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EUROPEAN POWERS TRY TO STOP BREAK
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f HIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
EUROPE IS
TRYING TO
AVERT A
WAR HERE
Mexico Lays Her
Cause Before
Europe
TBEITY OF 1848 CAN
BE INVOKED NOW
German Intrigue
Is Charged In
War Plot
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21.
Representatives of European powers,
especially those of England, France
ard Russia are bringing strong pres
sure to bear on Gen. Carranza to
prevent a break between the United
States and Mexico, according to indi
rect reports to the state department
'this afternoon. It is added there yet
remains a probability these representa
tions may succeed in averting war be
tween the de facto government at Mex
ico City and the United States.
It is said the representatives of the
European Entente Allies are particu
larly active because of their belief that
German influence in the south of Mex
ico has set at work to inflame the
Mexican government against the Unit
ed States. The effort to bring about
war between the two countries is being
made, it is believed, to prevent the
United States gathering in the trade
formerly controlled by German mer
chants in Mexico and the South and
Central American countries.
It is pointed out in this connection
that Gen. Carranza and his advisers
might avoid war with the American na
tion by calling for an international
commission to discuss the situation.
Under the terms of a treaty formally
negotiated between the Washington
and Mexico City governments during
1848, it is optional with Gen. Carranza
to call for such a commission, but as
yet the de facto government in Mex
ico has made no such suggestion to
the authorities at Washington. Action
ui der the terms of this old treaty may
come at any time, it was stated today,
ly those who still hold to the hdpe that
war between the two countries will
yet be avoided.
The definite statement reached
Washington today from a thoroughly
reliable source that Gen. Carranza con
tinues to do all that is possible to
protect American citizens and their
property in Mexico, and this is consid
ered one of the most hopeful signs yet
tc appear on the horizon. It as learn
ed authoritatively today that Carranza
aided Special Agent Rodgers, at Mex
ico City, in arranging for trains to
carry American and other refugees to
Vera Cruz. In some quarters, however,
this action has been construed as im
plying Carranza is unwilling to assure
Americana and foreigners of protec
tion, if it became necessary to leave
hurriedly because of a break in rela
tions with the United States. A num-
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♦ “MOST PERFECT MAN” IS 4
♦ LATEST MARINE RECRUIT. 4
♦ ATLANTA, Ga., June 21.—Kent- 4
♦ ry C. Crumley, aged 18, of Wa- 4
♦ tauga Valley Tenn, enlisted here ♦
+ as a member of the United States +
4 marine corps and left for Cincin- 4
4 nati where he was transferred to 4
4 the training barracks at Port 4
♦ Royal, S. C. *
♦ Officers in charge of the marine 4
4 corps recruiting here said Crum- 4
♦ ley was one of the most perefct 4
♦ specimens of manhood to enter
4 the service for some time, as he 4
♦ was without a physical defect. 4
4 His entrance was made possible ♦
4 by the recent ruling which lower- 4
♦ ed the age limit to 18 years. ♦
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ALONG WESTERN
FRONT OF WARS
A violent German attack against
French positions northeast of Rheims
at Hill 108 and in the direction of Ber
ry Aubac, was made during last night,
says the French war office in today’s
first bulletin. The attack was repuls
ed, the bulletin adds, by French ar
tillery fire.
Two mines were exploded by the
Germans preliminary to hurling infan
try in massed formation against the
French trenches at these points, and
when these troops were caught by the
artillery fire they were utterly anni
hilated.
Along the Verdun front where such
herculean efforts have recently been
exerted by the Teutons in their en
deavor to capture Dead Man’s Hill,
there were no infantry actions during
last night. The fighting there was
confined to an unending artillery duel,
the Germans bombarding pitilessly, as
lias been observed heretofore, when in
antry attacks were in preparation. The
French artillery replies to the German
shelling at intervals, and the din of
heavy gunfire there is continuous, day
and flight.
The Austrian war office reports to
day that a Russian force after cross
ing the Sereth river were closely en
gaged and that fighting continues in
rogress there. Thirteen hundred Rus
sians have been captured in the Lake
Atchi district, says the Vienna report.
An Athens dispatch says the Greek
cabinet resigned today, but official con
firmation of the alleged resignations
cannot be secured.
Lieut. Immelman, the famous Ger
man aviator, is reported as having been
killed on the Verdun front during to
day’s fighting.
ALABAMA SPECIAL JURY
TO EM THURSDAY
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 21.—The
special grand jury convened to inves
tigate the mysterious murder of Pro
bate Judge Lawler, of this countyl, it
is expected, will complete its invest’-
gation today. No intimation concern
ing its conclusions has been permitted
to become public.
