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The Times-R.corder is the ONLY papei in the Third Congressional District with Associated Press service rHIBTI’-EIGHTH YEAR- BHDWN HAS NOT HAD A TRIAL YET MUROER CHARGE It is reported in Americus today that Early Brown, the Leslie white man, who shot H. A. Stewart, another citi zen of Leslie, near Leesburg early Sat urday morning, has not asked for a committment trial, and it is not known when it will be held. He is still con fined in the Lee county jail. Several friends and officials have talked to Brown since his arrest and incarcera tion, and according to these stories he has told a version of the affair which laid the cause between the men as re sulting from differences which arose during their ride from Albany, en route this way. Both of the men were in Americus about 9 o’clock Friday night, and were seen by a number of people. At one time there was discussion as to exhuming the body of Stewart for further investigation, but this has not been done, according to reliable ad vices. Several theories are said to have caused this speculation. It is said that Brown has engaged Yeomans & Wilkerson, a well known legal firm of Dawson, to defend him. The latest prominent case of these lawyers was the trial of Claud Chance, at Leesburg, early this year, charged with the murder of “Banker” A. D. Oliver. Chance was freed by a Lee county jury, and indictments against other defendants were nolle pressed. The Stewart killing is very interest ing to many people in this section, and there are many rumors which, of course, cannot take a faint form of re liaßility, such as to warrant their publication. STACKHOUSE REPORTS SHORT ( KOPS THROUGH TWO STATES R. P. Stackhouse has just returned home from a visit to his old home in South Carolina. Before leaving South Carolina, he made a trip to Lakeland, Fla. He returned to Americus from Lakeland, and made the trip to the Carolinas in a car. Mr. Stackhouse states that the crop in the middle and north Georgia territory that he trav eled -was very short in his opinion, and that the best crops that he has seen in Georgia, were between Ameri cus and Tifton, and that in his opin ion that Sumter county has the best crops of corn and cotton that he has seen. CONCEDE THAT THE BREMEN 15 LOST ——• WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19.—The loss of the German submarine Bremen is virtually conceded today by ranking Teutonic diplomats who are in position to be familiar with the vessel’s move ments. It was stated by a reliable au thority that the Bremen is now a month overdue in this country. Two Bremens Captured. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—The New York World prints a story which it declares originated from a British source of unquestioned reliability, saying the English have captured two German merchant submarines named Bremen. The World’s informant stated that a third Bremen is now its way to the United States, and that the Germans hope by continually sending out Bre meps to finally get one undersea boat of that name through the British cor don. The Bremen is declared to have been caught in the Straits of Dover, and because of being so firmly ensnared in British nets, remained under wa ter two days, five of the crew being suffocated when the ship was finally raised. Important documents are said to have been captured on board the first Bremen, which now lies at Chat ham,* but details of the taking of the second Bremen are unavailable accord ing to the story printed in the World. THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN AMERICUS AND THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION WILL BE IN BISON 'l7 PRESTON, Ga., Oct. 19.—The Friend ship Baptist association, now in ses sion at Preston, will meet in 1917 in Dawson, on the third Tuesday in Octo ber, after the third Sunday in the month. The association in session for the past three days, will adjourn today. Large crowds have attended from sev eral counties, and the services have all been interesting. Dinner has been served on the ground daily. There have been many to attend from Amer icus, some coming over in cars and others on the train daily during the three days session. The association elected officers ofr the ensuing year late yesterday, who are as follows: Rev. R. L. Bivins, Americus, moderator; J. L. Wells, Smithville, secretary; T. M. Callaway, Dawson, clerk. The same officers were re-elected. Preston people were very hospitable to the visitors, and those who attended the meeting are high in their praise of. Preston and Webster county peo ple. STORM DID NOT DO MUCH DAMAGE ALONG THE GDLE MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 19.