys” and thereby saved
a pretty penny in rent. But now he
has lost all he saved—and more. Tues
day while Charley labored diligently
at his duties in the Times-Recorder
plant, one of his room-mates likewise
labored diligently, but not altogether
as honestly, according to a story told
by Charley this afternoon. For while
Charley was at work., he says, his
room-mate surreptitiously took out of
the building all of Charley’s clothes,
I concealing them in an automobile in
charge of the other occupant of the
room. There the clothes remained.
Charley asserts, until today when the
erstwhile room-mate disappeared
along with his Sunday-best clothes.
All that remains of his Sunday outfit
still in possession of the T.-R*.s por
ter is a paid of “six dollar specks” and
this afternoon he determined to tell his
woes to the grand jury, which body
will be asked to indict John Wesley
Gaines, Charley’s erstwhile room-mate,
whose present whereabouts are un
known to the complaining witness.
PRINTERS’ UNION TO CONTROL
NEWSPAPERS DURING STRIKE
VANCOUVER. B. C., June 55.—Tilth
a stipulation that gives them control
of newspapers, members of the Typo
graphical union here Wednesday vot
ed by a scant margin not to join the
general strike. Fifteen votes held
them from walking out, but the pub
lishers will be required to agree to a
thorough censorship by an appointee
of the Typographical union, who have
supreme power over what shall or
what shall not appear in the news or
advertising columns.
‘ WEATHER FORECAST J
For Georgia—Showers tonight in
east; fair in west portion; Friday,
probably fair.
Rome to Establish >
< Aviation Field and
Name It ‘Towers’ S
$ n ASHINGTON, June a.—An avia- <
) W tion field will be established <
I ( at Rome, Ga., to be known as the ?
i Towers field in honor of Lieutenant ?
? Commander Towers, who was the >
> ranking officer in the recent trans- $
! Atlantic flight and who is a native <
< of the north Georgia city. <
( Commander Towers will be de- ?
? tailed by Secretary of the Navy 5
) Dniels to dedicate this field in Oc- >
) tober. The navy department made S
> these announcements after a con- <
< ference between Secretary Daniels ?
and Senator Harris.
NEGRO FARMER
SLAIN BY SON;
2 STORIES TOLD
The Plains community was consid
erably agitated yesterday over a negro
murder which took place Tuesday
night in the northwest portion of Sum
ter eounty in which John Steward, a
well-to-do farmer, well known in
Plains, was shot and killed by his son,
Les Steward.
The murder was reported by people
living near the scene of the killing
and a warrant was sworn out by J. C.
Arrington, bailiff of the 26th district,
who arrested the son and took him be
fore Justice of the Peace J. I. Hiller,
where a commitment trial was held
yesterday, at which the young negro
was bound over to the Superior court.
He was brought to the county jail
here last night and turned over to
Sheriff Harvey.
The boy’s mother was the only
witness in the committment hearing.
Her story and that of her son was that
the elder negro was shooting at her,
: after having beaten her, and that the
| son killed him to save her life. This
story is said not to agree completely
, with that which is current in the
neighborhood, which was that the slain
negro was dividing his affections, and
his wife, after having told neighbors
that he had less than a year to live,
had induced her son to kill his father.
The slain negro was a land owner,
having bought the farm he was living
on seven years ago from Reese An
drews.
Les Steward was indicted by the
I grand jury this forenoon.
Murder Last Fall
Just Comes to Light
Charley Jones, a young negro living
south of Americus near Sumter, was
inducted by the grand jury today,
charged with a murder committed last
September, but in which no complaint
had been made before this week when
the grandmother of the victim, Nim
i Scrutchens, appeared before the grand
jury.
Aecording to the information, the
killing appeared to have been without
provocation. The grandmother stated
that she was delayed in coming to
■ Americus to make a complaint because
of the bad roads and sickness during
the fall, winter and spring. Jones is
in the county jail.
Negro Who Walked
Away Found Guilty
John Brown, a negro who burgla
; rized and set fire to a small store on
i North Lee street a few weeks ago,
1 and walked out of his home while offi
[ cers were searching his house for evi
dence against him, was found guilty
l of arson by a jury in Superior court
yesterday afternoon, and this morning
entered a plea of guilty to the bur
glary charge on an agreement with tbe
state, which Judge Littlejohn said hf
would accept upon recommendation of
Solicitor Felton, that he be given mis
. demeanor punishment. He will be
sentenced later.
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
The city council will meet in regu
lar session tonight at 8 o’clock. It was
stated today by city officials that only
routine matters were expected to come
up at the meeting.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TRAIN LOADED
WITH MINERS IS
BLOWN TO BITS
BY GREAT BLAST
Broken Trolley Wire Ignites Explosive
Every Man and Boy on Train
Killed or Hurt
VIOLATION OF MINE LAWS IS
BLAMED FOR CATASTROPHE
Carrying of Men on Same Car or
Train With Explosives Pro
hibited by Statute
WILKESBARRE, Pa., June s.— (By
Associated Press.)—A death list of 78,
with 31 injured is the human toll of
an explosion today of blasting powder
which was attached to a trainload of
miners being transported to their work
in the Baltimore No. 2 mine of the
Delaware & Hudson Company, near
this city. The disaster is, with one ex
ception, the greatest that has ever
occurred in this vicinity.
More than 100 mine workers were
riding to their work crowded into
i what is known as a trip of mine cars
drawn by a motor. The rear car
carried twelve kegs of black blasting
powder. The trolley wire snapped
when the train had gone about 200
feet from the entrance and sparks it
emitted touched off the powder.
There was a roar and in an instant
nearly every man and boy on the
train was either dead or dying. Ter
ribly mangled bodies were found by
the rescue crews which instantly
rushed into the mine. Fire fighters
working frantically, succeeded in
quickly subsiding the flames which fol
lowed.
Many Badly Burned.
Then followed the gruesome work of
toking the dead and injured out. Those
who had not already succumbed were
so badly burned that in nearly every
case death is a matter of only a short
time.
Violation of mine laws of the state ■
is said to have caused the great loss
of life. One of the most drastic pro
visions of the anthracite mine code is
the section forbidding the transporta
tion of men on a car or train which
carries explosives. Investigation will
disclose whether the men or the com
pany are responsible for this viola
tion of the law.
Some of the first bodies brought
from the tunnel were burning when
they reached the surface. Clothes had
been burned away and the flesh was
roasting from the intense heat.
Drop Into Water.
Along the side of the tunnel there is
a creek and at the flash of the flames
some of the men who were walking
along the side of the trip of cars drop
ped into the water and saved them
selves.
Thomas Dougherty, one of the sur
vivors, discussing the catastrophe,
said:
“We were riding along about fifty
feet in the tunnel. There was a
blinding flash. I was thrown from the
car. I saw the water and I hurled
myself into it. Bodies were all about
The flames were terrific. We were in
a veritable hell.”
It seems the irony of fate that over
the mouth of the tunnel in great white
letters are painted the words “Safety
First.” ,
Freed of Murder Put
Convicted of Shooting
Jack Saylor, who killed Lovey Bur
kett, another negro, on the A. F.
Hodges place south of the city last
month, was acquitted of the charge of
murder by a jury in Superior court
Wednesday afternoon. A plea of self
defense was made by Judge Hixon,
Saylor’s employer, who defended him,
assisted by Stephen Pace.
This morning Saylor was put on
trial on a charge of assault with in
tent to murder for shooting another
negro. Peter Marshall, in the foot at
the Arles plantation last January. The
jury found him guilty of shooting at
another. He has not yet been sen-
I tenced.