Percy Brooks, held in connection
with the affair since shortly after the
finding of Judge Lawler’e body in a
morass near Huntsville, testified before
the inquisitorial body today. Virgie
Turner, a negro chauffeur, is still be
ing held as a material witness, and
will be examined this afternoon.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21, 1916
FARMER’S RALLY
IN AMERICUS ON
FRIDAY, JUNE 30
The first agricultural rally in Sum
ter county under the auspices of the
farm department of the Americus and
Sumter County Chamber of Commerce
will be held Friday June 30th. It is
also under the auspices of the exten
sion department of the State College
of Agriculture.
The program will begin promptly at
10 o’clock Friday morning, at the
Chamber of Commerce offices on For
syth street.
Dinner will be spread at noon in the
vacant store next to Charles L. Ans
ley’s store.
Pictures will be shown at the Opera
House, through the kindness of Mana
ger Will Dudley.
The program is: ,
Guy R. Jones, professor of rural
engineering .State College of Agricul
ture —“Home Conveniences on the
Farm.
H. H. Parrish agricultural agent of
Dougherty county—Building the Soil.
Dr. E. P. Fraser, president of Bibb
County Agricultural and Live Stock In
stitute—What the Institute Has Meant
to the Farmers of Bibb County in the
Last Seven Years.
Harry C. Robert, general manager.
Georgia State Fair—Benefits of a Fair
to the Third District.
W. G. Middlebrooks, agricultural
agent of Bibb county—How An Inst’-
tute Aids Education, Agriculture and
Social Surroundings.
E. H. Hyman, secretary Americus
and Sumter County Chamber of Com
merce and J. G. Oliver, agricultural
agent Third Agricultural district, on
“Organization of Institute for Sumter
County.”
The farmers of Sumter county are
requested to bring a well-filled basket
oi dinner. They will be taken charge
of by the ladies and spread ready for
dinner.
To the Farmers of Sumter County.
It is with much pleasure that we in
vite you to be present and bring your
entire family to this the first gathering
of farmers of Sumter county. We have
arranged, besides the splendid pro
gram above, an extra and added attrac
tion in the form of an illustrated talk
with pictures on the screen by Mr. J.
G. Oliver on “801 l Weevil Prepared
ness.” I have seen these pictures and
heard the talk and I assure you thc.t
this feature alone is worth coming to
Americus to see and hear. I am sure
that this feature alone is worth com
ing to Americus to see and hear. I am
sere that that the other subjects on the
program will be equally as interesting.
Hoping that you will come and bring
your families, we beg to remain. Yours
for better farming
Americus and Sumter County Chamber
of Commerce, Charles L. Ansley,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
AUSTRALIA FOUNDS A
FUND FOR SOLDIERS
MELBOURNE, Australia, June 21.
The Federal and the State govern
ments of Australia have authorized
the foundation of a fund to be called
“The Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation
Fund.” It will enable those who have
not been fighting for their country to
fulfill their obligations by assisting
soldiers to gain a permanent liveli
hood after the war. The fund is to be
vested in a board of trustees repre
senting all the state and its adminis
tration is to be conducted on lines to
be determined by an act of the Com
monwealth Parliament.
4 WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
♦ June 21 1916. *
4 FOR GEORGIA: Partly cloudy *■
■e with probably local thunder 4
4 showers Thursday. +
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BAHNSEN WARNS
ABOUT CHOLERA
AND ITS RAVAGES
The following communication from
the state vetinarian, Dr. Peter H.
Bahnsen, of Americus, is furnished us
by J. G. Oliver, through the local
Chamber of Commerce, and is self-ex
planatory:
The most prolific source of hog
cholera is, beyond question, the sick
hog and the unburied carcass of the
hog that died of cholera. Buzzards,
and roaming dogs, can only carry the
disease when the infected material is
left Jor them to distribute. The laws
of the state of Georgia make it a mis
demeanor for any one to fail to bury
the carcass of any dead animal; un
fortunately this act requires that the
owner of such carcass must be serv
ed with notice that the burial of such
carcass is demanded by other citizens.
While this clause doesn’t nullify the
act it is well known that such notice
notice would frequently lead to
strained neighborly relation and possi
bly to open enmity. For this reason
we are frequently called on to enforce
the act that makes the destruction . of
animals that have died compulsory, by
acting as prosecutors. To us such
prosecutions are very unpleasant, and
they involve quite an item of expense
tc the state. But our success in po’.k
production depends in a large meas
ure on the enforcement of this very,
reasonable and necessary requirement
Self-interest demands that every owner
of hogs destroy, by burning, or deep
burial, the careass of every hog that
dies of any disease; if, however, a
man is indifferent to his self interest
he owes a reasonable observance of I
safety regulations to the interest of the
community, and especially his neigh
bors. No good citizen can be indif
ferent to such an obligation.
