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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
RUNITE AOVIGE
TELLS OF INHERE
ABDUTSJF VILLA
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 4—Pri
vate advices which seemingly show
Villa has been definitely located south
of Chihuahua, have been received ar
the state department and turned over
to the war office. The advices are from
persons of absolute reliability, and
undoubtedly indicate with reasonable
accuracy the whereabouts of the fugi
tive.
Gen. Funston today advised the war
department that he is sending addi
tional United States troops into Mex
ico today. The forces are being used
tc guard the constantly increasing line
of communication between Gen. Per
shing’s column and Funston’s head
quarters at oFrt Sam Houston.
Reyes, Villa Leader, Asks Amnesty.
TORREON, Mex., April 4.—General
Trevinot, the Carranza commander in
this city and district, with headquar
ters at Torreon, announced today re
ceipt of a letter from Canute Reyes,
Villa’s commander in this locality, in
which Reyes offers to surrender with
all his forces, if given amnesty. The
proposal has been forwarded to Gen
eral Carranza at Quetarro for a reply.
Funston Admits Villa’s “Skipped.”
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 4.—Offi
cial admission of the belief that Villa
has already fled far beyond the Ameri
can forces in Mexico and is now’ oper
ating south of Chihuahua City, was
made at noon today at Gen. Funston’s
headquarters at Fort Sam Houston. It
was added, however, that the admission
was not to be construed as indicating
any intention of abandoning the chase
after the bandit until Villa is finally
captured or killed.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 4.—Be
ing fully convinced that Villa is now
south of Chihuahua City and continu
ing his flight, at Gen. Funston’s head
quarters here it was intimated today
that additional troops may be re
quired to protect the constantly length
ening line of communications in Mex
ico.
General Funston's problem of ar
ranging to carry the campaign deeper
into Mexico is a difficult one, as the
line already extends three hundred
miles south of the border and must be
guarded over its entire length. The
expedition, it is explaiped would be
in a dangerous position if its commun
ications should be cut.
Officers at Fort Sam Houston re
gard the force of troops chasing Villa
as adequate for the task in hand, but
de not believe, however, that the line
of communications can be lengthened
further without more troops. None of
the regiments now on border duty are
available for this purpose, and there
are only a few regiments in other parts
cf the country that might be em
ployed in the Mexican operations.
ADMAN POISONER
' CONFESSES HER CRIME
HARRISONBURG, Va., April 4.
.Mrs. Margaret Sipe, aged 55, after be
ing placed in jail here today confessed
sending poisoned candy which Lillie
and -Cora Kyger and Mrs. Hattie
Baugher, of Base City, Pa., 111. The
candy was sent by mail in a box which
contained a paper reading “April
Fool.’’
Mrs. Sipe, explaining her act to offi
cers todry, said she objected to at
tention j id by her son to the two
Am,
Kyger ” K
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GEDRGIA RECORDS ARE IN
DANGER EACH DAY
ATLANTA, Ga., April 4. —Records in
the Georgia state capitol that could
rot possibly be replaced if lost or
burned, are in daily danger of de
struction by fire. Several officials in
the capitol have called Governor Nat
Harris’ attention to the fact that the
building is not fireproof and that
there is no watchman on duty at night
or Sundays and holidays.
The records in the office of the sec
retary of state show the county lines
of the state, and the originals of all
the acts of the legislature. The re
cords in the office of Lucien Lamar
Knight, historian and compiler of re
cords, contain the names of Georgians
who fought in the Revolutionary Was
the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
AUTOMOBILISTS DECLARE
ATLANTA STREETS ARE
HARDESIJN WORLD
ATLANTA, Ga., April 4.—Visiting
automobilists declare Atlanta streets
are the hardest in the world to drive
on at night, because every one uses
glaring searchlights. City council of
tlanta, as a result of these complaints,
has just enacted an ordinance requir
ing automobilists to put on dimmers to
relieve the glare, but the ordinance
has been a dead-letter from the day of
its enactment. Atlanta automobilists
believe in lots of light. They say it
takes all the zest out of night riding
to dim their lights. They like to come
plunging down the “White Way” with
their headlights gleaming like the pow
erful rays of searchlights used to lo
cate Zeppelins in raids over London.
They have politely but firmly refused
to pay any attention to the dimmer
ordinance, and so far the police are
tsermitting them to have their way.
NEW WRINKLE
IN SHEET MUSIC
IS INTRODUCED
ATLANTA, Ga., April 4.—A decided
ly new wrinkle in sheet music has
been introduced to their patrons by
Atlanta dealers. Instead of the old
style inserted sheet, which made it
necessary for the instrumentalist to
stop and turn a leaf in the midst of a
selection, the new style compositions
are printed on the two inside faces of
a lolded sheet. The type is somewhat
smaller, in the case of songs, and the
music score is somewhat finer print,
but in spite of this inconvenience, the
musicians who used the new-fangled
scores declare the two-sheet music is
a vast improvement over the old-style
three-sheet kind.