—With the hurricane which swept southern Ala bama and western Florida yesterday subsided, a reckoning shows the dam age sustained is comparatively small. The total property loss in Mobile and Pensacdh, both of which cities felt the full forre of the wind, probably will not exceed more than SIOO,OOO, with one death reported in each city. The storm swept over the United States as far north of the state of In diana today, decreasing in intensity as it traveling inland. The wind moved rapidly north last night and again in an easterly direction with increasing force, the local weather bureau stated this afternoon. MOZO EMBARKS IN GROCERY BUSINESS ON COTTON AVEVNUE J. F. "*ozo has opened up a family grocery «te’. produce store on the cor ner of Cotton avenue and Forsyth streets, under the Central Hotel, in the Merritt building. Mr. Mozo has for a number of years been with the coun ty, putting in steel and concrete bridges, and has just recently re-enter ed the mercantile business. He has lots of friends who wish him success in his new line of business. “OldGrey Bonnet” Crew Will Not Pass Through Americus CAMP HARRIS, Macon, Ga„ Oct. 19. —'‘The Old Grey Bonnet” regiment— known everywhere as the Second, and the peer of the three, will leave Camp Harris for the border, via Fort Valley, Columbus, Montgomery, etc. This leaves out Americus and the A. L. I. will not have an opportunity to view their own company as it passes through, bound for the land where no man loves the surroundings. The troop trains tnay get away late tonight ,or early Friday morning. They are anxious to go and by Sun day the Georgia mobilization center is expected to be as barren as Texas’ plains. To Go In Three Sections. The Second regiment will go in three sections, as will the other regiments. The headquarters company, which In cludes the “Old Grey Bonnet Band,” will go with the first section, which is the Macon battalion. The Macon ma chine gun company will go along with Maj. Beck’s battalion, which will prob ably be the second section. The First regiment is packing and loading up their big army wagons and AMERIHSmUMIEORDEfI MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Leak Is Found For Press Gang I ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 19. —A press re port has leaked by the official censor of the governor’s office. Dependable report last night had it that Gov. Nat E. Harris had appointed, even though he has not yet signed an executive proclamation to that effect, St. Elmo Massengale, of Atlanta, to fill the place on the Western and Atlantic commis sion made vacant by the death of Jud son L. Hand, of Pelham. The same report has it that the only other of the several names presenter which was given any serious consider ation was that of John T. Boifeuillet, father-in-law of F. R. Jones, designat ed official spokesman for the gover nor. Mr. Jones announced today that there was nothing of importance from the governor’s office and that there was no deevlopment in the Western and Atlantic matter, but later an nounced that the governor had deter mined who he will appoint and is only withholding the name for the presen-. THE IJTH OWN REBEKAHS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW The Sixth division of the Rekah As sembly of Georgia, a female feature of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will meet in Americus tomorrow. The Vashti lodge of this city is the hostess of the occasion. Mrs. S. H. Edge, D. D. P., has charge of the arrangements for the day and an interesting session has been arranged. Miss Nell Rodriguez, state president of the Regekahs, will deliver an ad dress at the afternoon session, which will be a feature. The program for the session here Friday is: Opening ceremonies. Address of Welcome —Mrs. A. S. Perry. Response. Appointment of officers. Roll call of lodge. Reports of representatives. Miscellaneous business. Address by President, Miss Nell Rodriguez. Question Book. Good of the Order. S P. M. Open Meeting. Invocation —Rev. J. A. Thomas. Address of Welcome—Mrs. T. A. Cole. Response—F. G. Olver. Reading ‘Rebekah’’—Miss Erin Seig. Talk on Odd Fellowship—W. J. Brooks. "Why I Am a Rebekah” —J. H. Clark. “The Relation of Rebekahs to Odd Fellowship”—Miss Nell Rodriguez. 