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CKY AMERfrSaS*MOROER CffiY
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Russia Boasts of Strength
Asserts Gentians Will
Never Capture Warsaw
FETROGRAD OVER
SITUATION IN POLAND —THINKE
GERMANS HAVE LONG ROW TO
HOE BEFORE WARSAW IS IN
DANGER
<B> Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 25. —A comparative
lull in the fighting after a fortnight
of feverish activity today enabled
military observers on both sides to
size up the present situation in the
continental war and to forecast prob
able forthcoming operations in both
theatres of the war.
Petrograd dispatches assert the
present defensive position occupied
by the Russian army in Galicia and
along the frontier is so secure that
Austro-German forces there cannot be
materially weakened by the with
drawal of many troops for use in
the west, against Russia’s allies, or
elsewhere against the Russian hosts.
These dispatches, however, have here
tofore proved so thoroughly unrelia
ble little accuracy is attributed to the
statements made, and more reliance
is placed in the statements emanat
ing from Berlin, Paris and London.
A careful review of the whole sit
uation by an unbiased authority in
London today, indicates the Teutons
now have Warsaw as their ultimate
objective, and the hurried trip of the
Kaiser to the Galacian front several
days ago, is believed to have been un
dertaken with the view of having the
emperor witness the formal fall of
the Polish capital, the Germans at
that time being aware of the practi
cally exhausted stores of ammunition
possessed by the Russians, and hav
ing full confidence in the ability of the
combined German ana Austrian ar
mies to push forward so rapidly as to
make the evacuation of Warsaw in
evitable.
With the Russians asserting their
lines about Warsaw are as strong as
ever, and with that city the goal of
the combined eastern offensive of the
Austro-German forces, the main field
of activity in that region continues to
be embraced in Galacia. Clinging
tenaciously to what little territorv
remained in their control after the
Teuton rush east from Lemberg, the I
Russians are battling fiercely today |
along a considerable battle front on !
the banks of the Dneister rive*, Where
the] Teuton armies have as yet been
unable to dislodge them, and a san
guinary battle for possession of that
territory is still in progress.
In the southern area of hostilities,
Rome reports assert the Italian army
containues to maintain its advantage
over the Austrians, who recently re
ceived heavy leinforcements. Along j
the Isonzo river the Italians, appar- j
ently have attained progress during;
the past twenty-four hours, Austrian j
attacks at other points being success-i
fully repulsed, with heavy Jesses on
Joth sides.
East of Metx and in the Vosges,
the French atony continues its advance
by yards, with little military advant
age accruing through territory occu
pied, and the Germans stubbornly re
sisting each advance. North of Ar
ras, the recent scene of French of
fensive operations, comparative quiet
prevails today.
The attacks on the forts defending
the Dardanelles continued through
last night and today, but the censor
ship over news .originating in that
region is so tight that details of the
operations are unknown, though it is
fair to infer that no victory of moment
has been attained either by the allies
if the Turk defenders.
ARTILLERY DUEL
AROUNDJAPITAL
ZAPATA FORCES ARE DEFENDING
MEXICO CITY AGAINST CAR
RANZA’S ARMY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.
Zapata forces defending Mexico City
have engaged the attacking Carranza
army in a series of artillery duels
which have delayed its advance con
siderable.
Details of the engagement have not
yet reached W T ashington, the informa
tion that the Zapatistas would re
sist Carranza’s occupation of the cap
ital being wholly unexpected in offi
cial circles here.
United States Consular Agent John
R. Sillimamn, who is in the vicinity of
the battle, has been instructed to for
ward particulars of (the encounter,
but up to 2 o’clock had not commun
icated with the state department.
WILSON AND CABINET
PREPARING NOTE FOR
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.
Members of President Wilson’s cab
inet and other government officials to
day considered in connection with the
forthcoming American note to Eng
land concerning delays to neutral
commerce, Great Britain’s latest mem
arandum on the subject, the text of
which was published this morning.
The British note explains measures
taken to minimize inconveniences to
neutral shippers, and claims that
Americans have no just grounds for
complaint.
Notwithstanding the British attiude,
it is asserted on high authority at
noon today that the United Staets will
renew its former protest against the
principle involved in the British or
der in council, and that dissasisfac
tion with) the recent British note will
be expressed. The not will not be
dispatched for several days yet.
