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Newspaper Page TextWASHINGTON WAITS ON PERSHING’S REPORT The Times-Recorder is the ONLV paper in the Third Congressional District with Associated Press service. __________________ I HIKTY.EIGHTH year. WILSON'S POLICY IS THE SAME ON MEXICO Reports on Fight Conflict To Officials. EITHER AMBUSHED OH TRAPPED 01 CARRANZA Wilson Waits For Pershing’s Re port of Affair ****************** * MISSOURI, KANSAS AND * * CALIFORNIA FIRST TO GO • ♦- WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. ♦ * —Orders were despatched by the * * war department this afternoon for * * the Missouri, Kansas and Califor- 4 + nia militia regiments to he ready * * to entrain for border service at ♦ * soon as possible. The first of the * new units is expected to be on the * * scene of impending hostilities be- * * fore morning. * WASHINGTON, D. C-, June 22. The Wilson administration sees no rea son, it was announced this afternoon, in Mexican accounts of the Carrizal clash to change its policy regarding Carranza and the de facto government. No decision is to be made touching the incident until General Pershing re ports full details of the encounter. It was said unofficially at 3 o’clock that President Wilson views the fight at Carrizal merely as an incident for which subordinate commanders are wholly responsible, and not likely to precipitate fighting between the Unit ed States and Mexico. The Mexican foreign office communication handed to Secretary Lansing this morning sought only an explanation of the presence of American troops so far from their base and the tone of the communication is such as to indicate Carranza will dis claim responsibility for the attack on Gen. Pershing’s column. The note n akes it specifically plain that the Car ranza government is not trying to ex pel Americans troops from that coun try by force. Twelve Americans Killed; 17 Captured EL PASO, Tex., June 22. —Ameri- can troops engaged in the fight with Carranzaistas at Carrizal last night twelve killed, including their com mander, Captain Lewis S. Morey,, and seventeen members of the detachment were captured by the Mexicans. The Mexicans lost fourteen killed and thir tv of their number were wounded dur ing the battle, according to an an nouncement by the Mexican consul here this afternoon. The announcement says the Americans removed their own dead from the battlefield. Full details of the affair have reached the Mexican consulate here from Villa Ahumada. Mexieans Evacuate Juarez. EL PASO, Tex., June 22.—The Mex ican garrison had more than half evac- MITO ACCIDENT ’ ON ROAD TO MYRRLSPRISOS In an automobile accident Thursday night on the Myrtle Springs road, T. W. Stewart, a rural mail carried whose route is out of Americus, and his mother both narrowly escaped serious injury. The accident occurred just be low the Miller home, a quarter of a mile beyond the dangerous bend at Gunerry’s bridge, and was caused by some derangement of the steering gear. Mr. Stewart w’as proceeding at a mod erate speed when suddenly the machine got beyond his control and plunged into a sand bank at the side of the read. The machine was turned completely over, the driver being pinned beneath the tonneau, but fortunately was not seriously hurt. Mrs. Stewart was thrown clear of the wrecked car and other than being badly bruised, es caped uninjured. The machine was badly damaged, and must be extensive ly repaired before it can be used again. Mr. Stewart is a graduate of Amer icus High school in the Class of T 6, being a popular member of the class, and holding the office of class presi dent. Following his graduation Mr. Stewart entered the government ser vice as a rural mail carrier, which po sition he now holds. uated Juarez, opposite here, at 10 {■ clock this morning. It was officially stated here at noon today that three trains loaded with Carranza soldiers had left Juarez for the south during the morning, and three others are now ready to take their departure. Arredondo Tells Lansing of Clash. WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 22. An official communication from the Mexican foreign office, announcing the clash between Mexican and American troops at Carrizal, says the de facto government found it difficult to under stand why American troops were so far from their base, this being the ex cuse offered fo#- the attack. The doc - ument was delivered to Secretary of State Lansing by Ambassador desig nate Arredondo. After delivering the communication at the state department this afternoon. Sonor Arredondo told newspaper re porters he had asked Secretary Lans ing for an explanation of the purpose cf the American troops in approaching Carrizal and the reported action ojj Gen. Pershing in occupying Casas Grandes and Neuvo Casas Grandes. Secretary Lansing told the Mexicans representative that he had no official information concerning the Carrizal af fair, nor did he know whether or not the Mexican towns indicated had been occupied by American troops. Senor Arredondo, defending the ac tion of the Carranza troops in opening fire on the American column, said he had called the attention of Secretary Lansing to what he considered “lack of prudence on the part of the American commander in approaching the Mexi can railway.’’ Stories of Fight Convicting. WASHINGTON D. C., June 22. At the war department this afternoon it was stated that it would take cou riers or survivors of the American de tachment attacked at Carizal hours to reach Gen. Pershing’s present camp, and that until some of these are heard from, accurate news of the clash will probably not be available. Stories of the clash reaching military authorities today are conflicting in nature, but al! apparently indicate the American troopers were either trapped or am bushed and *hat they sustained their J chief losses by machine gun Are, AMERICUS TIMES-RECDRDER MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS COMMITTEES GET SUBSCRIPTIONS FOO Ff HERE Six delegations of automobiles swept Sumter county Thursday morning and secured the remaining amount of stock to the Third Agricultural Dis trict fair, which brings the stock sub scriptions to SIO,OOO, the total capital ization of the association. It was impossible to secure an accu rate list of the stock subscribers this afternoon, as all of the committees had not reported. The committee headed by Carr S. Glover and George R. Ellis, who went through Plains and the Seventeenth district secured about SSOO and conser vative estimates place the other com mittees with like sums, all of which bring the total ip the necessary amount. Everywhere the farmers and people in the country districts greeted the committees with pleasure and assured the members of their hearty co-opera tion in the plans for the agricultural district fair. Nineteen counties are co-operating in the great booster, agri cultural and live stock show. GEN. NASH AFTER MOUNTS FOR GEORGIA TROOPS Machinery has been put in motion by Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash for the purchase of horses and mules for the Georgia militia to be used at the state mobilization camp, Macon, and at the Mexican border when the troops are sent there. Georgia troops will require about 1,000 mules and 700 horses. Gen. Nasn telegraphed to the government re mount station, Front Royal, Va., for in structions to make these purchases and the method. The animals must come up to the government specifications an.l be bought by the regulation method. Prospective bidders on the contract are instructed by Gen. Nash to write or telegraph the station direct for pro posal bids and any information they desire. AMERICAS GOES INTO THE INTERIOR OF CHINA NOW PEKING, June 22.—Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, left Pe king today for the interior of China, where he will remain for a year or more hunting big game and studying wild animals in portions of China hitherto not invaded by zoologists. Mr. Andrews went from Peking to Foochow, and from that point will sail to Haiphong and make his way o.erland into Kweichow province, which will be the scene of most of his exploration work. Mr. Andrews is accompanied by his bride, who is the daughter of Colonel Henry Borup if the United States army, and a sister of the late George Borup, the Artic explorer. Mrs. Andrews is an expert photog rapher and will be the official pho tographer of the expedition. Among the animals known to exist in the in terior of Kweichow province are the takin, the ©oral and serow. The takin is an animal of bright yelolw color as large as a cow, but similar to the goat in appearance. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews hope to get specimens of these rare animals, as well as photographs which will show them in their native -sur roundings. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22, 1916 > FUND OF $1,700,000 ♦ ♦ FOR WILSON CAMPAIGN ♦ ♦ CHICAGO, June 22. —A cam- ♦ ♦ paign fund of $1,700,000 will be ♦ ♦ raised by the democratic party + ♦ by popular subscription, accord- > tag to an announcement made > ♦ here today by W. W. Marsh, of ♦ ♦ lowa, treasurer of the national 4 ♦ committee. 4 ♦ “Every member of the party ♦ ♦ will be expected to contribute 4 4 something, and no sum will be 4 4 too small,” he said. ♦ ♦♦444 NEGROMANNOW IN JAIL CHARGED SEftlflUS GRIME George Holley, a negr_‘ man, has been arrested on a charge of conceal ing the death of an infant in connec tion with the child found in Muckalee creek Saturday afternoon. He was ar rested by Sheriff Lucius Harvey and placed in jail Wednesday night. The coroner’s jury will meet Satur day morning at 9 o’clock after a recess and evidence will be presented in the case. regruitHoin A. L. I. FOR WAR CLOUDS GATHER The Americus Light Infantry has re ceived no orders to move to Macon, al though it is confidently expected that they will be encamped at the mobiliza tion camp at Macon before Monday, if they do not leave before that time. Two new recruits are William C. Sul livan, Jr., and Stephen Pace. Company I drilled for over an hour Wednesday night on the streets, and the several corporals and sergeants of the company took the men under ser ious training and the recduits acquit ted themselves magnificently. Before the time comes before join ing the Georgia troops at Macon, Capt. Fort expects to have a company com paring favorably with seasoned veter ans. POSTAL TELEGRAPH MAN- AGER GOES ON VACATION Sam Williamson, manager of the Postal Telegraph company in Americus leaves today on his summer vacation. Mr. Williamson will go from here to Abyans, N. H. Before returning, how ever, he will visit New York and other cities in the eaat- During the absence of Mr. William son, the Postal office here will be in charge of L. P. Williams. CHIESE PROVINCE HARD AT WORK DESPITE WAR CHENCHOW, Hunan Province, China, June 22.