G. W. MARSHALL. IS ILL
AT HOME OMAR ST.
The Times-Recorder is just in receipt
cf the sad new’s that Mr. G. W. Mar
shall is seriously ill at his home on
Lamar street, hose at his bedside say
there is but little hope for his recovery,
in fact, that he is liable to pass away
i.t any moment.
Mr. Marshall is an old Confederate
scldier, having served through the en
tire War Between the States, with
honor to the Confederacy and credit to
himself.
He has many friends in the city who
i will be grieved to learn of his serious
condition.
AMERiIKJSIMESMRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
ENGLAND SHORT
400,000 COTTAGES
LONDON, April 4.—There is at pres
ent a shortage of 400,000 cottages in
England. Besides this shortage, there
are old and unsanitary areas that
ought to be cleared away. The build
ing of these new cottages with a view
to providing discharged soldiers with
work after the war and to removing a
cause of emigration is the subject of a
general scheme devised by the Na
tional and Housing and own Planning
Council. It also forms another in
stance of the way the war has diss’. -
. pated England’s indifference to her
internal problems.
, One of the main causes of complaint
among leasehold farmers and farm
hands is the poor housing. Ancient
(Cottages with the lower floor flush with
the ground and the roof thatched with
{Straw may be picturesque, but they are
damp and a main cause of the rheu
matism from which the country people
suffer so much. Os the 400,000 cot
tages, about 120,000 are needed in the
I rural districts. Families are now
I cramped into small quarters, living in
old and mouldy homes or new and
, cheaply built affairs that have no
, modern ideas or improvements.
, The provision of homesteads with
, small holdings and the intensive culti-
> vation of the soil, reforesting, the re
clamation of wastes, the settlement of
disabled soldiers and sailors on the
, soil and town-planning schemes in
, volving new main roads, playgrounds
f and open spaces, are a part of the pro
. gram of the housing council, which has
. called a national council for this month
, tc take action on its proposals.
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INSANE POAGHER LEAVES
TRAIL DF BLOOD BEHIND
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BABY LONE, L. 1., April 4.—William
lonley, a well known hunter and guide,
is dead at his home here. He shot him
self after having wounded five persons
in a battle with the sheriff and fif
teen deputies, whb attempted to ar
rest Donley.
I The dead man is believed to have
gbne insane since his recent arrest on
a charge of shooting buck deer out of
season. Being convicted, he was fine!
S6OO which he was unable to pay.
’ Donley accused two of his neighbors
of making the complaint against him
find during the fight before his death
both of these were wounded. A third
’ neighbor who intervened was also in
-1 jured. Donley then barricaded him
’ self and shooting through a small aper
1 ture in the door succeeded in wound
■ ing a woman and a policeman. He
saved his last bullet for himself, and
• placing his weapon to his head pulled
! the trigger.
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COLORED BALL TEAMS
CROSS BATS AMERICUS
The Americus Institute baseball
team was Monday unable to compare
with their rivals from Tallahassee,
l Fla., and the local negro institution
■ went down to defeat, 6 to 4. A large
i crowd was on hand to witness the con
’ test, quite a number of white people
, being among the spectators.
The game was replete with hard
hitting and the work of the infielders
s on both teams was beyond reproach.
In the ninth inning the Americus
i bunch threatened to tie the score, but
> good work by the Florida pitcher final
ly retired the side. The visiting team
> will be here for two days longer, and
! there is a good game assured every
day.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 4, 1916
PUT OFF AGTIDN
ON attacks WITH
SUBJECTS BOARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4.—lt
is announced here that President Wil
son and members of his cabinet today
decided to postpone action on the
course to be pursued by the United
’ States, regarding recent attacks on
ships carrying Americans. Conclus
ive evidence that these shius were ac
tually attacked by submarines is lack
ing, as well as information concern
ing the identity of submarines suspect
ed of having attacked certain vessels, '
and for these reasons, it was deemed
proper tosuspend action until a further
investigation is had.
COTTON PHASES ABE
TALKED AT MEET
1 ATLANTA, Ga., April 4.—Various
' phases of the cotton manufacturing in
dustry as affected by the war in Eu
rope, was the chief topic discussed at ,
the convention of the American Asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers, which
assembled in Atlanta today.
Six hundred delegates from every
industrial state in the union are at
tending the sessions of the convention,
which will conclude its deliberations
tomorrow.
