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History Repeats Itself On
The Fierce Italian War Front
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 17.—“The]
fierce offensive of the Austrian forces
fc the Tyrolean Alps and especially ia
the Vai Sugana seems to substantiate
Close chroniclers who maintain that
idstory has a habit of repeating itself,
eren though It be in reverse order. The
present situation apparently offers the
Teutonic power an opportunity to
wreak on the Southern kingdom a cen
twy-deferred revenge for a defeat suf
fered at the hands of Italy’s ally,
France, in this same Sugana valley
sac re than a hundred years ago,” says
today’s war geography bulletin of the
Rational Geographic Society .issued
from its Washington headquarters.
“It was down the valley of the
Brenta River, where recently the
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph be
gan pressing back the Italians, that
Napoleon made his amazing descent
spun the Austrians in 1796. The
French genius of war led his wonder
foiy mobile infantry a distance of more
than sixty miles in two days and at
the end of the march rushed them in
battle against the forces of Wurhser
whgo had fallen back upon the city of
Busano, twenty miles south of the
present Tyrolean border and thirty
five miles northwest of Venice This
phenomenal dash began at Trent,
• here the Napoleonic forces had been
assembled after the victory at Rov-.
ereto four days previously.
Tevico, a town of 6,000 inhabitants,
lying at the east end of Lake Galdon
saio and twenty-four miles southeast
Trent, is at the head of the fertile,
rwe-clad Vai Sugana, which follows
Ike course of the Brenta River in its
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Central of Georgia Railway
The Right Way.
sweeping northward bend as it makes
its way East, finally crossing the Ital
ian boraer nt Tezza, 47 miles by rail
from Trent. Next to Levico the larg
est town in the valley is Borgo, known
in Roman days as Ausugum. On the
heights surrounding this picturesque
place of 4,500 people are the ruins of
several ancient and medieval castles
which lend a unique aspect to the
landscape.
"When the Italians were driven
south of the Tyrolean border they
took up a strong defensive position al
most parallel with the upper Sugana
valley, along the heights above the
Frenzela valley, through which runs a
railway connecting the two quaint
Italian towns of Asiago and Arslero.
The former, thirty-four miles north of
Vicenza, is a popular summer resort
fcr well-to-do Venetians. It is the
capital of the “sette comuni,” a barren
p’ateau sustaining a population of 30,-
060 Bavarians and Italian-speaking
Tyroleans. Arsiero is fifteen miles
southwest of Asiago and is the chief
town of the upper Astico valley.
‘‘To the east of Asiago and three
miles south of the Tyrolean border the
Brenta River flows through a narrow
gorge in the Venetian Limestone Alps.
Through this (passage, known as the
Canale di Brenta, the Venetians of the
17th century brought to the coast the
products of numerous tobacco planta
tions which they had established in
this fertile section. Today the gorge
offers many points of strategic value
to an army on the defensive, and if the
Austrians succeed in their drive down
the Brenta valley many thrilling en
counters may be staged here.”
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Sir Ernest Sbackelten.
Sir Ernest Shackelton, who set cut nearly two years ago to cross the
Anarctic continent from Weddell to Ross Sea, but who it was feared had
been lost, has reported himself and five men safe on Falkland Island, in
the South Atlantic. The Endurance, his supply ship, was crushed in
Weddell Sea last October, and he was never able to start the journey.
Haoen For Shackelton Seldom
Figures In the World’s Events
WASHINGTON, D. €., June 17.—The
Falkland Islands, where Sir Ernest
Shackleton recently found a haven
after the hardships of a perilous ant
artic expedition, have figured seldom
in world news since 1833, when the
British flag was firmly planted over
the land which, together with South
Georgia, constitutes the empire's “far
thest south ’insular possessions. Thfe
Falkland group is described in a bul
letin issued today from the Washing
ton headquarters of the National Geo
graphic Society, which says:
“Except when some unfortunate
skipper is compelled to cast anchor in
the harbor of Port Stanley, where the
damage wrought by the fierce storms
off Cape Horn can be expensively re
paired, the Falkland Islands are sel
dow visited, save by the monthly
mailboats from England. It must
have been a sensational news event,
therefore, when the more than a hun
dred islands of the Falkland group
learned that on the last day of May
the intrepid explorer, Sir Ernest
SLackyeton, had arrived at this town
with five companions, after having lost
his ship, the Endurance, in the antarc
tic ice last October.
“Not since the thrilling naval en
gagement off the Falkland in Decem
ber, 1914, when a British squadron, un
der Vice Admiral Staurdee, sank the
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneis
enau and Leipsic, and captured two
colliers have these islands figured so
prominently in the news of the day as
now.
“The Falklands are among Great
Britain’s colonial possessions which
cling to the very fringe of civilization.
They compromise an area somewhat
larger than the Bahama group and lie
250 miles east of the mainland of
South America and more than 1,200
miles south of Buenos Aires. Only
two of the islands are of considerable
size—East Falkland, which is about
five-sixths as large as Porto Rico, and
West Falkland, with an area some
what less than that of the state of
Delaware.
“While the climate of the Falkland
group is comparatively mild, the rig
ors of its winters is no degree ap
proaching the cold of the southeast
coast of Labrador, which lies in the
corresponding parallel® of latitude in
the northern hemisphere, yet the is
lands are not an agreeable place in
which to live, as a penetrating, driz
zling rain is experienced here during
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
250 days of the year.