SCHEDULE FOR DIXIE HIGHWAY SPECIAL
TO AMERICUS ON JULY TRE FIFTH
FROM MACON
Secia! train, consisting of seven cars, including baggage car.
Leave Macon 8:00 A. M. Leave Montezuma 9:33 A. M.
Leave Byron 8:36 A. M. Leave Oglethorpe 9:37 A. M.
Leave Ft. Valley 8:55 A. M. Leave Andersonville 9:55 A. M.
Leave Marshallville 9:10 A. M. Arrice Americus ...10:15 A. M.
Returning, leave Americus 8:00 P. M. Parties wishing to remain
for dance, may catch 10.39 train.
FROM CUTHBERT
Leave Cuthbert 7:30 A. M. Leave BrOnwood 8:25 A. M.
Leave Shellman 7:50 A. M. Leave Smithville 8:40 A. M v
Leave Graves 8:03 A. M. Leave Sumter 8:47 A. M.
Leave Dawson 8:17 A. M. Arrive Americus 9:10 A. M.
Returning, leave Americus at 7 P. M. This speciaOconsists of six
coaches.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 25, 1915
SIX KILLED
12 WOUNDED
n.mm
(By Associated Press.)
THURMAN, Md., June 25.—Six per
sons were killed outright and a dozen
others seriously injured when the
Blue Mountain Express and a fast
mail train on the Western Maryland
railroad collided head-on on a bridge
spanning a creek near nere last night.
Four of the dead were passengers on
the ill-fated trains, the others being
members of the train crews.
A misinterpretation of train orders
given the two trains is held respon
sible for the wreck, but a further in
vestigation of the catastrophe has
been ordered and is already under
way. Many of the injured were
brought here and given medical at
tention.
N.C. POSTOFFICE
ROfiOEDM BANDIT
(By Associated Press.)
MOCKSVILLE, N. C., June 25.
Robbers early this morning dynamited
the postoffice safe here and escaped
in an automobile after a running bat
tle with citizens and municipal offi
cers.
The amount of loot secured by the
robbers, at noon, had not been defi
nitely ascertain, though a posse con
tinued its search for the fleeing rob
bers.
NEW PENSION RATE
FOR ENGLISH SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 25. —The new rates
of pensions to disabled soldiers are
now in effect. Privates who are to
tally incapacitated will receive $6.25
a week, with an additional allowance
of 65 cents a week for each child in
his family. Notabcommissiomed offi
cers will receive'' from $7 to $lO a
week pension. Widows of privates
get $2.50 to $3.75 a week, with 50
cents to $1.25 allowance for each child
in the family.
The war office has also decided to
introduce a “family allowance” for
married soldiers living at their own
homes. Under this scheme, those eli
gible for this scale of pay will re
ceive from $5 to $9 a week in place
of the usual rates for lodging, rations
and separation allowance to t wife.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■*•
4 TURKISH SULTAN RESTING 4
4 NIUELY AFTER OPERATION 4
♦ (By Associated Press.) 4
4 BERLIN, June 25.—A news dis- 4
4 patch from Constantinople today 4
4 states that Sultan Mehmed was t
4 resting nicely following an oper- 4
♦ ation performed the first of the 4
4 week.
bile Hell
BEAU BRUMMEL
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, June 25.—The following
“society item” appeared on the front
page of the Journal yesterday after
noon and is making Speaker Burwell
of the house the subject of humorous
comment from his Cracker friends:
“Speaker William H. Burwell made
his appearance yesterday with a cut
away coat and gray striped trousers.
He was a regular “glass of fashion
and mould of form.” There is no bet
ter dressed or better looking man in
the House than Speaker Burwell.”
How’s that for political news? The
above was the first intimation that
the society department was aiding
the news force in the handling of
legislative events.
NEGDO CONFESSES
KILLING THIRTEEN
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 25.—Sid
James, a negro who was hanged here
this morning, left a note in the death
cell confessing that he was the mur
dered of thirteen people. Two of his
victims were white people, the note
stated.
