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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THIRTY-NINTH TEAK.
GERMANY SENDS NOTE
TO UNCLE SAM WITH
DESIRE TO AVOID WAR
Reported Note On
Way Here Via
The Swiss
NO CHANGE IN HER
U-BOAT POLICY MADE
Unofficial Report
Secured About
The Note
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—It
is understood that Geimany has ad
dressed a note to the United States
suggesting a discussion to prevent war
between these two nations.
It is believed that the note has (prob
ably been forwarded through the Swiss
government although information re
garding the channel is lacking.
It is understood that Germany
makes clear in the note that she great
ly desires peace. The preliminary
outline of the communication does not
indicate that the note carries any sug
gestion that Germany may modify her
submarine policy.
It was said before the campaign that
German diplomats informed some of
the nations that care would be taken
not to attack neutral ship's without
warning.
Germany is understood to have made
it clear that although diplomatic re
lations have been broken she greatly
desires that peace be maintained. Pre
liminary outlines regarding the com
munication do not indicate that it car
ries with it any suggestion that Ger
many may modify her submarine war
fare. However, the whole communica
tion is said clearly to invite this gov
ernment to make suggestions regard
ing steps it thinks might prevent war.
In connection with the coming com
munication, information received here
is to the effect that while Germany
was arranging for her new campaign
of unrestricted submarine warfare,
certain diplomats in various parts of
the world were informed that while
“military necessity" prevented the
granting of a period in which neutrals
might adjust their maritime interests,
every care would be exercised so that
neutral passenger carrying ships
v.ould not be subjected to unwarned
torpedo attack.
Want Treaty Affirmed.
The Swiss minister. Dr. Paul Ritter,
in charge of Germany’s diplomatic in
terests in the United States, was to
day requested by the Berlin foreign of
lice to ask the state dt'partment for
an affirmation of the Prussian-Ameri
can treaty of 1828. i
The German government made a
similar request of former Ambassador
Gerard, which he referred to formal
diplomatic channels.
The treaty provides that in the event
of war between Germany and the Unit
ed States, citizens of each country in
the other, shall have nine months to
close up their affairs and depart in
safety. It also gives guarantees tor
property. i
The government here already has
given notice of its intention to respect.
the rights of property and individuals
to a full extent.
Wilson's Course is Determined.
WASHINGTON, 1'- C., Feb. 10.—It j
has been disclosed that the course ofj
the United States in reference to a
more pronounced break with Germany
has been determined.
President Wilson will not ask con
gress for a declaration of war but only
for necessary measures to protect the
rights of a neutral. This still leaves
the first hostile act for Germany.
THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN AMERICUS AND THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
ND BUTE REACHED
iFOR NEXT TRIM.
INTHEWADECNSE
It remains for Judge Z. A. Little
! john to set a date for the next trial of
one of the five defendants now’ in jail
< barged with the murder of Walter
Wade.
A conference was held yesterday at
the suggestion of Judge IJttlejohn
when it was thought that a time would
i
i be agreed upon to call the next de
i fendant, expected to be Dr. Charles K.
I Chapman, who when tried several
i weeks ago the jury caused a mistrial.
; The state announced ready at any
I time to go to trial, and it is said sug
. ge«-.,c'l Febarary 19th. It is said that
| tee attorney.: for the defense had no
i comment to make on this date, and
' did not suggest a date themselves
i which left the conference devoid of an
agreement for the time of calling the
case.
Judge Littlejohn stated that he
would select the time for calling the
| next case and notify the attorneys on
! both sides.
It will be recalled that a confer
ence of the attorneys ■ was held on
January 20th, following the mistrial in
the case which was declared on Jan
uary 17th. At that time the state an
nounced ready, while the defense stat
ed that because of the absence of
Frank Hooper, the leading counsel,
they could not discuss or agree to a
date. At that time Judge Littlejohn
voiced a desire to have the attorneys
i agree on a date which probably caus
l c-d the conference yesterday. The lack
j cf decision prompted Judge Littlejohn
I to announce that he would select the
! day for calling the case.
I Five Men in Jail.
| The defendants who have been in
> jail are Dr. Chapman, W. I. Johnson,
C K. Chairman, Jr.. Walter Johnson
1 and John Ethridge. After the jury in
the case of Dr. Chapman retired for
idv liberation, H. A. Harp, one of the
men indicted, was released on a bond
of SSOO. It will be recalled that the
; state in outlining its case, “we intend ‘
|to show by circumstantial evidence
i'thai. H. A. Harp may or may not have
j been in the car”—referring to the
i Wade automobile in which he is al
! leged to have been murdered.
