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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
CONGRESS WILL KEEP MOUTH SHUT NOW
*
KERN SAYS SENATE TO
MARK TIME UNTIL THE
REPLY FROM KAISER
Four or Five Days
Is Given For
Reply
SENATE NOT TO
DISCUSS CRISIS
Great Impression
Made on The
Senators
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 20.
Senator Kern, of Indiana, floor leader
of the majority in the upper house of
congress, stated at the white house to
day that he believes there is a disposi
tion in the senate not to discuss Pres
ident Wilson’s address on the German
note.
No good could possibly come from
such a discussion, Senator Kern said,
while harm might result. He further
said he did not expect any congress
ional action to be taken until further
initiative comes from the executive
department.
It is expected President Wilson will
wait at least until the end of the cur
rent week before taking further ac
tion regarding the submarine situation.
The text of the note, as published here
last night, sets no time in which Ger
many is required to return an answer,
but it is believed that four or five days
will allow sufficient time for the prep
aration of the reply.
Wilson’s Note in Berlin.
BERLIN, April 20.—The American
note to Germany arrived late yesterday.
Ambassador Gerard probably will de
liver it this afternoon.
Reply Te Be Delayed Ten Days.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.
It is learned here this afternoon that
German diplomats at Berlin regard it
as unlikely any reply to President Wil
son's note will be received from the
Berlin foreign office this week. It is
stated to reply fully will be impossible
under ten days, if the usual German
method of diplomatic procedure is fol
lowed.
Lansing and Bernstorff Confer.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 20.
Count Von Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, went to the state department
today to confer with Secretary Lansing
on the submarine situation and to dis
cuss the arrest at New York of Wolfe
Von Igle, former secretary to Capt.
Von Papen, withdrawn as military at-
HOTS GET MORE THAN
CHILDREN. SATS SIM SMAIL
Sam Small, who is to speak in this
city Saturday, in a speech at Bruns
wick, the other day, said:
“The 58,000,000 hogs in the United
States are receiving more attention
and monetary assistance than are the
62.000,000 children of the country.”
Mr. Small predicted that the entire
nation would be “dry” in 1920.
tache o f the German legation.
The two diplomats conferred during
twenty minutes, after which Count Von
bernstorff returned to the German em
bassy, declining to receive visitors dur.
ing the afternoon. Secretary Lansing
informed reporters, following the con
ference, that he had nothing to give out
tearing on the situation.
MSEMIL SEASON
WILL OPEN HEBE
Mil AFTERNOON
Friday afternoon the Americus base
ball season is to be pried open with a
game between Americus High school
and Columbus Industrial High school.
The two teams have always been ri
vals, and a hot game is assured all
who attend. An even break was the
only result in the football games be
tween these two schools, and in the
national pastime they promise to play
real baseball.
Coach Holst has not announced the
liue-up of the locals, but it is more
than probable that he will use Roy
Johnson as twirler in the opening con
test. This boy is showing all sorts of
stuff, and as he failed to have his fling
with the boys from Muscogee in foot
ball, he is simply itching to hand them
his best in the diamond game. Webb
will pitch Saturday.
The Columbus boys will arrive Fri
day and on that afternoon and Satur
day afternoon they will do their utmost
to take the measure of the Americus
tossers. The expenses to the locals
run up considerably, and it has been
decided to ask a small admission price
of twenty-five cents.
Everybody turn out and help the
locals; they have a fine team, and the
fans of Americus should welcome the
opportunity to see some games of the
best baseball served anywhere. The
students will be on hand to give their
yells, and a good time is promis'd.
DANIEL PUTS IN I NEW
STOCK FEED MILL
J. W. L. Daniel* on College street, has
just installed a brand new stockfeed
mill, which will grind the whole ear of
corn, shucks and cob into feedstuff; it
wil also grind hay, oats, alfalfa or
anything that grows on land. He has
also installed a corn and grits mill,
and is grinding the best and purest
unbolted meal that can be ground. He
has his sacks labelled with the illus
tration of an ear of corn, and other ad
vertising matter on them is very at
tractive. Mr. Daniel will begin at
once to erect another room to his al
ready large and commodious plant,
which is necessary for the purpose of
packing and sacking meal and stock
feed.
The plant of Mr. Daniel already
presents quite a busy appearance, wa
gons coming and going to the mill at
all time of day. This stock feed mill
is something new for Americus and
vicinity, and will be appreciated by the
people.