J. C. BYNUM APPOINTED
COUNT! TREASURER
WILL FILL VACANCY MADE 11Y
DEATH OF CAPT. P. H.
WILLIAMS.
J. C. Bynum was appointed county
treasurer this morning by Captain
John A. Cobb, county ordinary, to
succeed Capt. P. H. Williams, who died
Wednesday morning, after serving the
county as treasurer for eleven years.
Mr. Bynum is a populor young man
and is a son-in-law of Capt. Williams.
This appointment will meet with the
approal of the voters of the county.
ALL QUIET
IN ATLANTA
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, June 25.—A1l excite
ment in Atlanta connected with the
commuting of Frank’s sentence to life
imprisonment has apparently died
away. While a small detachment of
militia was kept on guard at Govern
or Slaton’s country home yesterday’t
was more precautionary than for any
other reason, and the governor him
self has been for two days past at his
desk at the capitol as usual.
Quiet has been completely restored
and there is every indication that the
incident is closed so far as expression
of public feeling in the matter is
concerned.
TRI-STATE
TOURISTS
W CITE
Eleven automobiles from Columbus,
comprising the Tri-State Tour, stop
ped over in Americus today on the last
leg of their five-day tour of Georgia-
Alabama, Florida. The tourists left
immediately after dinner for Columbus,
where they will disband tonight. The
trip, which started last Monday, has
been an l enjoyable success, according
to everyone in the party. Probably
sixty persons are in the tour.
Members of the party were enthus
iastic over the good roads cf Sumter
county, and pronounced them the best
they had struck since leaving Colum
bus on last Monday. Many of the
tourists promised to return to Ameri
cus on July Fifth for the big Dixie
Highway celebration.
BECKER CASE TO SUPREME
COURT IN EFFORT TO SAVE
LIEUTENANT
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, June 25.—Counsel for
Chas. Becker, convicted of the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, today an
nounced that they would probably
carry his case before the United
States supreme court in an effort to
save the former lieutenant of police
from the electric chair in Sing Sing on
July twelfth.
SUFFRAGETTES 10
FIGHTJFDR DOTE
(Special to Timse-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, Ga., June 25.—A new
form of the “yellow peril" is threat
ening the Georgia legislature this
summer in the shape of a suffragette
campaign, started off by the distri
bution of large yellow handbills at
the capitol, urging the assembly to
grant votes for women, admission of
women to practice at the Georgia bar,
compulsory education, and the raising
of the age of consent from 10 to IS
years.
The yellow handbills announced that
bills aiming to bring about these re
sults would be introduced by legisla
tors who are in sympathy with the
views of the suffrage advocates.
In addition numbers of women are
at the capitol using their influence
toward getting favorable considera
tion for the measures when they
come up.
A preliminary canvass of the
house seems to show that there is
practically no chance whatever for
passing a suffrage measure in Geor
gia. The fate of the other measures
which the women advocate is less cer
tain.
TO SHOW MOVIE PICTURES
OE HARRY KENDALL THAW
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, June 25—Several resi
dents of Manchester, New Hamp
shire, today took the stand for Harry
Thaw and testified that they believed
he was sane.
The state’s attorney announced this
morning that he would introduce to
the court several reels of moving pic
ture films that Thaw posed for.
♦ YALE WINS FIRST RACE 4
♦ OF ANNUAL REGATTA. 4
♦ (By Associated Press.) 4
♦ NEW LONDON, Conn., June 2. 4
4 —The annual Yale-Harvard re- 4
4 gatta is being held here today. 4
4 Yale University won the second 4
4 Varsity eight this morning in fast 4
4 time. The Freshman eight and 4
4 Big Varsity Eight will be rowed 4
4 late this afternoon. 4
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SPEAKER PRO JEM
OF LEGISLATURE
(Special to Times-Recoider.)
-ATLANTA, Ga,, June 25.—The elec
tion of Representative R. C. LeSeur, of
Crawford county,, as speaker pro
tem of the ihouse, concluded all con
tests and uncertainties in the organi
zation of this year’s assembly yester
day and left the joint bodies with
practically nothing to do until Mon
day, except prepare for and hold the
inauguration ceremonies incident to
the seating of Governor Nat E. Harris
Saturday.