Cl a a Oliver, known as “Little Bit,”
I was c’eased sometime ago on her own
i recog'iiance, and has been in the city
most of the time since she was re
'leased.
1 Various >umors as to evidence have
I ten hea;d affecting the Wade case.
Both sides maintain the rigid silence
t which marked their conduct before the
first case was called. They have noth
ing to affirm or deny—no comment to
make.
UNIVERSAL TRAINING i
BILL MEETS FAVOR
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 10.—Aj
universal military training bill was I
: favorably reported to the senate by
| Chairman Chamberlain, of the military
affairs committee. He asked that the
till be placed on the calendar.
Senators Thomas and Brady reserv
ed the right to submit a minority re
port on the bill to provide six months
of naval or military training for all
males in the year when they reach ;
nineteen. ;
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAYMORNING FEBRUARY 11, 1917
FARM INTERESTS
10 BE fIFEATURE
FOR CHAUTAIjgiIA
MACON, Ga., Feb. 10.—A conference
on the boll weevil, live stock Industries j
and marketing of farm products to be
held in Macon, March 22, 23 and 24, ■
will be the most important of a series '
of conferences that are to be held in
connection with the three weeks ses
sion of The Chautauqua of the South,
which has been permanently located in
Macdn, and which will oipen March 18
j This particular conference will bring
together the leading agricultural work
ers, bankers and business men of the
south, and the speakers will be men of
i national prominence, who will bring i
messages which are expected to bring;
great weight in the readjustment of the'
. south s problems along these lines.
, j The call for the conference has been
I made by Dr. A. M. Soule, president of,
■ the Georgia State of Agricul- !
' ture, and chairman of the agrivultural;
i committee of the Chautauqua. It will'
; mark the close of a boll weevil cam-'
j I paign in Georgia, in which more than
I 500 meetings have been held, attended
'by more than 100,000 representtative 1
’j Georgia farmers and business men and
■ will give the farmers of Georgia and
I other cotton growing states an oppor
tunity to get the benefit of the experi-
, ence of those who are already suffer
ing from the ravages of the couth’s
' ( greatest enemy.
' j The first day of the conference will
1 , be devoted to the boll weevil, when the
1 leaders will have an opportunity to
i compare experiences and determine
1 upon a constructive line of action
’ which will enable such readjustments
i! the south’s agricultural practices are
i necessary in order to meet weevil
> damages most successfully. Among
1 the notable leaders and widely ex
perienced experts of this industry who
hav been invited to address this sec
i tion of the conference are Hon Brad-
L ford Knapp, States Relation Service,
Washington. D C.; Dr. E. W. Hines,
State Entomologist of Alabama; Hon.
Fairfax Harrison, President of the
Southern Railway Company, and Prof
• L. E. Rust, of the Georgia State Col
' lege of Agriculture.
Realizing that one of the best ways
i of fighting the boll weevil is through
■ the development of the live stock in
: dustries, commensurate with the needs
i of the south, the second day’s program
1 will be devoted to a consideration of
questions related to this topic. The
farmers of Tennessee and Kentucky es
pecially, are Interested in this subject
' as well as that of marketing of farm
products and are expected to send
large delegations to the conference.!
Among the leaders who have been in
vited to speak on the live stock ques
tion, are Prof. H. A. Morgan, Director,
j of the Tennessee Experiment Station;
I Hon. Carl Vreeman, Assistant Secre- 1
tary of Agriculture; Gov. Henry Stuart J
of Virginia; and Prof. M. P. Jarnigan
of the Georgia State College of Agri
culture.
The third day will be devoted to the
problems connected with the handling
and marketing of farm products in the
most expeditious and profitable man
ner. Among those invited to partici- (
pate in the discussions on this day are i
Hon. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer. Raleigh, N. C.,; T. J.
Brooks, Chief of the Market Division
of the Mississippi A. &M. College; j
Prof. M. C. Gay, Market Agent of the!
Georgia State College of Agriculture;
and Gov. Manning, of South Carolina.
A special appeal is being made to the
railroad and commercial agents to co-
I operate in the working out of tne
I marketing plan.
Discussing the coming conference,
j Dr. Soule declares, that the problems
or the day and the hour are so complex ■
that their solution is possible only:
through their discussion and elucida- j
j t ion on such occasions as the Chau
l tauqua of the South affords and there-I
■ fore every progressive citizen who Is
interested in the economic welfare of
the country should arrange to attend
j these meetings and participate in the
■ discussions.
