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CSSY AMERIEtISTtMES-REEORDER CffiY
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Russians Now Ready
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For Austro-German
Advance In Far East
DEFEATED ARMY RE-FORMING BE
HIND THE RIVER GNLLALIP V
—IS IN POSITION TO CHECK AD
VANCNG GERMANS UNDER VON
LINSINGENS
Austrians Must Receive Reinforce
ments From Galicia is Trieste is to
Be Saved—ltalians Advancing Slow
ly But Surely.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 29. —The Russian
center in Galicia is rapidly re-forming
behind the river Gnilalipa, and are
now in a position to check the advance
of the victorious Austro-German army
under General Von Linsingens. Re-in
forcements have been hurried to the
Russians and what has been heralded
as a rout may be turned into a vic
tory by the Czar’s troops within a few
days.
The retreat of the Russians has
strengthened the German hold on Gal
icia. Lemberg is now far removed
from the war zone and may be used
by the Austro-Germans as an imoprt
ant supply base.
Vacation Time in France,
pv Fruitless fighting is i reported from
** France, where both araies are seem
ingly resting, with the exception of
the forces between Arras and the sea.
Here the French positions are being
bombarded by the Germans. The re
inforcements promised the Germans in
France have so far failed to make
their appearance.
In the south, the Austrians face a
difficult problem, according to Rome
dispatches. Trieste, an important sea
port, is in danger of falling into the
hands of the advancing Italians, un
less the Austrians receive reinforce
ments from Galicia. Vienna states
that it is impossible to withdraw sol
dier from that district. The Italians
are making slow progress, but their
gains each day are formidable.
According to official dispatches from
Constantinople the Anglo-French
troops spent all of Monday bombard
ing Turkish positions on the Gallapol
ian peninsula. Their efforts were un
successful, according to Turkisa
claims.
itooTeselhirp
'HOOTERS IE
BORN FIGHTERS
VIENNA, June 29—The war with
Italy has) brought out, ready for ac
tion, a body of men that are perhaps
unique the world over—the Tyrolese
Sharp Shooters. Thousands of these
men, ranging from 17 to old age, the
members of
“'shooting constitute one of
i the most 'animations of
their kind in '
The shooting!standi are volunteer
organizations Jsewhere, but in Aus
tria are controMed by and are part of
the state. J when called out the
“stands” go as units and are assigned
to special duty. The members wear
the national Tyrolese costume, witn
arm bands to identify them.
There is no age limit for the sharp
shooters, and for generations it has
been a matter of personal pride to
keep fit and in good condition. It has
been close to a disgrace to be reliev
ed of membership on a physician’s
recommendation.
RUSSIANS REPULSE AUSTRIAN AT
TEMPT AGAINST RUSSIAN CEN
TER-TEUTONS LOSE HEAVILY
IN BATTLE
Wild Reports From Both Berlin and
Peirograd Vary as to Results Across
Dneister River—German Advance
Losing Impetus.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 29.—With the line
of the Dneister north of Halicz evac
uated toy the Russians, the main field
of contention in the eastern field of
continental operations today seems to
be north of Lemberg, where armies
of Russia and Germany are known to
be struggling valiantly for supremacy.
Little authentic news of troop move
ments, however, is permitted to become
public, and beyond the exaggerated
reports sent from ePtrograd and Ber
lin little accurate information is ob
tainable.
Petrograd dispatches state the Rus
sian war ministry admits the Teutons
advance in southern Poland continues,
but lacks many of the characteristics
of the hurried rush which drove the
Slavs out of Galicia, and onto their
own territory after two weeks of unu -
paralleled fighting during which the
Austrians and Germans sacrificed
thousands of their best soldiers in the
effort to effectually crush Russia and
remove the danger to Austrian terri
tory on the south. The Russian official
statement claims a determined attempt
by Austrian troops to break through
the center of the Czar’s forces was re
pulsed during the day, heavy losses
being sustained.
RUSSIANS DRIVEN NORTH TO
TOMASZOW BY GERMANS
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 29. —The Germans
late this afternoon report the Russians
habe been driven as far north as To
maszow by the advancing Teuton
hosts in the east.
In the western theatre, Paris reports
say Gen. Joffre's army has made pro
gress between Angres and Ablain, af
ter severe fighting.
ESCAPED CONVICT
CAUGHT jNELLiLLE
! MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS
FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY LAND
ED AFTER MAKING HIS ESCAPE
FROM COUNTY CHAINGANG
Dink Frazier, sentenced to seven
years on the chaingang for highway
robbery, who jumped the gang two
months ago and his since evaded the
authorities, was captured yesterday
near Ellavile and brougnt to Americus.
He is now watching the flitting clouds
from a window of Castle Sumter where
he will be kept until formally trans
ferred back to the gang.
