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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
THIRTY SIX GERMS
AND AUSTRIAN SHIPS
TAKEN BY PORTUGESE
British Boat Is Said
To Be a German
Prize
OYIhG MESSAGE IS
FOUNDJHOM L-19
Admiral Von Pehl
Is Dead at His
German Home
LISBON, Feb. 24 —The Portuguese
commander of the naval division here
took forcible possession late yesterday
o f thirty-six German and Austrian
vessels lying in the Tagur river. Fol
loding the expulsion of the German and
Austrian crews, the Portuguese flag
was hoisted over the ships.
The Portuguese fleet lying in the
horbor then fired a salute of twenty
one guns. So far as is know’n here,
the Portuguese commander acted of
his own volition.
British Steamer Westburn a Prize.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—A German prize
crew is said to have brought the Brit
ish steamer Westburn into the harbor
which they took the vessel cutside the
of Santa Cruz, Canary Islands, after
three-mile limit and sank it. Two hun
dred and six persons taken from ves
sels captured by a German raider and
sent to Santa Cruz on board the West
burn, were landed before the ship was
sunk. A message from Santa Cruz to
day gives only meagre details of the
incident, which is now being investi
gated.
L-19 Wrecked in North Sea.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—A bottle contaiu
a last message from Commander S. E.
E. Phelan, of the British submarine
L-19, wrecked in the North Sea, has
been found, says a Iteuter despatch
li om Copenhagen to an afternoon
newspaper here. The message is ad
dressed to Commander Phelan’s par
ents, wife and son. The message states
the crew w r as drowning at sea when the
bottle was set adrift. t
Severe Storm Over Britain.
LONDON, Feb. 24. —One of the most
severe storms of «recent years swept
over the British Isles last night and
is still raging early today. Scotland
is the worst sufferer, the damage there
exceeding that wrought in any other
portion of the United Kingdom.
Wires ane down in all parts of the
kingdom and several ships have sent
up distress signals. The severity of
the storm, however, has prevented the
lespatch of assistance, except that fur
nished by warships patroiling the
North Sea.
Reports from the continent says se
vere weather prevails generally over
ill Europe and that the troops there
ire suffering incredible hardships.
Admiral Von Pehl Dead.
BERLIN, Feb 24 —Admiral Von Pehl
until recently commander-in-chief of
the German battle fleet, died at his
| cine in Berlin early today.
His retirement from active service
,vas announced by the German admir-
Ity two days ago, being attributed at
ie time to ill-health.
Report From London.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—The outstanding
feature of today’s war news is the
great battle along the western front
where more than a quarter of a million
Germans continue attacking the
French positions along a twenty-five
mile front. One of the chief ambitions
credited to the German Crown Prince,
who commands the attacking army is
to take Verdon, which has resisted ef
ofrts of the Teutons since the begin
ning of hostilities.
The scale of the present efforts in
dicates it is the most determined yet
inaugurated to get within striking dis
tance of the great fortress. The bat
tle in that section still rages furious
ly, with conflicting reports making it
impossible to accirately recount the
result so far attained. The slaughter
is terrible on both sides. The Ger
mans have reached Haumont, Brahant
and Samogneaux, but the French claim
to have checked the Germans at Hau
mont and in Caures Wood. East of the
fatter oint, the German advance con
tinues.
An unexpected development in the
|war situation is the Lisbon report that
Portuguese authorities have seized a
number of Austrian and German ships.
Portugal, although not in a state of
war with the Central Powers, main
tains the closest of treaty relations
with Great Britain and the Portuguese
congress some time ago voted to co
operate with the Entente Allies when
ever such a step might be deemed nec
essary.
judbFfiteld tbt
SMITH ESTATE CASE
CHATSWORTH. Ga„ Feb. 24.—A de
velopment in connection with the liti
gation over the estate of the late James
M. Smith, of Oglethorpe county, which
will be of statewide interest, came to
light here when Judge A. W, Fite, who
is holding superior court here, held
that Judge David W. Meadows, of the
Northern circuit, was disqualified to
pass upon matters affecting the estate,
assumed jurisdiction of the case him
self and granted an injunction against
the ordinary of Oglethorpe county and
the temporary administrators, re
straining them from further proceed
ings in the administration of the es
tate. The hearing of the injunction
has been set for April 8, at the capitol
in Atlanta.
The injunction was granted as the
ii stance of J. S. James and J. R. Bed
good, attorneys for one sister and six
ty-two heirs of the brothers and sisters
(Os the deceased, w’ho claim that they
had no voice in the selection of the
temporary administrators.