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KOREA INCREASES
IN FOREIGN TRADE
SEOUL, Korea, April 4 —The regen
eration of Korea has been continuing
notwithstanding the war, according to
1 a proclamation just issued by Count
> Terauchi, the governor general, who
• warns the people against over confi
’ dence and urges them to greater pro
gress. In round figures, the foreign
trade of the country has reached $54.-
300,000 during the past year, accord
’ ing to the report, doubling the sum of
five years ago. The value of exports
has risen nearly three-fold, with the
1 result that the excess of imports over
exports, which once stood at 100 per
1 cent., has dropped to 20 per cent.
The value of agricultural products
is now estimated at $150,000,000 a yea”,
1 which is double the returns for the
first year under the Japanese regime.
More rice was produced than was
needed last year, so it was possible to
export this commodity to the value of
$12,000,000. The governor general
pointed out that there was still great
necessity, however, for improving the
methods of farming. The area of cul
tivated land is still only 12 per cent, of I
the entire area of arable territory. To
avoid loss from floods or (Jrouth, it
is still necessary to enlarge the sys
, tern of irrigation, and to undertake at
| forestation.
Among other things which the gov
ernor general noticed as items in the
progress of Korea were the fact that
more than 6,600 guilds for saving
money had been established with a to- '
ta! credit of $400,000; deposits in pos- 1
tai savings banks reached a total of I
$800,000; repairs have beer, completed
during the past five years on some 7,- <
000 miles of road; the construction of I
the Honam-Seoul-Wonsan railway has
been completed, in addition to the Fu- I
san-New-Wiju line, and the total t
mileage of railways no wopen to traffic 1
is over a thousand miles. Telegraph i
and postal stations have been estab
lished at 600 places; the total number 1
of common schools is now over 400,
and some schools for higher education i
have glso been founded. i
AMERICUS SAILOR BQTS
ARE HEARD FROM
Robert Comer and Jack Glawsou,
two young men who left Americus
some time ago to enter the United
States navy, have recently been trans
ferred to training stations at Norfolk,
Va., and Newport, R. 1., respectively.
Both these young men passed sat
isfactorily the rigid physical examina
tion required of all those who enter
the naval forces of the United States,
and are now being prepared for ser
vice on board ship. Glawson is now
at Norfolk, where he is being trained
as a seaman, while Comer has been
sent to Newport, where he will be
prepared for duty in the hospital de
partment of the navy.
Both these young men are well
known and popular in Americus, and
the good wishes of a host of friends
go with them wherever they may
be sent.
In addition to the above-named
young men, Bryant Belcher and Her
bert Brown have recently joined
Uncle Sam's naval forces. The former
will be assigned to service as a seaman,
while the latter will join the hospital
corps.
ADAMS EXPRESS NOW
IN HANDS OF SOUTHERN
NEW YORK, April 4. William
M. Barrett, president of the Adams
Express company, announced here yes
terday that the controlling interest in
the Southern Express company had
been acquired by his company.
Mr. Barrett said, however, that
there would be no change in the man
agement of the Southern Express com
pany, that Morton F. Plant will remain
as chairman of the board of directors,
T. W. Leary, as president, and E. M.
Williams, as vice president.
.Mrs Barrett in announcing The
transfer of control of teh Southern
Express company, said that the Adams
Express company had keen the second
largest owner of the Southern Ex
press company for more than fifty
years.
ELKS WILL INSTALL
THEIR NEW OFFICERS
At their lodge room Wednesday
night of this week Americus Elks will
install their new officers recently
elected, to serve the ensuing year. Be
sides this, they will transact other irn- j
pc.rtant business.
ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS IT
THE 1.M.G.1. TONIGHT
Don’t forget the regular weekly ath
letic meet at the Y. M. C. A. gymnas
ium tonight. An exhibition of more
than usual interest will be pulled off.
Wrestling matches, boxing bouts and (
otlier things will be staged For the
participants as well as onlookers.
Those who are to try their skill on
the mat are Glover, Ammons, Dedman
and Cliff Wheatley. Those to do the
boxing acts have as yet not been i
named.
These athletic exhibitions are a
prominent feature of the Y. M. C. A. 1
work, and it is pleasing to note that <
increased Interest is being manifested i
in them by the people of Americus. i
1.L.1. HELD REGULAR MEETING
AND DRILL LAST NIGHT
Monday night the Americus Light In
fantry held its usual drill and there
were quite a large number cf new men
in line. These recruits were rounded
up in the recent campaign for addi
tional men for the local militia organi
zation. The Americus company is
rapidly coming to be regarded as one
cf the strongest in the state and they
will go to camp this summer with one
of the largest enrollments in the
South. The opening of the rifle range
on April Ist was responsible for a new
spirit of rivalry among the members
and every afternoon the crack of the
army rifles may be heard in the vicinity
ts the Country club.