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MEN BITTEN BY DOC
TAKING TREATMENT
Mr. Compton and Mr. Williams and
the two negroes bitten yesterday by
a mad dog are all taking the Pasteur
treatment and are doing nicely. Tbev
started treatment soon enough for it
to be effective, and there is no danger
of their suffering from their injuries.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1915
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4 SWEDEN TO BUY COTTON ; 4
♦ BRITAIN GIVES CONSENT 4
4 (By Associated Press.) 4
4- WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4
4 29. —The British embassy today 4
4 announced the consummation of 4
4 an agreement between the Brit- 4
4- ish government and the Syedish 4
4 Cotton Spinners’ Assocition, 4
4 whereby the unrestricted impor
-4 tation of cotton to the number of 4
4 ten thousand bales monthly is to 4
4 be .permitted. The only condition 4
4 attaching to such shipments is 4
4 that the cotton be consigned to 4
4 the spinners’ association. 4
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DECORATED FLOATS
TO BE FEATURE IH
THE FLOBAL PARADE
The floats entered in the big floral
parade here Monday will be a distinct
feature of the Dixie Highway celebra
tion. Already twenty or more floats
have been entered and when the grand
marshal lines the procession up on
Monday there will be forty or fifty
floats decorated and ready.
The committee in charge of the au
tomobile section of the parade reports
that practically every car owner in
the city will have a decorated car
in the parade. Parties wishing to en
ter automobiles will facilitate matters
if they will phone the Chamber of Com
merce and have their names entered.
The cash prizes of $25 and sls in
gold for the best float and automobile
are well worth trying for. $25 in gold
goes to the best decorated automobile
and a like purse to the best decorated
float. sls in gold is the second prize
in both events.
The following floats will be in the
parade Monday. Other entries will be
announced later:
W. H. C. Dudley Bicycles
Churchwell Bros Dry Goods
Am. Cons. & Prod. Co Candy
Gulf Refining Co Oils
Stapleton Auto Co Autos
Am. Steam Laundry Laundry
T. M. Furlow Fertilizer
Murray’s Pharmacy Rexall
Olin A. Williams Hardware
S. A. Daniels i Jewelry
Woodmen of the World Float
Hay & Tillman Millinery
J. J. Hardy Millinery
D. Pearlman Dry Goods
The Ayashery. .Sanitary Meat Market
J. W. Harris wdraHera
J. W. Harris Hardware
■ Hoffman Bros Dry Goods
Coca-Cola Bottling Works. .Coca-Cola
' M. N. Edwards Furniture
Patriotic Sons of America 3 Floats
The Elks Float
The Eastern Star Float
Modern Woodmen of America Float
Americus & Sumter County Hospital.
FIHII COMMITTEE
MEETING TONIGHT
FOR CELEBRATION
The committee of the Dixie Highway
celebration will meet tonight at 8
o’clock at the Chamber of Commerce
to make final plans for the big cel
ebation on July Fifth. A full attend
ance is urged, as matters of import
ance will ocme up for discussion.
Anyone not on a committee but in
terested in the big celebration, is in
vited to attend the meeting tonight at
8 o'clock.
The prospects for a big occasion on
the Fifth are exceedingly bright. It
J looks as though the crowd on that day
will pass the 5,000 mark.
SLATON LEAVES
FOR WOOLY WEST
ALL QUIET NOW
GOVERNOR HARRIS WILL DECIDE
FATE OF MEN ARRESTED BY
GOVERNOR’S BODY GUAD
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga., June 29.—With the
departure of ex-Governor and Mrs. Sla
ton for the San Francisco exposition
and the withdrawal of the guard from
the Slaton premises, all trouble fol
lowing the commutation of Leo Frank’s
sentence seems to have passed.
Governor Harris will decide the fate
of the twenty-six men arrested on last
Saturday by the militia guarding the
governor’s estate. The four men ar
rested on Monday have already been
released.
Mr. and Mrs. Slaton will visit the
San Diego and Panama expositions and
spend several months on the Pacific
coast before returning to Georgia ac
cording to plans announced this morn
ing.
NO NEWS,BAD NEWS
FEARS WASHINGTON
UNCLE SAM ANXIOUS TO ASCER
TAIN AVHAT IS HAPPENING IN
MEXICO CITY—COMMUNICATION
CUT FOR LAST SIX DAYS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 29.
For practically six days there has been
no way to get definite news from Mex
ico City. The latest news available
was brought to Vera Cruz by a cour
ier who described conditions as ex
tremely critical. This news reached
Washington several days old and stat
ed that the apatistas had defeated
the army of Gonzales.
It is feared here in official circles
that the fighting may have been car
ried into the city itself in which case
the lives of foreigners would be en
dangered.
FIGHT FOR MEXIC CAPITAL
DELAYED—LEADERS PARLEY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D C., June 29.