Judge Fite declared Judge Meadow’s
disqualified upon the showing that he
v, as on? of the temporary administra
tors. Judge Fite also appointed a
hoard of temporary administrators,
composed of George M. Napier, so
licitor general of the Stone Mountain
circuit, of Decatur; Judge David W.
Meadors, of Elberton; Thomas Lump
kin, of Cartersville; G. C. Bullard, of
Atlanta, and W. Paul Carpenter, as
sistant United States district attorney,
of Atlanta, secretary and treasurer of
the board.
There are hundreds of claimants to
the Smith estate, which is estimated to
be worth $4,500,000 and scores of the
eblest lawyers in the south, including
AMLREBBSBMESSKMER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Most Anybody
Will Fall On
Some Things
ATLANTA, Ga„ Feb. 24.—The old
saw about “fooling some of the people
all the time’’ is called to mind by the
Atlanta papers today which patiently
and complacently publish as new’s the
perenniel fake about Raoul L. Bonnano
being an Italian duke.
One of the papers even publishes his
picture, and with it goes an interview
giving his views on the war.
Mr. Boanno is well known in. Atlanta
and throughout the South. He is a mo
tion picture singer and concert bari
tone, and is said to be a mighty nice
fellow outside of his fake claim to
dukedom.
It was at least three years ago when
the Atlanta newspapers first fell for
him. He claimed to be the Duke of
Miselmeri. Unfortunately for him a
dukedom is -a mighty easy thing to
trace edown, as there are not many of
them in Italy (it isn’t like being a mere
ount) and investigation developed that
there was no such thing as a duke of
Miselmeri.
But the long-suffering and patient
city editors fall for it all over again
from year to year.
SWEEPING STM
BIG DAMAGE MIKES
A sweeping wind with strong inten
sity visited Americus for a few minutes
Wednesday night about seven o’clock,
doing most of its damage to the George
Reynolds carnival shows now operat
ing on Lee, Lamar and Forsyth streets.
The damage is estimated at $1,500 by
Mr. Reynolds, manager of the shows.
Workmen were put hard at work this
morning repairing the damage in order
tc have the show in full blast again
tonight.
The grand masked ball of the Wood
men of the World, to be given on the
streets, Friday night, February 25th, is
being arranged, and is expected t o
(prove an attractive feature.
FRANK P JITCHEIL
LAID TO BEST HERE
The funeral of Mr. Frank P. Mitchell
who died Wednesday afternoon, was
held from his residence in Brooklyn
Heights Thursday morning, interment
taking place in Oak Grove cemetery.
The Americus Lodge of Elks and the
M. B. Council Lodge, No. 95, F. and A.
jM., attended the funeral in a body and
joined in the funeral services, with
Rev. J. B. Lawrence, rector of Cal
vary Episcopal church, officiating.
The pallbearers were E. C. Parker,
P. E. Westbrook, W. A. Cleveland, C.
J. Sherlock, W. J. Josey, H. T. Ander
son, Zack Childers and J. M. Council.
Mr. Mitchell was highly esteemed in
the county and numbered many friends
among his acquaintances because of
his true and high traits of character.
CITIZENS BANK HAS
ANNUAL MEETING
PLAINS, Ga„ Feb. 24.—The stock
holders of the Citizens Bank of Plains,
held their annual meeting February
18th, and splendid reports of the busi
ness were rendered. The following
officers were elected: A. C. Wellons,
president; J. C. Logan, vice president,
aid T. W. Timmerman, cashier.
■ Governor Bilbo, of Mississippi, have
been retained.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1916
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♦ MRS. JOHN F. ARCHBOLD 4
4 IS BITTEN BY RATTLER 4
4 THOMASVILLE, Feb. 24. 4
+ Mrs. John F. Archbold, daughter- 4
♦ in-law of John D. Archbold, of 4
+ New’ York, president of the Stan- 4
4 dard Oil Co., of New Jersey, was 4
♦ bitten by a rattlesnake while 4
4 hunting on the Archbold estates 4
4 near here. Physicians here said 4
4 that a heavy leather boot worn +
■* by Mrs. Archbold prevented com- 4
4 plete poisoning, and her wound 4
♦ would not prove fatal. 4
4- Mrs. Archbold shot the snake -4
4- after she had been bitten. 4
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MALE MEMBERS
CHURCHTONIGHT
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4- GOOD FELLOWSHIP 4
-4 BUT NO COLLECTION 4
•4 The banquet tonight at the ar- 4
4 mory will be of good cheer; good 4
4 fellowship; good spirit—but no 4
4 collection will be asked of the 4
4 gathering. So come along, and 4
4 don’t worry about finances to- 4
4 night. 4
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A banquet of “good fellowship’’ first
of its kind to be held by any church in
Americus, w ill be the occasion of much
interest Thursday night, February
24th, at the armory of the Americus
Light Infantry.