—Antimony mines here are working at full capacity regardless of unsettled politcal conditions, and fortunes are being made by the Chin ese owners of the property. Since the beginning of the European war, China has become the chief source of the world’s antimony supply, and the price of the metal has increased so rapidly that mine owners have become inde pendently wealthy. GREECE BENDS TO DEMANDS OF ALLIED NATIONS An Athens dispatch this afternoon says the Greek government has for vtaally and unconditionally accepted the demands of the Entente powers for the formation of a new cabinet along non political lines, and that elections will be ordered held in conformity with the demands of the blockading powers. Paris advices quote a Saloniki tele gram saying reports are current there today that an Entente fleet has been ordered to cruise before Piraeus, the Greek port of Athens. News from the continent today tells of renewed heavy fighting along the western front during last night, and a continuance of these tactics through out today is forecast in despatches from all sources. The Germans at tacked in heavy force an extended stretch of the French lines along the Verdun front during the night and suc ceeded in capturing the French first lit e trenches between Furnin wood and CJienois, the French official statement admitsi. The attack was instituted first against one of the slopes of Dead Man’s Hill, being checked at that point by grenade detachments. Violent engagements are in prog ress today west and south of Fort Vaux on the right bank of the river. A German grenade attack in that re gion urns checked this morning by the French curtain of fire, after heavy losses had been inflicted. A Madrid telegram reports the arri val at Cartagena of the German sub marine U-35. The cammamder of the warship went at once to the German consulate on landing at the Spanish seaport, and declined to discuss the purpose of his visit. Later it was cur rently rumored that the submarine visited Spain for the purpose of car - rying an autographed letter from Kai ser Wilhelm to King Alfonso, thanking the Spanish monarch in the name of the German people for the cordiality cf the reception accorded interned Ger mans w’ho were forced into Spanish territory in Afriea as the result of British conquests in the German Kame run colony. HIGH GLASS ROADWAYS IN THE SOUTHEAST COMING COLUMBUS, June 22.—The Indus trial Index says in its issue this week: “The building of high-class, modern highways comprises one of the most important features of the construction work in progress throughout th a i Southeast generally. Seminole county, | Florida, has just awarded contracts for I the construction of a total of 2o miles of brick-paved roads. Washington county, Mississippi, is making prelimi nary arrangements for beginning the construction of 144 miles of highways for which it voted $950,000 of bonds. Taylor county, Fla., will vote upon the issuance of S6OOOOO of bonds for build ing roads. Contracts have been award ed for the construction of roads and bridges in a district of Manatee county, Fia., at a cost of nearly $250,000. Four or more counties in Alabama are ask irg bids for road construction. Just a short time ago Polk county, Florida, voted $1,500,000 of bonds for building 217 miles of roads. Dade county has voted SIOO,OOO of bridge, jail and road construction bonds. Decatur, Ala., voted SSOOOO for plant, and Cochran, Ga. voted $20,000 for improvements including an ice factory. IWM RAILWAY BEBH6ANIZES WORK IO MCIIMS WASHINGTON, D. S., June 22.- With a view to making the agricultural service of Southern Railway Company and its associated companies more helpful to the farmers of the South, President Fairfax Harrison has made a complete reorganization of the ser vice, to go into effect on July 1. With the extension of the farm dem onstration work of the United States department of agriculture and of the states and the appontment of demon stration agents in most of the counties traversed by the lines of the compan ies there is not the broad field for rail road agricultural demonstration work that existed when this service was inaugurated by Southern Railway Company in 1910, when there were very few government agents in the field. There is now, however, a broad field for helpful work in connection with the marketing of products of Southern farms .especially in localities in which farmers without