Gen. Venustiano Carranze late today
telegraphed the agency of that faction
in Washington that further attacks on
Mexico City would be delayed while
Gen. Gonzales, the Carranza comman
der will endeavor to arrange for the
capitulation of the capital without a
serious military clash that might in
pure property of foreigners and Mexi
cans alike. The telegram asserts the
diplomatic corps at Mexico City has
adopted energetic methods to protect
non-combatants of all nationalities in
the event of fighting within the city.
Unofficial advices reaching here si
multaneously with the Carranza dis
patch says it is reported at Vera Cruz
that Zapatistas have transferred prac
tically all of the records of the Mexi
can federal government to Cuernavaca,
in order to prevent their falling into
the hands of Carranza’s army. These
advices also assert Carranza forces
and Zapatistas have clshed in the su
burbs of Mexico City and that inter
mittent fighting and "sniping” is in
progress there.
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4 WEATHER FORECAST FOR 4
4 AMERICUS AND YICINITY 4
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4 Partly Cloudy. 4
4 Probably Rain. 4
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4 BIRMINGHAM BANK WILL 4
4 RE-OPEN; DEPOSITORS PAID 4
4 (By Associated Press.) 4
4 BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 29. 4
4 —The Jefferson County Savings 4
4 bank, which suspended recently, ♦
4 will re-open for business as a 4
4 state 'bank on August Ist, as the 4
4 result of an agreement negotiat- 4
4 ed between the re-organizers of 4
4 the institution and the state 4
4 banking department. All the de- ♦
4 positors in the bank have al- 4
4 ready been paid in full. 4
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CITY Clif
BUSY WITH
LIQUOR CASES
NUMEROUS BLIND TIGER CASES
UP FOR JUDGE HARPER-LONG
LIST OF CASES TO BE TRIED
The city court in session today con
sidered several minor cases, mostly
cases against negroes charged with
selling blind tiger liquor. So far only
one tiger case has been disposed of.
Gus Shealey was found guilty. Judge
Harper has not yet passed sentence on
the prisoner.
Considerable interest has bee.i
created over these liquor cases, as it
is understood the main evidence
against them was gathered by a detec
tive brought here toy parties anxious
to rid the city of bootleggers and ti
gers.
Besides the tiger cases, several par
ties will be tried on charges of bur
glary, wife beating and larceny.
The case against Will Drane, charg
ed with contempt of court in trying to
intimidate a witness, was on motion
of counsel for the defendant, postpon
ed until 9 o’clock Wednesday morn
in|g.
The jury list for this term follows:
Sworn for second week, June term,
1915:
D. A. Methvin, H. J. Halstead, J. D.
McNeal, H. R. Johnson, W. F. Darden,
J. B. Holley, T. W. Reid, G. B. Dell,
W. A. Joyner, H. A. Derisco, Sr., Ho
mer Chappell, T. J. Frazier, L. D.
Wise, C. K. Flowers, F. F. Timmerman,
T. M. Furlow, W. M. English, L. D.
Lockhart.
Talles jury, caught up and sworn:
G. H. Horne, E. W. Wilder, F. L.
Summers, G. W. Walters, E. C. Parker,
L. A. Morgan, A. A. Forrest, B. H.
Brown, J. E. Gyles, J. B. Webb, W. J.
Payne, W. L. Page.
HARRY THAW SANE
SAYSJJ. EXPERT
NEW YORK, June 29.—Dr. Charles
P. Bancroft, head of the New Hamp
shire state insane hospital and a mem
ber of the federal commission that ex
amined Harry Thaw in New Hamp
shire, several months ago, today tes
tified that in his opinion Thaw is now
sane and had always been so. Dr.
Bancroft declared on the stand that
jealousy impelled Thaw to murder
Stanford White.
The hearing will re-convene this af
ternoon for the bearing of further
evidence, and may not go to the jury
during the next forty-eight hours.
National Banks Must
Furnish Statement of
Condition on June 23
WASHINGTON*, D. C., June 29.
The comptroller of the currency today
issued a call for the statement of con
dition of all national banks on June
23rd.
WIW.LOG ROLLING
IT OfKIOSILE
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD TO
GIVE ANNUAL RIG BARBECUE
AND RALLY AT HAWKINSVILLE,
AUGUST STH AND 6TH, 1915.
The “South Georgia Log Rolling As
sociation” of the Woodmen of the
World, will hold their third annual
free barbacue Thursday, August sth.
A mammoth parade with hundreds
of beautiful floats, headed by bands,
will be the first feature of the pro
gram, at 11 a. m., and to describe the
'beauty and magnificence of this pa
rade would be impossible.
Prominent speakers have been en
gaged and good music will enliven the
whole affair. Athletic sports, including
baseball by two of the best teams In
Georgia. Then an old fashioned "tug
of-war” between the camps located
east of the Ocmulgee river and those
west of the river.