AMER®2BHESSMRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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DEAD DUCK FROM
OWN HOMESTATE
OMAHA, Neb., April 20.—Latest re
turns from Tuesday’s primary at noon
t'.day increase Henry Ford's lead for
the republican presidential nomina
tion. These returns also indicate the
re-nomination of Senator Hitchcock on
the democratic ticket.
William J. Bryan is running sixth
for delegate-at-large to the national
convention next June. The de
feat of Bryan, as indicated in the re
turns, may mean that he will be ab
sent altogether when the St. Louis
convention convenes, and he will be
unable to address the convention even
should he attend, unless he secures a
proxy from one of the district dele
gates.
Keith Neville, republican, apparent
ly, has polled five thousand more votes
than C. W. Bryan, the democratic gub
ernatorial candidate.
TORNADOES SWEEP
THROD6H THE WEST
KANSAS, CITY, April 20.—Reports
received here up to 2:20 o’clock this af
ternoon indicate the storm’s death toll
will reach twenty persons. More than
a hundred sustained injuries, more or
less serious.
Early Story of Storm.
KANSAS CIY, Mo., April 20.—Eleven
persons are reported dead and scores
of others injured by a succession of
tornadoes which swept through central
Kansas and western Missouri last
night, he property loss is believed to
be heavy.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down in every direction, and it is im
possible to communicate with many
portions of the storm-swept area.
Six are reported dead and fifty hurt
at Stover, Mo. The town is in ruins,
and the heaviest property loss was sus
tained in that community.
Rock Hill and Rockville, Mo., and
Fort Scott and Abilene, Kas., were all
more or less damaged during the
storm.
UNIDUE EASTER SERVICES
TO BE HELD IN CITI
ATLANTA, Ga., April 20.—A brass
band playing on the roof of Wesley
Memorial Methodist church at sunrise
next Sunday morning is a feature of
what will be the most unique Easter
service ever held in Atlanta. The band
will open with the stirring strains of
“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord Almighty!”
Early in the morning this song will
rise, and the congregation of the
church standing bare-headed in the
street below, will respond to the banl
with the next verse of the famous
hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy, All the
saints adore Thee.” Then will follow
an appropriate Easter program of mu
sic, Scripture reading and songs, in
which the band of the Fifth regiment,
National Guard of Georgia, will con
tinue playing on the roof of the church.
Asa G. Candler, who gave one million
dollars to Emory University, will lead
it' the reading of Easter lessons from
the Bible. It is planned by the Wesley
Memorial church, which is in the heart
of the city to make the unique service
an annual event.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAYAFTERNOON, APRIL 20, 1916
♦GRAVE OF FIRST MAYOR ♦
♦ FOUND IN ATLANTA ♦
I ♦ ATLANTA, Ga., April 20.—The ♦
|*■ grave of Moses Formwait, the ♦
♦ first mayor of tlanta, who presid- ♦
| ♦ ed over the destinies of the city ♦
♦ when it was the village of Mar- ♦
♦ thasville, has been found in an ♦
: ♦ obscure corner of Oakland cenfe- ♦
♦ tery, overgrown with vines and +
♦ grass, and the city of Atlanta ♦
♦ will clean off the lot and erect ♦
♦ a suitable monument to mark the ♦
♦ grave. ♦
4 ♦ ♦♦•♦•
MEMORIAL DATTO
BE OBSERVED FOR
AMERICUS ON ?G
Memorial Day is to be fittingly ob
served in this city. Tribute will be
paid to those who bared, their breasts
to the leaden missiles of death in de
fense of their homes and their rights.
Rich garlands of flowers will be scat
tered over the graves of our departed
heroes, thus keeping green their mem
ory in the hearts of our people. A
marked feature of the day will be the
exercises of the school children of
the city, in which they will be joined by
the Sons of Veterans and the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. Each will join
with the other in doing honor and
paying homage to the departed heroes
who wore the gray and to those old
veterans w’ho still survive the terrible
conflict of the sixties.
Rev. C. B. Wilmer, D. D., rector of
St. Luke’s Episcopal church, Atlanta,
one of the most noted divines of this
country, a fluent speaker and orator
of extraordinary ability, will make the
memorial address, and which will be
delivered at the High school audi
torium.
The exercises will begin at 10:30 a.
m., and will start at Carnegie Library,
where the parade will form. The Sons
ol Veterans and the pupils of the
Grammar school will be in line as will
ether organizations of the city. The
Confederate Veterans will follow the
parade over its line of march in
carriages. The first halt will be made
at the soldiers’ monument at the cor
ner of Lee and Forsyth streets. Here
a profusion of flowers will be left, com
memorative of the many deeds of valor
of the heroes of that bloody strife.