I feel sure all that is necessary to
secure a rigid observance of this law is
to bring the act to the attention of the
public. Should this fail, we will, of
course, be compelled to prosecute all
violators of this law.
June 17th, 1916.
PETER F. BAHNSEN,
State Veterinarian.
AMERICUS GOES
AFTER ANOTHER
MEEIIIGJN 'll
H. E. Allen, clerk of the Superior
court of Sumter county and president
of the County Officers’ association, is
at St. Simon’s today, where the annual
convention of the organization is being
held. Mr. Allen has arranged all the
details of the program which will con
tain many features of interesting en
tertainment.
Mr. Allen will invite the organization
to meet in Americus in 1917, on behalf
of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Mayor and City Council.
It is expected that Secretary E. H.
Hyman will go to St. Simon’s Friday
and be at the meeting on the day when
the 1917 meeting place is selected.
A. L I. WAITING
FOR THE ORDERS
WHICHMOVEBDDY
I
Co. I, Second Georgia Regiment, Na
tional Guards, better known in this
section as the Americus Light Infantry,
is resting on their arms, awaiting
their movement to the mobilization
camp at Macon.
Quartermaster Sergeant Edwin T.
Murray, of the A. L. I. has been com
missioned a second lieutenant and or
dered to report to Macon to the com
manding officer of the Second regiment.
This vacancy in the A. L. I. will be
filled by appointment of Captain James
A. Fort.
A number of recruits have been add
ed to the muster rolls of the local com
pany, among the men being William H.
Bush, James Bramlett, William Green,
Durward W. Wheeler DeEsteville
Hendrix Augustus D. Bolton, of Les
lie; Lem Bramlett, Samuel Dedman
Claud Callaway, Sam E. Gordon, of
Colquitt, Roch Brooks and C. M. Park,
of Leslie.
Boys Are Happy Now.
The company is happy with the pros
pects of seeing active service. In veri
fication of this may be advanced the
“drum head” minstrel at the armory
last night, during which several mem
bers participated in a real, good-time
jollification ceremony.
The company’s quartet sang “Just
Before the Battle, Mother,” which may
or may not be appropriate to the oc
casion.
Pay of the Officers.
An interesting fact is the pay of the
men in the service of the National
Guards while on active duty. Their
scale of pay is:
Brigadier generalssoo.oo
Colonels 383.33
Lieutenant colonels 291.67
Majors 250.00
Captains 200.00
First lieutenants 166.67
Second lieutenants 141.67
First sergeants 45.00
Corporals 21.00
Privates 15.00
Power of Carranza.
If General Carranza called his en
tire federal army into service against
the United States, he would not have
more than 52,000 men. This was the,
estimate furnished to the United States
war department at the time of the Vera
Cruz trouble, and there has not been
much of an increase since then.
However, of the thousands of ir
regulars in Mexico, including bandits,
many undoubtedly would flock to Car
ranza in the event of war with the
i
United States, which would give him
an army of probably more than twice.
the size of his federal forces.
r
Most o fthe federal troops wer >
, I
quartered in Mexico City, Guadalajara.:
1
Tampico, Zacatecas, Mazatlan, Lis
tiial, Guanajuato, Acapulco, Victoria
Velles and Puebla until March of this
year, when the general northern move
ment toward the Arizona border slow
ly began. »
Mexico's peace strength in 1910 was
estimated at 43969; reserves 42,753; to
tfi war strength, 86,742; total availa
ble, unorganized, 3,013,595.
MORGAN LEAVES AMERICUS
TO WORK WITH MACON FIRM
The many friends of Lewis Morgan,
sen of L. A. Morgan, will be interested
in knowing that he will be located in
Macon in the future, having accepted
a position with Swift & Co., in their
clerical department.
Lewis is one of Americus well known
young men, his friend's wish him
success Ln his new line of work.