Neither President Persons of the
senate, nor Speaker Burwell, of the
house, will announce any committees
before Monday. The committee ap
pointments in the house will be of
particular Interest because of the
fact that out of a total of 189 mem
bers there are 113 new faces.
Following the usual course, it will
be Monday or later before the routine
business of introducing and passing
bills is really entered into.
PROMINENT OFFICERS
OF STATE MILITIA
HERE JULY FIFTH
Capt. Cooper Winn, Jr., of Macon,
was a visitor in Americus yesterday
and had a conference with Secretary
Hyman relative to the military divis
ion of the Dixie Highway celebration
After the conference the following
officers of the State Guard have been
invited to be here and help us to
celebrate: Col. J. A. Thomas, Jr., of
Macon, and staff; Major Polhill
Wheeler, and staff, and Major W. M.
Wilder, of Albany, and staff.
Capt. Cooper Winn, Jr., will carry
an invitation to Brigadier General
Walter A. Harris and staff to Atlanta
tomorrow and will wire the Chamber
of Commerce if they can be present.
WOMEN TO CARRY
MAIL FOR LONDON
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 25. —The Postmaster
General has decided to make a trial
at substituting women’s labor for that
of men in delivering mail. The first of
the new women postmen will be em
ployed at Ephom. If the experiment
is successful, it is expected to be
generally adopted within a short time.
COMMUNICATION WITH MEXICO
CITY CUT SINCE JUNE 18TU
(By Associated Press.)
WASHNGTON, D. C., June 25.—Com
munications with Mexico City have
been cut since June 18th, when the
wires were cut at Ottumbax. Foreign
representatives here interested In
Mexican matters have been given to
understand that the president will de
termine some line of action in keeping
with his recent warning to Mexican
factions when he returns from Cor
nish.
URGE CROWD
FOR HIGHWAY
CELEBRATION
Many visitors have come to the
Chamber of Commerce and talked over
the Dixie Highway celebration, and
have brought the information that
there are hundreds of people coming
from all over south Georgia.
Said one visitor from Valdosta yes
terday: “It is the best and most
widely advertised event that I have
even seen in southwest Georgia. You
would be surprised to know that peo
ple from all along the road from Val
odsta to Cordele are preparing to
make Americus a visit.”
A long distance phone message
brought the news that the train from
Cuthbert, Fort Gaines, Shellman, Daw
son and Bronwood would be taxed to
bring the passengers that are coming.
This is not counting the hundreds of
automobiles that will bring visitors
here.
Preparations will be made for the
greatest crowd of people that have
ever visited this city. Every boarding
house that can feed the visitors at din
ner should at once get in touch with
the Chamber of Commerce so that
their places can be registered and
printed in the list of available places
where the visitors can get their
meals. 1
This is also a golden opportunity
for the different societies of the lodges
and churches and other benevolent in
stitutions to make some money feed
ing the visitors dinner and supper. If
5,000 people come here, which is a
very conservative estimate, to say
nothing if we should have 8,000, it
will take a vast amount of food to
supply them. Let’s get a move on us
and be prepared for a record-breaking
crowd, and let’s send them away all
boosting Americus—The Ideal Loca
tion.
PRETT! PRISONER
DRAWS SENTENCE
NUTATE PEN
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, June 25.—Two years in
the penitentiary was the sentence
meted out by the criminal court yes
terday afternoon to Pearl Couch, the
good looking young woman convicted
of using her wiles to entice Luther
G. Hazelrigs of East Point into a
Decatur street restaurant where he
was drugged and robbed by the wo
man and her companion.
E. C. Mauldin, convicted with her
of administering the dope and com
mitting the robbery, was likewise
sentenced to two years.
The jail authorities are keeping a
close guard over the woman, who is
hysterical, and who declared that she
would kill herself before she would al
low herself to be taken to to the
state prison farm. She is the first
woman who has been convicted in a
Fulton court in recent years on the
charge of assault with intent to rob.
GERMANS CLAIM GAINS
IN THE ARGONNE REGION
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 25.—Later flews from
France states that both armies there
are attempting to regain trenches lost
recently. The French admit that the
Germans made temporary gains early
this morning, but claim that every
position was re-taken. Germany
claims great gains in the Argonne re
gion.
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