“Except for the palm-resembling
tussoek-grass, which furnishes excel
lent forage for the herds of cattle,
flecks of sheep and droves of wild
horses, on the islands, there is little
vegetation. The commerce, which
does not reach a million dollars a
year, consists chiefly of the exporta
tion of wool, hides, tallow and frozen
mutton. Extensive peat bogs supply
the Scotch shepherds with a satisfac
tory fuel.
‘D'uring the last quarter of the
eighteenth century Spain laid claim to
the islands and for a time threatened
to go to war with England over their
control. The territory belonged to the
British empire by right of discovery,
however, for just a hundred years
after Columbus reached American
shores John Davis, one Os the most
dauntless navigators of the Elizabeth
ten era, sighted this land while on his
return voyage from the Strait of Mag
gellan, where his superior, Thomas
Cavendish, had met with disaster. This
is the Davis who is reputed to have
been in command of the Black Dog
during the memorable overthrow of the
Spanish Armada, and who ranks with
Baffin and Hudson as the great trium
virate of early Artic explorers.
“Nearly a century and three quarters
after Davis’ discovery the explorer De
Bougainville raised the standard of
France over these islands, and the
latter government ceded the territory
to Spain in 1757. It was upon this
cession that Spain based her claims
which she seemed ready to enforce
with arms until 1771. The reassertion
of British rights in 1833 marked the
withdrawal of the colonial claims of
the people of Buenos Aires.”
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* THE AMERICUS FIRING LINE ♦
Among tire most famous commercial
visitors to our city this week was
James Washington Snowdrift Francis,
well known here as representative ofr
the Southern Cotton Oil Mill at Savan
nah.
W. E. Park, with the Capital City
Tobacco Co., of Atlanta, together with
E. W. Hawkins, of the American Cigar
Co., were in the city this week.
P. B. Hofmayer came up from Al
bany in the interest of the Hofmayer
Dry Goods Co., this week.
O. J. Power and son, of LaGrange,
Ga„ were again in the city in behalf
SUMMER WAISTS THAT LOOK
PARISIAN
One might easily be deceived into thinking that
these waists of fine voile, organdie, batiste, crepe de
n chine, lawn, linen, etc. with band embroideries, tuck
ing and trimmings of dainty lace were from Paris.
/ Only the prices will disillusion you as to their
origin- All sizes.
pk Beautiful creoe de chine Dainty organdies and
A/\ v V shirts, new models, at voiles, decidedly new
, \'\ I ' models
ilgL ’ 1 s 3 ‘ oo $1.50 ‘
\ Snappy tub silks and Corded voilesembroid-
linen lawns and Japs ered organdies and
\ Seco Silks
W 2.50,2.98 SI.OO
THAT “EXTRA SKIRT” WILL BE
FOUND HERE
Small but highly important changes in style will be discovered in
many of the models in this collection of new summer skirts. They are
nothing if not up to the moment. Here will be found the best in style
and the most in value
Pique, gabardine and waffle cloth Colored stripe sport skirts, tail
wash skirts ored, w ashable $2.98 to $7 50
SI.OO I Golfine cord skirts, white and
Carefully tailored wash skirts of all colors - - $5 Os), & $3.98
the best materials, at _ T
«1 7>q «1 =:n ffiann and stylish silk and .
SI.ZD, >l.oU, ®Z.UU woolen skirts $5.00 to SIO.OO
MEMBER AMERICUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
of the White Provision Co., of Atlanta.
John W. Ely, with Rouse, Hempstone
Co., called on the local trade on Fri
day.
F. M. Stevens, travelling out of the
Macon office that “Good Gulf
Gasoline’’ salesman in the city Thurs
day.
R. E. L. Morefleld and D. M. Saun
ders were representatives of the Am
erican Tobacco Co. calling on the local
merchants here.
Jas. D. Lee, of Hopkinsville, Ky„
was in the city Thursday to confer
with the Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Lee is the southern representative for
the world famous “Paine Fire Works.”
Tom Schwalm came up from Savan
nah and did not paint the town “red,”
but claims that he was ready to take
o-ders for Sherwin & Williams’ fam
ous S. & W. paint.
W. E. Ellis, of the Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co., was registered at the
Windsor Hotel.
The many Americus friends of Max
Banner will be interested to know that
l:e is in St. Louis this week on (his
vacation.
Ben Ehrlich was in the city Friday
taking orders for cigars. Mr. Ehrlich
represents Leßoy Meyers of Savan
nah.
| IMER'CUS SHOWS
ALCAZAR THEATRE.
MONDAY.
Paramount Picture, "The Saleslady”
—Five acts.
TUESDAY.
Metro Picture, “The Scarlet Wo
man””—Five acts.
WEDNESDAY.
Triangle Pictures, “Honor’s Altar”
Five acts.
“His Auto Ruination”—Two Reel
Keystone.
THURSDAY.
Paramount Picture, “Audry”—Five
acts.
FRIDAY.
Pathe Film, “Who’s Guilty”—Chap
ter 5.
The Second Chapter of the “Myster-
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SATURDAY.
Triangle Pictures, “His Picture in
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“Better Late Than Never”—Two
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SUNDAY, JUNE 18, lslj
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