♦ OLD CERTIFICATE GIVEN 4
I 4 MONTGOMERY TRUE BLUES 4
4 MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 21. 4
♦ certificate of honorary mem- *
C bership in the Montgomery True ♦
4 Blues, dated July 1,1857, has been 4
1 4 presented the present organ!- 4
4 zation of the “True Blues” at their 4
♦ armory here. The owner of the 4
4 certificate, Augustus W. Under- 4
> wood ,is long since dead, but one 4
4 of his relatives, Mrs. W. L. Me- 4
y Cain found the old certificate and 4
4 presented it to the present com- 4
4 ipany to file among its archives. 4
4 The document was framed and 4
4 hung on the walls of the armory 4
4 along with other cherished me- 4
4 mentons of the glorious past. 4
4-O4OCO
SIX COMMinEES
ID CANVASS THE
COUNTY ON FAIR
Six committees of prominent Amer
icus people will leave the city Thurs
day morning not later than 9 o’clock,
canvassing the county for subscrip
tions to the Third Agricultural Dis
trict fair, to be held in Americus in
October.
The committees are:
Plains, Seventeenth District and
Sumter—Carr S. Glover and Geo. R.
Ellis.
Friendship—Frank Harrold and W.
M. Humber.
Cobb, DeSoto and Leslie— Allen.
Crawford Wheatley and W. M. Jones.
28th District—L. G. Council and J.
E. Poole.
29th District —Frank Lanier and W.
E. Brown.
Old 16th District—A. D. Gatewood
and Walter Brown.
These committees will push the work
of the fair and the Chamber of Com
merce.
It is expected that the fruits of their
work will place the district fair on a
rapid road to completion with its many
plants.
SECRETARY HYMAN GOES TO
AHHANGE FOR MIDWAYS
E. H. Hyman, secretary of the
Americus and Sumter County Chamber
of Commerce, will go to Macon tomor
row to attend a meeting of the Asso
ciation of Georgia Fairs, of which he
is secretary, to be held in that city.
The meeting will be held at the Ho
tel Lanier, and is for the purpose of
arranging midway attractions for the ,
coming fairs in Georgia. This associa
tion is’ headed by J. Luke Burdette, of
Washington, as president, and E. H.
Hyman, of this city as secretary.
Among the fair associations repre
sented at the meeting will be the East
Georgia fair of Washington; Georgia
State fair, of Macon; Hahira fair,
Hart County fair, of Hartwell; Hous
ton County fair, of Perry; Southeast
ern fair, of Atlanta; Southeast Georgia
fair of Donaldsonville; Tatnall Coun
ty fair, of Reidsville; Taylor County
fair, of Butler; Twelfth District Agri
cultural fair, of Dublin; Washington
County fair, of Sandersville; North
Georgia fair, of Winder, and the Third
Agricultural District fair to be held
in this city, and which promises to
be one of the biggest and most im
portant of any in the whole state.
Those at the head of this enterprise
are pushing with all their might and
riTV
editionl
WARSHIPS
READY T 0
DASH FOR
MEXICANS
Several States
Have Guards
Ready to Go
TOOOPS BEGIN TO MOVE
FOR FUNSTON’S ORDER
Fleet Prepares For
Action Along
The Coast
SAN DIEGO, Cal., June 21. —The tor
pedo boats Hull, Hopkins and Tru
wenton, stationed here during several
weeks past were made ready early
today to dash down the Mexican coast
there to join other ships of the Pacific
fleet, either on their way or already in
Mexican ports.
The cruisers San Diego and Pitts
burg and the armored cruiser Colo
rado left this iport yesterday sailing
under sealed orders, but it is presum
ed went to reinforce the fleet com
manded by Admiral Winslow, and
engaged in patroling the Mexican west
coast. Naval experts said following the
sailing of the San Diego, Pittsburg and
Colorado, that with the arrival of these
additional units the commander of the
Pacific fleet would be in position to
effectively blockade every Mexican
west port, within a brief time, and that
in event war is declared the establish
ment of such a blockade will be one
of the first steps taken.
I
Guardsmen En Route to Camps.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21
The .national guard mobilization today
had proceeded to a point where a
number of states reported to the war
departments that numerous regiments
were either en route to or had already
reached their mobilization camps.
The troops will remain in their re
spective mobilization camps until
ail the militiamen have been passed by
federal medical examiners and they
have been formally mustered into the
service of the United States. The
.guardsmen will all be inoculated with
typhoid serum before being sent to
the border.
Reports from every section of the
United States reaching the war depart
men today show unexampled interest
and enthusiasm in recruiting. In many
of the large cities of the country, the
number of recruits applying have been
greatly in excess of the total desired,
and many of the applicants have gone
into the small towns, where enlist
ments are more easily prewired, in
older to be among to/ first of the
troops to go to the front.
will leave Nothing undone to make 11
the best ever.
Secretary Hyman will go from Ma- *
con to St. Simon’s, where he will ex
tend an invitation to the County Offi
cers’ association to meet here next
year.
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