Every detail and feature has been
completed to make the occasion one of
strength and assistance for the church.
Dr. James E. Dickey, pastor of the
First Methodist church, Atlanta, and
former president of Emory college,
will be the principal speaker of the
evening. Other prominent speakers
will be Dr. T. D. Ellis, presiding elder
of the Americus district; Rev. J. A.
Thomas, pastor of the First Methodist
church, and Mayor Lee G. Council,
chairman of the board of stewards of
the church. Mr. Council will preside
as toastmaster of the occasion.
Church work; church betterment;
pl’.urch building—everything of inter
est in assisting the welfare and
growth of the church will be the
themes of the occasion.
Over three hundred guests are ex
pected to attend the banquet, and the
ladies ‘of the church will supervision
of the festal boards.
Dr. Dickey, pastor of First Metho
dist church of Atlanta, and Dr. T. D.
Ellis, presiding .elder of the Americus
district, both reached the city at two
o’clock this afternoon. These gentle
men are both delightful banquet speak
ers and a treat is in store for those
who attend. In addition a program of
seng and music has been prepared.
The board has tried to send a card to
every male member from fifteen up but
if by any sort of accident any member
has failed to get a card, his place is
already prepared and he is expected
to be on hand. The board is anxious
to make this a pleasant social occas
ion; nothing more.
FRANK G. BEAVERS IS
INJURED WEDNESDAY
Frank G. Beavers, the well known
windmill salesman here, was injured
Wednesday afternoon at Plains, his
fcot becoming entangled in some ma
chinery of a windmill there. The in
jury is a painful one, and Mr. Beavers
is now at the Plain hospital. His many
friends wish for him a speedy recov
ery.
COOK WRITES FOB
LIU ENFORCEMENT
OF AUTO TAG Hill
Secretary of State Philip Cook
has just written a circular letter to
the sheriffs of the various counties
in Georgia relative to the enforce
ment of the automobile registration
law, in which he states that he is
much gratified over the rather gen
eral way in which this law is being
observed.
Under the terms of the law passed
last summer, the secretary of state is
required to write the sheriffs each
month and call their attention to the
provisions of the law. His February
letter follows:
“I have nothing specially to say
in this letter, except to express my
gratitude for the many prompt re
plies to my last letter, in which re
plies I have been promised the hear
ty co-operation of all the sheriffs,
with but three exceptions. Due to
this fact, and also because the pres
ent law meets with the approval of
owners of cars, I feel as if we will
have little or no trouble in enforc
ing this law, particularly in view o f
the fact that for the first six weeks
of this year we have registered sev
eral thousand more cars than for the
same period in 1915, the total number
of cars registered to date being one
half of the total number registered
during the whole of lats year.
"In this connection, I wish to state
that I have been Informed that in
some sections of the state a report
is in circulation that my activity in
this matter comes from the fact
that I receive a commission or part
of the proceeds of the automobile
fees. Please do me the kindness to
deny this. I receive no compensa
tion in any manner, directly or indi
rectly, for any service performed in
connection with this law, but am
trying to discharge, faithfully, a
duty imposed upon my office by law.”
SAVANNAH IP I. TO
ENTERTAIN STATE
I
Post A, Travelers’ Protective As-1
sociation of Savannah, which organ!- 1
zation will entertain the annual con :
vention of the George T. P. A.'s on’
April 6 and 7, has announced the ten
tative program to be in effect during
that time, which is as follows:
Thursday, April 6, 9 a. m.
Invocation by Post Chaplain, Jno
S. Wilder.
Address of Welcome for the City,
Mayor Pieryont. ,
Address of Welcome for Post A,
by Post A Attorney R. M. Hitch.
Address of Welcome in Behalf of
U. C. T., by Grand Counsellor Stern.
Response by President of the eGor
gia Division, T. P. Giddens, Colum
bus.
Address by State Chaplain Rev. S. R.
Belk.
Business session until noon; ad
journment.
3 P. M. —Convention called to order
for business session.
Thursday evening; informal ban
quet and dance at the Hotel Savannah.
Friday, April 7, 9:80 A .M.
Convention called to order for busi
ness session, and will remain in
session until all business has been
transacted.
Friday afternoon, a stag oyster
roast will be given at one of the
country clubs.
Friday night, theatre party for
delegates, followed by automobile
tide over the race course and boule
vards.
Shrewd Means
Foi Hiding His
Moonshine
A I LAN! A, Ga., Feb. 24.—Moon
shiners of the North Georgia moun
tains, to be the cleverest in the
world, caff’take a lesson from Marvin
McGee ,of Atlanta, who has been ar
rested by the federal authorities, fol
lowing the discovery of a hidden still
which they declare was the most in
telligently concealed they have ever
known.
