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The Times-Recorder is the ONLY paper in the Third Congressional Dis iict with Associated Press service. 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 Von Papen, withdrawn as military at- HOTS GET MORE THAN CHILDREN.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 ■JIIBRINE 15 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 I 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 (Continued an Page NUMBER IE