experience in selling anything but cotton are going into di versified farming and especially in aiding small producers to consolidate their products and market co-opera tively. Since January 1,1913, the companies have maintained market agents at Washington, Cincinnati, st. Louis and Atlanta for the purpose of finding mar kets for Southern products and bring ing buyers into touch with the pro ducers. This service is now to be greatly strengthened. A farm prod-1 ucts agency is to be substituted for the market agency at Atlanta, with Roland Turner, now agricultural agent at Birmingham, Ala., as chie ffarm prod ucts agent. The present agricultural field agents of the company, ten ta number, will be appointed farm prod ucts agents, reporting to Mr. Turner. The market agents at Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis will compile and promulgate information as to mar kets, including quantities, varieties, grades and packs desired for different markets and as to freight rates and facilities. This information will be promulgated to producers through the farm products agency, or direct, as circumstances mgy require. The mar ket agents will also compile and pro mulgate to buyers information as to products for sale. The chief farm prod ucts agent and the farm products agents will familiarize themselves with producers and products in their territories and forward detailed in formal ion to the market agents. They win advise producers as to the varie ties, grades and packs required for dif ferent markets and will give special attention to encouraging small pro ducers to organize for co-operative marketing. The market agents and farm products agents will work in close co-operation with the bureau of markets and rural organization in the United States department of agricul ture and with the state agricultural authorities. Mr. T. O. Plunkett will continue as farm demonstration agent with head quarters at Atlanta for emergency work all over the system, especially in localities where his advice may be needed to aid farmers in combatting the Mexican cotton boll weevil. The live stock and dairy develop ment work of the companies will be strengthened by the appointment of agricultural agents, W. M. Brown, at 9t!anta, and T. G. Wood,, at Washing ton to be live stock and dairy agents. Messrs. Brown and Wood and Agricul tural Field Agent J. G. Shand, who will be appointed assistant industrtal and immigration agent at Mobile, witl also aid in the location of farm settlers along the lines of the companies. riTv v editionl OBREGON MAN WHO ORDERED IST FIGHT Lansing, Wilson, And Baker Confer CARRANZA MAY YET DISAVOWJLSPONSIBILILY House and Senate Leaders Called To Meet WASHINGTON, D. C., Jane 22. .Administration officials here were ex cited early today by newspaper reports that a fight had occurred between a detachment of Gen. Pershing's troops and Carranza forces in Mexico, In which forty Americans had been killed I and seventeen others taken prisoners by the Mexicans, but up to noon no offi cial confirmation of the fight had been received at the war department. The reports, therefore, have not yet been given full credence In official circles, and are generally believed to be ex aggerated. Secretary Baker, of the war depart ment, was an early caller at the exec utive offices today and conferred with President Wilson for more than an hour. Later the war secretary confer red with Secretary of State Lansing and the chairmen of the house anl senate military committees, the officials meeting at the state department It is supposed the Mexican crisis was the only subject discussed, but no an nouncement bearing upon the confer ence was given out. At the conclusion of this conference, it was announced that Secretary Baker had given Chairman Hay of the house military affairs committee a resolution authorizing the president to draft all militiamen who are willing to take fed eral oaths immediately into the reg ular army establishment. This reso lution was introduced in the house this morning and provides such enlistments shall be during the "period of eme-- gency.” It is stated, however, that before action is had on the resolution tomorrow that it will be so amende 1 as to read for the “period of the war.” The resolution would also authoriza the consolidation of existing commands into as many complete units as may be necessary to bring these units to their full war strength. Inquiries at the war department at noon elicited the statement that Major General Fun;-.ton, who is in command J of all the troops in Mexico and along ? the border, had advised the department at 10 o'clock this morning that he was at that hour without official Informa tion or knowledge of the reported fight between Pershing’s troops and Car ranzaistas at Carritil. The department will await further advices from FUa pton before taking action in the prem ises. Secretary Baker told the representa tive of the Associa tecl Press this as- ' . . SF"“ (Continued ftu Page Five.) NUMBER 149

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, June 22, 1916, City Edition, Image 1