From there the march wil! continue to
the auditorium, where the rest of the ;
exercises will be carried out. Col.
Harry Hawkins will introduce the
speaker of the day. Musical selections
will be rendered in keeping with the
occasion.
At the conclusion of the exercises the
students of the High school will join
in the parade and from there it will
lead to Oak Grove cemetery, where
flowers will be placed upon graves of
the soldiers there.
Members of the Americus chapter
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy are in active charge of the
arrangements for the day, and they
hope to make of it one of the most
notable in the history of our city.
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
H CALVARY CHURCH
Tomorrow, being Good Friday, the
following services will be held in Cal
vary church:
Morning service at 11 a. m.
Evening prayer at 8 p. m.
FRENCH TAKE THE
OFFENSIVE FOB
PALM OE VEROUN
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Russia has come to the aid of the
French and British on the western
front. A strong force of Slavs disem
barked at Marseilles today, the troops
being greeted with enthusiasm by the
French ,populace.
Arrival of the Russians in France
i was formally noted today in orders of
the day by General Joffre, the French
ccmmander-in-chief. It is not stat
ed what portion of the front will be
assigned to the Russians, but it is be
lieved the Slave will go into the battle
for possession of Verdun without de
lay.
Military authorities decline to state
the route travelled by the Russians
now in France, but it is believed they
embarked at Anchangel, on the White
Sea, and the only port through which
there is free communication between
Russia and the Entente Allies in the
west. It is also considered probable
that transports carrying the troops
made a wide sweep into the Atlantic
ocean before heading for the Mediter
ranean, in order to avoid submarines in
th< vicinity of the British Isles.
It is noted in this connection that
private advices to New York say that
Archangle has been closed to all but
government traffic recently, and this
may indicate that further troops move,
ments are either under way or planned
for the near future. The Russians ar
rived in France fully equipped and
ready to take their places in the fight
ing ranks without training.
The French have again taken the of
fensive in the Verdun battle, launch
ing attacks against the eGrmans on
the right bank of the Meuse last night.
Paris despatches declare the French
made and sustained gains during to
day’s fighting. This offensive move
ment follows closely three successive
German attacks on the extreme right
fltmk of the French forces in this sec
tor, in all of which the Germans were
repulsed.
Germans Win Battle in Belgium.
BERLIN, April 20.—British trenches
for a distance of six hundred metres
between Langemarck and Ypres, Bel
gium, were occupied by German troops '
today, says an official statement issued ;
by the German war office.
Germans Moving Troops to Verdun.
PARIS, April 20.—French resistance
at Verdun is compelling the Germans
to withdraw large forces from other
fronts, according to information from
the highest military authorities here.
Indian Revolt Nipped in Bud.
LONDON, April 20. —The seizure of
thirty-six Germans and Austrians on
board the American line steamer China
last February resulted in the discovery
of a plot with wide ramifications for a
revolution in. India. Announcement to
this effect was made today by the gov
ernment intelligence bureau.
LONDON, April 20. —It is stated au
thoritatively at noon today that the
British cabinet crisis is settled.
The settlement of the issues in con
troversy assures the continuation of
the toalition government formed at the
beginning of the war.
PARIS, April 20.—The French took
the offensive throughout the Verdun
region last night says the war office 1
statement today.
Several hundred Germans were made ;
prisoners, a number of German i
trenches were captured and a redoub*
occupied.
CRISP GETS SUBIEI
ALONE FLINT RIVER
Congressman C. R. Crisp of the third
district has succeeded in having a
provision inserted in the recent rivers
and harbors bill which passed the
house, providing for a survey of Flint
river from Albany to Montezuma with
a view of determining if it could Ibe
made navigable.
If the report of the engineers is
favorable, Congressman Crisp will
try to get an appropriation to deepen
the river at the next session.
RUNES TELLS I
REASON FUR THE
RATE RIISING
The situation in regard to Americus
ai d the fire insurance companies re
mains unchanged.
It is known that prominent insur
ance people of Americus are in cor
respondence with officials in Atlanta,
.'he next step is unknown, although the
insurance people persist in stating that
the matter will Ibe adjusted in a man
ner agreeable to the people.
The following letter from Jos S.
Raines, secretary of the Southeastern
Underwriter’s association, written on
March 9th, is interesting. It gives
seme insight into the present trouble
in Americus. The letter is:
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Atlanta, Georgia.