1 Open Discussion. hauling them to the spur tracks ready to entrain immediately after the Sec ond. The First regiment will take the same route as the Second, via Colum bus, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans and San Antonio, Tex., to El Paso. Fifth to Go to Atlanta. The Fifth regiment and the cavalry will go. by Atlanta, Birmingham, Vicksburg and Shreveport to El Paso. It is not thought that it will be at all practicable for the Fifth regiment to parade in Atlanta on their way to the border next week ,as orders from the eastern department say that troops must not stop en route so that train schedules will be held up. If the pa rade is given it will be merely by ac cident, it is thought by those in au thority to know. To make the Second regiment work with even more vim despite the wind and rain, Maj. Crouch gladdened their hearts by paying them their Septem ber pay. All units have been paid by the Fifth, and it is expected that they will get their share of Uncle Sam’s bounty some time today or Fri day. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 19, 1916 VILLA LEADS HIS BAND INTO TOWN AND LODES ALL EL PASO, Tex., Oct. 19—Pancho Villa personally led the band of Mexi cna bandits which entered Cusihuiria chic on October 10th, according to ar rivals from that vicinity reaching El Paso today. Villa and his outlaws after entering the city seized and confiscated all the supplies of every nature found, send inb much of the booty into the moun tains bn pack mules. When the trav elers reaching El Paso today left Cusi huiriachic last Saturday Villa and his men were still in cimplete possession I of the city. Villa and Salazar Quarrel. CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex., Oct. 19.- Deserters from Villa's outlaw band ar riving here today report that dissen sion has arisen between the bandit leaders and that serious trouble in the rebel camp is imminent. Several of the deserters claimed to have been present when Villa quarreled with Salazar, while other stated that Salazar and Uriebe drew pistols during a re cent dispute, but neither of the out laws used his weapon on the other. Villa has the reputation of never for getting a quarrel or forgiving an ene my, and has been known to execute former friends upon the slightest pre text after frivolous quarrels. CUIiIRO BOAT IS SUNK IN CHANNEL NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—The Cu nard liner Alaunia was sunk today in the English Channel, striking a floating mine between Falmout and London, according to a cablegram re ceived at the offices of the Cunard line here. It is believed all of the pas sengers on board the Alaunia at the time o fthe accident have been landed at Falmouth, though several of the crew ar still missing. The Alaunia cleared from this port October 7th, with a miscellaneous cargo, and a normal passenger list. SINGLE CASE OF THE EPIDEMIC 15 REPORTED NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—A single in fantile paralysis death in the city was reported today, the first since the last week in June when the present epidemic began. Six new cases were reported to the authorities today. Twenty-three hundred and seventq five cases of the disease have been re ported in New York since the epidem ic first asserted itself. WILdOh REFUSES TO SPEAK ON LONG HIKE GOSHEN, Ind., Oct. 19.—President Wilson shook hands with large crowds of enthusiastic people at prac tically every town and city where his train stopped today, en route from the national capital to Chicago, where he will deliver an address tonight. The cordiality of the reception extended the president was especially evident in the 1 states of Ohio and Indiana, where the greatest of enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. Wilson talked with several people at different stops, but declined to make platform speeches everywhere. | W. J. BRYAN CAMPAIGNING IN STATE OF TENNESSEE TODAY MEMPHIS, Tenn,, Oct. 19.—William IJ Bryan, accompanied by Governor Rye and other prominent Tennessee democrats are campaigning today in Tennessee. The party expect to visit several points before night, and ad , dresses will be delivered from rear I platforms and other places. Courts Kill Two Thirds of Time I MACON, Ga., Oct. 19.—“1 observe that about two-thirds of the time of all courts in this country are wasted," remarked Judge Wallace W. Lambdin, in the United States court here. “No body in particular is to blame, but as it costs about two dollars per minute to operate this court, I trust that the attorneys for the government and for he defendants will eliminate as far as possible all irrelevant matter in the trial of all cases and get down to the facts as quickly aa they can. Os course, the court wants to do justice to all parties concerned, but must in sist on co-operation from the members of the bar.” There was no special occasion for the remarks, according to Judge Lamb din, but only a desire upon his part to dispatch the business of the court. He is holding both morning and afternoon sessions and is rapidly clearing the dockets. Judge Lambdin will be here until November 10, or later, and by that time hopes to have every case pending tried. WILLIAM THMN IS REPORTED KILLED ID FRENCH ACTION PARIS, Oct. 19.