CAMPAIGN FDR A
GREATER I M. G. A.
WILHDON BE ON
The campaign for the Americus
Y. M. C. A. will begin in a very few
days, and the men of Americus are
depended upon to give their support
to the officials in charge of the rally.
Mr. McDonald and his assistants will
make a thorough canvass of the city
and the people of Americus ought to
come to the rescue of the local asso
ciation.
The Y. M. C. A. is an institution of
the people and it should be the aim of
every loyal citizen to aid in getting it
upon a firm basis.
FORMER PRISONER SENDS
BASEFUL OUTFIT
ATLANTA, Ga„ April 4.—There us
ed to be a man in the United States
p< nitentiary in Atlanta named Freder
ick Hyde. He was a Californian, a
millionaire and the finest sport that
ever walked through the doors of the
institution. He treated his term in the
prison as a holiday and a magnificent
opportunity for studyying types of
human nature and making his fellow
prisoners happy.
He w-as the man who furnished the
money to buy musical instruments and
basetali uniforms and other prison
' paraphernalia when the prisoners
couldn’t raise the price. When he fin
, ished out his term and left the prison
they gave him the most wonderful
ovation a man ever received.
Returning to his old home in Call
fornia and his old haunts and friends,
Frederick Hyde did not forget h's
friends in the federal prison, al
though he was sailing a yacht and
driving a high-powered automobile and
[having a good time generally. On the
anniversary of his dismissal yesterday
from the penitentiary the warden re
ceiver a huge express package ad
dressed to “The Boys of the U. S. P.,
Atlanta, Ga., and on opening it he
found a complete outfit of new base
ball uniforms for “The Commodores,”
with the request that a team in the
federal prison league be given this
name, and that they wear the uniforms
in their games.
JOY RIDING TAKES PLAGE
GRUEL TREATMENT
ATLANTA, Ga., April 4.—Atlanta
husbands have quit accusing, their
wives of cruel treatment when they
sue for divorce, because they have
found It more effective to accuse them
of joy riding in the small hours and
drinking cocktails at the clubs. It is
a verdict winner with the juries.
CSmoiY
THREE PLANES
BROUGHT DOWN
IN ANGONA RAID
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There Is a slight lull in the battle
for Verduns, following the violent
fighting of yesterday, during which the
French pushed their way back to the
northern outskirts of Cailette wood and
regained a footing in Vaux village.
There were no infantry engagements
during last night.
Artillery was notably active north
west of the Verdun fortresses, and ar
tillery on both sides was actively em
ployed along the line of the Avocourt-
Malancourt front. Every foot of the
German lines at Malancourt was vio
lently bombarded during the night.
Norway, says a Copenhagen des
patch, has asked the Berlin govern
ment to investigate and furnish in
formation whether German subma
rines are responsible for the sinking
of a large number of Norwegian ves
i seis recently.
Berlin dispatches declare strong
! French positions southwest of Doupa
: mont and Cailette wood have been
. taken by the Germans.
Holland Closes Frontier.
, ROME, April 4.— A wireless message
. from Zurich, Switzerland, late today
says Holland has closed the German
> frontier and massed all the nation’s
j available military forces there. The
. action may portend Holland’s actual
entry Into the ranks of European bel
ligerents.
War To Last Year Longer.
LONDON, April 4. —In opening the
, budget sheet in the house of common*
today, Reginald McKenna, chancellor
of the exchequer, stated the govern
ment assumes the war will last during
r the whole of the fiscal year.
ROME, April 4. —Three of four ene
my aeroplanes which raided Ancona
Monday, weer shot down, says an offi
cial communication early today.
One of the raiding planes was cap
; tured intact, together with its pilot and
passenger.
Three persons were killed and elevea
injured during the raid.
LONDON, April 4. —The explosion
in the Kent Powder factory caused the
death or injury of two hundred per
sons, it' was officially announced to
day.
The property damage sustained is
considerable, a quantity of high ex
plosives in process of manufacture be
ing destroyed.
PARIS, April 4.—The Germans made
no infantry attacks in the Verdun re
gion last night, says today’s first offi
cial announcement from the French
war office. The French bombardment
of the Douarmont-Vaux line continues,
but only feeble response is being
made.
There were violent artillery ex
changes near Avacourt and Malan
court during last night.
PEACE DEPARTMENT
URGED FOR D. S.
WASHINGTON, April 4. — A Federal
department of peace with a secretary
of peace as thte head, to sit with the
Cabinet, was proposed by Jacob J. M.
Miller, of Decatur, Ind., when-he ap
peared before the House Foreign Af
fairs Committee.
A bill embodying the plan for a de
partment of peace introduced by
Representative Adair, of Indiana, is
now before the committee.
NUMBER 81.