Jos S. Raine, Secretary.
Atlanta, Ga., March 9, 1916.
Mr. J. A. Davenport, Secretary,
Americus, Ga. CITY LICENSE.
Dear Sir:
Not having received any further ad
vices from you, or reply to our com
munication of February 16th, this is to
advise that we have instructed special
agents to visit Americus for the pur
pose of revising the rates, making a
charge of 5c for excessive taxes.
We were in hopes that the city au
thorities would see fit to remove this
excessive taxation and not necessitate
a revision of rates. However, we pre- '
surne that you are unable to secure the
council’s consent to reduce the license
back to its former figure. Y’ours very
truly
(Signed) JOS. S. RAINE,
Secretary.
Companies Coming Here.
Several fire insurance companies are
sending their representatives to Amer
icus. These companies are not. con
nected with the Southeastern Under
writers’ association. The Farmers’
Cotton Oil Co., is handling the Insur
ance matter and state that the public
can save in a number of the com
panies.
CLIDE PODLTER TONIGHT IT
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
(Tyde Poulter, the smallest enter
tainer on the American platform, in
point of stature, will appear at the
High school auditorium tonight. Mr.
I’culter is but a little over three feet
in height, but he has a knack of get
ting hold of the hearts of his hearers
in away that many taller entertain
ers lack.
The entertainment is under the
a'lspices of the Epworth League, and
should merit your patronage.
Remember this little man with his
big entertainment is tonight.
CSXY
WATSON GIVEN I
SEVERE KNOCK BI
R. F. DUCKWORTH
R. F. Duckworth, president of the
Farmers’ Union, has paid his respect*
to Thomas E. Watson.
The following correspondence lias
been furnished us by Mr. Duckworth,
v. hich is self-explanatory;
Stone Mountain, Ga., April 14,191£.
Dear Duckworth:
It is being rumored that you wW
shortly enter the race for
and that Thomas E. Watson will ac
tively support you. In fact, one would
come to that conclusion from reading
Watson’s paper.
Other than Hardman and Harris,
who are already in the race, only two
men have been prominently mentioned
as candidates—yourself and Hugh Dor
sey. Watson has been sticking the
saber in Hardman and Harris on ac
count of their not standing for any
thing, and in this week’s paper he
seems to be getting ready to jump on
Hugh Dorsey, on account of Dorsey"*
connection with the L. & N. railroad
Now, this leaves only one of the four
for Watson to support—that one being
R. F. Duckworth. You have already
announced a red-hot-platform and
it. seems that Watson io already
warming up s o the “man with a plat
form.”
You know that I am your friend, u<
I believe that you would make the beat
governor of any man in the state, but I
hope and trust that you are not going
tc think it best to let Watson line uj
with you, because your experience with
this man should certainly convince yoa
•that he will knife you at the first op
portunity. I am your friend,
J. L. LEE:
Union City. Ga., April 18, 1916.
Mr. J. L. Lee, Stone Mountain, Ga.
Dear Lee: Replying to your letter
of the 14th, I have not solicited, I will
pot solicit, and will not countenances
the support of Thomas E. Watson.
Watson was permitted to entwine
himself with the Farmers’ union and
its enterprises when they were being
organized in this state, and then be
cause we would not permit the Watson-
Dan Sully combination to swallow the
warehouse system, Watson stuck hia
poisonous fang's into the organization,
the enterprises, and the officials. I am
certainly aware of the fact that this
man never misses an apportunity to
stab an enemy or to betray a friend.
Furthermore, Watson is not a demo
crat. He should have no influence
ff. hatever with the democratic voters of
this state, neither should democratic
voters support any man who permits
Watson to line up with him. Watson
i.landers the democratic iparty at every
opportunity. Os the men in Georgia
politics who have permitted Watson to
support them, I do not recall a single
instance where Watson has failed to
knife them at the first opportunity.
Watson has always claimed to be a
great friend of the farmer, but he was
caught red-handed laying plans with
Dan Sully, the cotton gambler, to
grab Southern warehouses. With Dan
operating the cotton warehouses, the
Southern farmers would have been at
the mercy of the cotton gamblers. Af
ter this scheme of Watson and Daniel
was exposedd, Sully went back to New
York, and Watson, after unsuccessful
efforts to explain, decided he had bet
ter discuss something farther frona
home—so he drove his fangs into E
Chinese missionary.
I have no confidence in the hones y
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