Torchlight procession at night, of
Woodmen only, and a five hundred
class introduction at 8 p. m. Look out
for “Billy.”
Entertainment will be provided for
the second day, August 6th, winding
up that night with a grand old-fashion
ed fiddler’s convention.
Everybody is invited to bring their
family and friends. Low excursion
rates will be in effect on all rail
roads.
GERiTiCES
INVODE RUSSIA
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, June 29.—The official bul
letin issued from German army head
quarters this afternoon announces the
presence on Russian soil of German
troops, the invasion of the enemy’s
territory having occurred north of
Lemtoerg, where the retreating army of
the Czar has retreated to a point well
beyond the border in Russian Poland
Details of the fighting which gave
German troops possession of Russian
ground east of Galicia are withheld,
but little serious fighting is believed
to have accompaniel the advance. De
moralized Russian columns fleeing be
fore the well-organized and equipped
army of Gen. Mackensen was pursued,
it is stated, until the Germans and
Austrians feared to continue the pur
suit, until stronger lines of communi
cation could be established.
General Von Lundeings, who has
been operating against the Russian
center along the line of the G-neilaipa
river, reporting to Berlin late this
afternoon, announces a further Rus
sian retreat, which has permitted his
troops to cross the river to firmly es
tablish themselves on new ground. The
Russians continue to retreat ,says Gen.
Von Lundeing’s report, but are aban
doning little war material and keeping
up a sharp rear-guard action.
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HEAR MONTEREY
(By Associated Press.)
LAREDO, Tex., June 29. —Passen-
gers arriving here from Monterey,
Mexico, this afternoon report spirited
fighting toteween Villa and Carranza
troops during the last few days at
Villa Garcea, a small town near the
city of Monterey. It is estimated by
several of the refugees that from five
to fifteen thousand men on either side
have been engaged in the fighting.
Losses sustained are reported as un
usually heavy for Mexican fighting.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
CONVENTION WILL
DRAW DIG CROWD
WORLD CONVENTION WILL BE AT
TENDED BY DELEGATES FROM
ALL SECTIONS OF CIVILIZED
WORLD AUSTRIA AND GER
MANY ALONE WILL NOT BE REP
RESENTED
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, June 29 —A review of the
work of Christian Endeavor in every
land, plans for its further extension,
and the discussion of virtually every
phase of religious activity, will come
before the World Convention of the
Society of Christian Endeavor, which
meets in the coliseum at Chicago, July
7-12.
It is expected that 15,000 delegates,
irepnesenjtinjg 100,000 elvangelioal
churches throughout the world, will
be in attendance.
The convention is the first world’s
meeting since that at Agra, India, *n
1909, as a sudden outbreak of small
pox in Australia necessitated the can
cellation of the meeting arranged to
toe held at Sydney, N. S. W., in 1913.
When originally planned more than a
year ago, it was expected that the Chi
cago convention would be the largest
in the history of the organization. Tho
war, however, will materially affect
the European representation, and it Is
possible that there wiil be no dele
gates from either Germany or Austria.
Representatives from England, France,
Spain, Italy, Persia, India, Siam, Chi
na, Japan, Australasia, Africa and L
tln America have already reached the
United States or are on their way.
On July 6, the day preceeding the
opening of the convention, the 500th
anniversary of the martydom of John
Huss, the Bohemian religious leader,
who was burned at the stake, wiil be
observed. Another break in the chain
of convention meetings will be the Ath
letic Field Day, planned for July 10, on
the field of the University of Chicago.
The sports will be under the direction
of A. A. Stagg, chairman of the ath
letic department of the university.
The convention as a body will dis
cuss the worid-wide topics of temper
ance, missions, and peace. Reports
from the field including many from the
vurJ.ms countries involved in the war,
will be presented on the closing 3-jy.
Among lhe other topics that will ie
taken up are: “The Advantage of
Cnristian Unity as Expressed in Co
operative Movements, in Home Mis
sions, in Evangelism, in Foreign Mis
sions and in International Relations, ’
“The Sunday School,” “The Prayer
Meeting" and “Social Service.”
In discussing church activities, es
pecial consideration will be given to
business administration, the country
church, the city church, the needs of
the layman and the unchurched.
Tl e social service department will
hear addresses on “Religion in Pol
tics,” “Cleaning Up a City,” and the
“Sa’orn Problem.” Bible reading in
(Continued on Page Six.)
UNCLE SAM WATCHING
GREASERS IN AMERICA
(By Associated Press.) ' ;
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 29.
United States agents all over the
country today are watching movements
of prominent Mexicans and others be
lieved to be connected with the at
tempt to start a third revolutionary
party for the republic. General Felipa
Anders Villa, a Mexican lieutenant in
Washington today called on the de
partment of stqte and denied that he
was in any way connected with the
coupe planned by Huerta.
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