—The body of Wil liam Thaw, a member of the Franco- American aviation corps, arrived here during last night and the funeral will occur tomorrow. Sergeant Norman Prince, who was a constant companion of the dead man, said Thaw’s home was in Paris. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 19.—Wil liam Thaw, a former Yale student, a id recently an aviator in the French army, has been killed in action, ac cording to word received last night by S. S. Walker, a senior student in Yale University. The telegram con veying information of Thaw’s death contained no details of the action ia which he is said to have been killed. This is the second time that a report has reached the United States of Thaw’s death. The first of these re ports came from Paris on April 21st, and later was officially denied. The French war office had not confirmed the death of Thaw at noon today. Thaw Family Without Information PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 19.—At the office of Benjamin Thaw, father of William Thaw, early today, it was stated that no word had been receiv ed by the Thaw family indicating that William Thaw, the American aviator, had been either wounded or killed in action. Benjamin Thaw recently re turned from a visit to Paris, where he saw his son, who at the time was in the best of health and spirits. Episcopal Church Has Grand Pageant Through All The Eras ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 19.—The his tory of the Protestant Episcopal church and its doctrine of continuity from apostolic times, were portrayiu at the Coliseum here last night in a church pageant, given by the Episco palian churches of St. Louis, and wit nessed by the delegates and visitors to the general convention of the church now in session here. To each parish church in St. Louis had been assigned a scene in the pa geant, and for months the members of the various parishes had worked on their parts. In all, more than 2,000 persons took part. The pageant began with the organ ization of the church in Apostolic tmies, and then showed the church in the British Isles, its history during the pre-reformation era and the contests between the throne and the papacy for supremacy, the breaking away from the Roman church in the reign of Henry VIII., the planting of the Prot estant Episcopal church, as part of the Church of England, in the United States, and the history of the church in modern America. 11-53 GETS HONOR FOB THEJAPTAIN BERLIN, Oct. 19. —Lieut.-Comman- dec Farrier, commander of the subma rine U 53, has been awarded the order of Poul le Merit for sinking one hun dred and twenty-six vessels totaling two hundred and seventythousand tone. The U-53, while under command of Parrier, was credited with fighting sev enteen battles, during which one French and one British cruiser was sunk. Has New Commander Now. The U-53 will be recalled as the Ger man submarine which put in at New port, R. I. .recently and shortly there after wrought havoc with Entente ship ping off Nantucket Island, sinking six vessels, all laden with munitions or carrying contraband. The U-53 when it put in at Newport, was commando! by Lieut. Commander Hans Rose, and the foregoing dispatch indicated the vessel had only recently been trans ferred to its present commander. Lieut. Commander Parrier, probably, now commands one of the larger ships of the German navy, though his where abouts, officially, are unknown. EABTHQUAKE HAD RADIUS IN THIS SECTION OF LAND WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19. Slight earthquakes were reported in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee dur ing yesterday, all of the shocks, ap parently being local and no extensive damage being sustained. According to the seismograph at the Georgetown university, the disturb ance began at 5:08 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and continued cnly about three minutes. The disturbance centered about three to four hundred miles from Washing ton, and no cause for the shock is known. NO GENERAL statement ON SUBMARINE QUESTION WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 19.