07 Sep 1923
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
1
State veterinarian Dr. P F Bahnsen rescinded his earlier order prohibiting livestock shipments to Macon for immediate slaughter after a chamber of commerce meeting. The move followed a quarantine tied to allegations that tick infested cattle and cholera hogs had been shipped into the city.
Newnan report on September seven details the jury trial of Grady Minter for murder in the death of Millard Trouton his brother in law on August fourteen. The elder Minter faces sentencing delay as judge Roop weighs impact on five co defendants. The state rests after Grady Minter admits a confession describing abduction to a creek where the body was weighted and disposed.
Washington Sept 7 prediction from a White House conference with President Coolidge and Secretary Weeks that Henry Ford's bid to acquire Muscle Shoals may overcome all legal and financial hurdles. Ford would need time to study and possibly amend his offer, potentially enabling Congress to accept as Alabama Power contracts shape the Gorgas plant sale.
Evening prayer will be said in Calvary church tonight at eight o'clock.
Charles P. Stewart reports on the Japan earthquake as the most deadly disaster yet and examines Italy's aggression toward Greece over the Adriatic boundary. The piece notes League of Nations limits, potential wider war, and shifting Mussolini popularity while Europe weighs Stresemann’s rumored end to passive resistance in the Ruhr.
Washington dispatch notes Campbell Bascom Slemp, born September 4 1870 in Virginia, poised to become secretary to the president amid talk he may command cabinet-level influence. Analysts see him as a potential liaison with Congress and Republican kingmaker for 1925, possibly postmaster general or treasury secretary.
Approximately 15 witnesses were summoned today by the state for prosecution of Dr. C. A. Yarborough J Dol Patrick and Wo Delamar. They are held as mainsprings in the recent flogging cases and the solicitor said the cases would be called by City court Tuesday.
Evidence points to the same actors behind the Macon floggings and two Milledgeville state training school invasions. Governor Walker will not dispatch the attorney general to Macon, trusting local authorities to prosecute the cases successfully.
Sam Duckworth’s parole petition remains under consideration in Governor Walker’s office, not denied, according to attorney Dan Chappell. Chappell says the case argues for Duckworth’s innocence and a pardon or parole, and he plans a new hearing soon to present the facts for possible release.
Clarence Jeter of the city water department corrected Thursday's Times-Recorder report that he had received information about electric current interruptions from a lineman named Mr Hammond. He said the information came from a lineman with Mr Hannon, and the correction was issued to be fair to all concerned.
Motorists discuss a proposal to tax autos under a new method recommended by city assessors. The ordinance committee will study the plan with a report possible next meeting, though implementation likely not before January. Citizens express opposition and plan to protest hearings.
The unidentified man buried in Americus as John Howard may be Will Moore, an Atlanta umbrella repairman. His relatives seek him via Atlanta police after a message from Chief James L. Beavers with a description suggesting possible identity. Moore reportedly had money hidden, but none was found on Howard.
Macon report quotes Mills B. Lane of Citizens and Southern Bank saying Georgia farmers prosper if living conservatively. Lane cites a 700000 bale cotton crop at $130 per bale, valuing the potential revenue at $91000000, contrasting with past years at $50 per bale yielding $100000000. W D Anderson elected Bibb Manufacturing director at meeting in Macon.
Capt hi D Watts county treasurer has a crystal silver bound tray sent by a friend with flowers for Mrs Watts illness. The accompanying card was lost, so the treasurer advertises today to locate the tray's owner and return the gift to his wife’s aid.
Shanghai dispatches on September 7 indicate Japanese reports overstate the live losses from the quake and fire and tidal wave. AP radiograms put Yokohama casualties at about 50,000, while Reuters notes banks reopening and the Bank of Japan intact amid widespread confusion in the ruined zones.
Nashville dispatch says all missionaries of the Southern Methodist Church in Hiroshima Japan are safe per a cablegram to Dr RB H Bennett from his sister Miss Nellie Bennett. This marks the church's first word from the stricken field and notes a large Methodist school in Hiroshima.
Osaka reports the Japanese government declares a one day moratorium for debts due from September 1 to September 30 within the disaster zone. Fines are set for profiteers who exploit the emergency.
Brig. Gen. Frank McCoy selected as director general of American relief in Japan with Weeks approving the Red Cross request. He will be aided by a Tokio Yokohama citizen committee. McCoy recently left the Philippines and serves on Gov Gen Wood's staff. Rescue and foreign conditions reported satisfactory, with Yokohama described as two thirds destroyed and Tokyo heavily damaged. foreign casualties about seventy at Yokohama and three at Hakone.
In Nakasaki sources say Japan’s finance minister may announce a ten day moratorium. Banks will allow withdrawals up to 160 yen. About half the army is mobilized for relief, reconstruction, and keeping order. the navy transports food and building materials. A relief fund runs into millions of yen and homes of the wealthy will be opened to the homeless. Army engineers will build barracks before the palace and in Shinjyuku gardens.
Atlanta Sept 7 Peter Twitty of Dublin has been appointed state game and fish warden by Governor Walker. Twitty’s private secretary position is vacated and filled by M. C. Bennett, with Mrs. C. H. Seals taking over as warrant clerk.
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