• McGee has a home on the Adams
ville road, in a thickly settled subur
ban neighborhood, where he operated
the still unknown to his nearest neigh
bors and most intimate friends.
He had a secret room immediately
beneath the fireplace of the house, and
I’. it the still was concealed. It was
so arranged that a flue connected it
with the fireplace and chimney above,
»o that the heat and smoke passed out
of the same chimney.
If McGee hadn’t taken up beer as a
side line he might never have been
caught, but he made the mistake of
storing fifteen barrels of beer in his
house, and this led to suspicions and
a thorough search.
Fl BANOUET IS
SLATED MONDAY
BE m HOTEL
The Chamber of Commerce Fair
committee, to whom lias been en
trusted the promotion of the Third
District fair, are making things hum
ano to this end, they have made ar
rangements with the Windsor Hotel to
have a banquet on Monday night, Feb-;
ruary 28th as a real booster meeting |
for the good of the fair.
The committee in charge of this af
fair is: W. D. Phillips, John M.
Flournoy and Secretary E. H. Hyman.
This is the largest event which the
[Chamber of Commerce has ever un
dertaken, and it is meeting with un-
I bounded success, and there is not a
man in this city, but who should do all
in his power to make one of the big
gest successes out of this fair, that
can be made.
The committee in active charge of
this work is doing all they know how
to get the people to realize what a big
thing this fair is.
Another n.?w county has been added
to our district, it being Bleckley, and
Cochran is the county seat. This
makes nineteen counties in this dis
trict. The banquet Monday nigh,t will
be full of enthusiasm and there will
b? several good talks upon the pro
h 'ess of the work of building this fair
and also the great amount of good it
will do this county and district.
W.GEOBGEMKEB
DIED EARLY TODAY
Mr. George Barker, a well known
farmer of Sumterg county, resldin
near Myrtle Springs, died suddenly
Thursday morning about 4 o’clock at
bis home. He was eighty-five years of
age, and was generally loved by a wide
host of friends.
The funeral was held Thursday af
ternoon at Concord church. Mr. Bar
ker is survived by a wife and several
brothers. I
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SENTIMENT HELD
FDD WARNING TO
AMERICAN FOLKS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24.—Agi
tation favorable to warning Americans
to avoid belligerent ships overshad
owed all other questions when coo
.gress assembled today. President WH
r.on’B supporters, who are apprehensive
that diplomatic negotiations with Ger
many might be embarrassed are work
ing to hold the administration forces
in line and prevent the question reaoh
fng the floor both in. the house and
senate.
The legislative situation favored the
administration throughout the day.
Hie senate is still on the legislative
day of yesterday, thus preventing the
question comiffg up without unanim
ous consent, and the house a similar
situation prevails. Word was sent from
Abe white house . ? yly this afternoon
|hat President Wilso.» Is opposed to
any congressional action being taken
at this time, and informing member*
of both houses that Chairman Stone
of the senate foreign relations commit
tee and Representative Flood can ex
plain the situation fully.
Much of the agitation apparent to
day was said to be due to lack of Infor
mation concerning President Wilson'*
ptand, and the foreign relations com
mittee has begun a canvass of the
house In order to ascertain definitely
the sentiment of the body. Republi
cans generally have opposed the ac
tion. Aside from this score the dem
ocratic majoriy, apparently, is being
held together by the appeal to "stand
by the president."
Gore Would Warn Americans.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24.— 1a
the senate this afternoon Senator Gore,
| the blind statesman from Oklahoma,
i attempted to introduce by unanimous
consent, a concurrent resolution, ex
pressing as the sense of congress that
all Americans be asked to keep off
armed belligerent merchant ships. Sen
ator Brandegee, republican, objected,
and the resolution failed.
Senator Gore also sought to intro
duce a bill prohibiting Americans
traveling on belligerent ships. loiter
he issued a statement declaring it
seemed to him that the “ship of state
is drifting or driving headlong onto
brekkers.” He does not believe Ger
many will consent to grant immunity
to armed vessels, or that America*
public opinion is such as to justify
war with Germany on account of such
ships.
CYCLONE SWEEPS
THROUGH AEIMA
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 24 Dat
es! advices from Appleton, Ala., this
afternoon show one woman was fatal
ly injured in the cyclone which swept
through southern Alabama late yes
terday. Eight buildings were demol
ished in Escambia county, and other
property damage sustained.
BET J. M. BUTLER
MSITOR IN CITY
Rev. J. M. Outler, Sr., pastor of the
Eawson Methodist church, was in the
city Thursday. He left for Plains in
the afternoon and will preach there
Thursday night.
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