—The United States will not feel called upon to make a public statement touching either the U-53 raid or the general submarine situation. This is learned authoritatively today, and results ; from the statement made by Viscount ’ Grey, British minister of foreign af ' fairs, in parliament. Viscount Grey I said in his address the British gov- I ernment has decided to make no offi i cial representations to this country for such announcement here. The spectacle was divided into nine groups, each composed of three to five scenes. The first group portrayed the | beginning of the Apostolic church and ; the scenes represented the Day of' Pentecost as described in the Book of] Acts, the first church council—that at Jerusalem, also recorded in the Book of Acts —and the missionary journey cf Paul the Apostle to Athens. The Church and Rome. The alliance between the church and the Roman government was por trayed in the second group, the sub-ti tles being “The Vision of Constantine,” “The Nicene Council,” and “St. Am brose and Theodosus.” The next group gave the beginnings of Christianity in the British Isles, and briefly illustrated the history of the British church before the Saxon conquestjuf England and the relapse cf England into paganism. Group No. 4 told of the conversion of the pagan English by missionaries sent out by Pope Gregory. The scenes illustrated how the interest of Pope (Continued on. Page 2.) ri'Tv Veditionl SERBS CAPTURE TOWN AND ALLIES HOLD THE GAINS Despite notably unsettled condition® in ‘Greece, which apparently had a ten dency to delay a determined pushing; of the Entente offensive operations ora the Macedonian front, fresh successful attacks by French and Serbian troop* in that sector are reported in today*& official statements. The Paris statement announces a. Serbian victory in the Cerna river re gion, southeast of Monastir, and the retaking of Brod, w’hich the Bulgarian® recently re-occupied after having beea driven out by the advancing Serbs. Delayed despatches from Sofia de clare the Serbian attacks in the Cer na river sector failed of success. Much interest attached today to pas sible developments in the Vardar re gion in the center of the Macedonia® front. Last night's Paris announce ment that hostile trenches west of th® Vardar had been penetrated to a deptla of a quarter of a mile indicated the possibility that a heavy Entente ofTea sive was to be extended there. The French in the west are pursuing; closing-in operations on the Perarme- Scmme front, and reported further ad vances today. The Bucharest statement late this afternoon announces the Rumanian® are driving the Teutons back at sev eral points in Transylvania. Interest in the Balkan theatre of war was aroused today by the announce ment from Paris that Serbian troop® had stormed and captured Brod, a vil lage near the western end of the Mace donian front, where there has been a. lull in heavy fighting during several days. Early today no authentic information concerning events in Transylvania was available, though indications are that Teuton armies there are resisting the Rumanian offensive effectively, and that little progress is being made by the Russo-Rumanians under command of King Ferdinand near the Rumanian,, Transylvanian-Bukodina border. The French war office statement claims further advances made last night between Biaches and LaMoison ette, on the Somme front, where com— tinuous fighting is in progress. AH off Wednesday's gains have been held by the French, despite desperate counter attacks. The Berlin war office announces, the storming of strong Russian posi tions near Herbutox, in Galicia. Brit ish and French attacks on the Somma front, are declared by the same state ment to have failed. LIQUOR FOE WIIL K IN CITY ON SUNDAY Rev. Brooks Lawrence, superintend ent of the Georgia Anti-Saloon league, with headquarters in Atlanta, will ar rive in the city Saturday afternoon. Rev. Lawrence will fill the pulpit at the First Baptist church Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock and at the First Methodist church Sunday evening at 7:30. Rev. Lawrence is widely known and he will have large congregations at both churches to hear him. DRUNKEN ATLANTA MAN KILLED HIS “BEST FRIEND* ATLANTA, Ga„ Oct. 19.-“ He was one of my best friends —I would have> killed myself before I would have hurt him,” declared J. J. Burchel, of this city, yesterday when informed that John B. Tennant had died at Grady hospital of a stab wound inflicted by Burchell in a fight, caused by Ten-- uant’s attempt to persuade BurcheSE to go home while in an alleged intoxi cated condition. On his death bed Tennant made a statement.as to the circumstances of the fight, and Bur chell corroborated this statement Inr his own version given to the police ot- I fleers. He is held on a charge of mur der. NUMBER