"When individuals cannot go, local
< emmunity clubs, farmers' organiza
tions, chambers of commerce, boards
i oi trade, boards of education, bankers
j and business men of every class and
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♦ Sunday Night: Probobly light ♦
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VONBERimRFF
IND PARTY LEAVE
DEDE WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—Ar
rangements have been completed for
| the departure Wednesday from New'
York of Count J. Von Bernstorff, '
,' former ambassador from Germany to
I the United State®, and his party.
Several of the German consuls will;
■ leave for south and central America.'
| -
All Americans Leave Together.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Feb. 10.—Ac
companied by the members of the
embassy staff and fifty other Ameri
cans, former Ambassador James W.'
I Gerard, will leave Berlin on a special
train for Zurich, Switzerland, early
( tonight. Announcement of the plan
for the Americans to leave Germany
! was made here today at the Swiss ie- -
gation, based on a dispatch received
from Berne early today.
Von Bernstorff to Sall Soon.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—The Scandi
k na vian-American liner Frederick VIII.
1 has been given permission by Cop-1
1 enhagen owners to convey former Ger-1
1 man Ambassador vod Bernstorff and
: the members of liis suite to a Scandi
! navian port. The party is expected
' to number about two hundred per
sons, for whom safe conduct has been
i
■ granted by the Entente Allies.
■ dat has yet been set for the departure
■ of the liner.
OATH ENTERS BIG
SUIT FOR SHOOTING
I
II I
. | STATESBORO, Ga., Feb. 10.—R. Sim
mons and his sons. Paul and Brooks
i Simmons, have been made defendants
1 to a $70,000 damage suit, filed by at
i terneys for Heys McMath, who was
shot recently by Paul Simmons, i
j McMath alleges that the three con-
I spired to murder him, and that as the
result of his wounds, he lost SI,OOO in
J hospital expenses, SI,OOO from his bus-
I iness, and has been permanently in
jured.
I The shooting created considerable
I excitement here. It grew out of an al
leged remark McMath is said to have
made about the daughter of R. Sim
mons.
GRANO JURY WILL
INVESTIGATE WEB
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—The!
I I
Department of Justice stated today
1 that the federal grand jury of New
York was about to begin an investiga-
1 tion as to whether there was criminal
'ccnsplracy on restraint of trade in
I the newsprint paper situation.
Bainbridge Colby and Mark Hyman
1 will represent the government as spec
' ia! assistants to the attorney-general.
'character, should get together and
(send at least one representative who
can carry back the various thoughts
and ideas in an effective manner to
be redisseminated in the community
from which he came," said Dr. Soule.
|'lf united, cooperative effort is made
along the lines indicated a great deal
of vital information may be widely dis
tributed at a minimum cost and a ser
vice of inestimable value to southern
agriculture thereby performed.’’
The Judgeship ‘War 9 Makes It
More Reasonable Why Judge
Littlejohn Should Be Named
Friends of Judge Z. A. Littlejohn are
expected to renew their efforts in be
half of him for the ap-pointment t<. Hie
federal judgeship of the South Georgia
district. This development comes be
cause of the veritable “war" declared
between the senate and house delega
tion from Georgia in Congress over
the judgeship appointment.
The friends of Judge Littlejohn feel
that his appointment would meet with
favor throughout the state, especially
in the section where he would preside
as federal judge. The naming of Judge
Littlejohn could not be construed as
political in any way and would place
| a jurist on the bench whose ability is
i unquestioned.
It is known that the people of south
Georgia do not relish the Washington
i situation over the judgeship. The spec.
( taele has attracted attention through
j the country, and the “war of re
taliation” gives promise of seriously
affecting the state.
Despite the denial statements of
Georgia’s senators made when it was
first published that Congressman Park
I bad been centered upon, it appears
I that Park has gained the upperhand.
The two senators can prevent the con
firmation should they retain support
among their fellow members, which
' would provoke a further difficulty—
! very disagreeable to a majority of the
' people.
The latest developments are given in
a dispatch from the capitol:
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 10.—No
nomination has. as yet been made of a
successor to the late Judge Lambdin.
The delay has been caused by the
I failure of the President and the At
; torney General to induce the two Geor
-1 gia senators to consent to the nomina-
I tion of Judge Park.
The senators have taken the position
that they cannot consent to the nam
ing of Judge Park and will not permit
him to be confirmed. They say the
supporters of Judge Park are, in the
main, their political opponents; that
they do not believe he is competent to
fill the office, and that the preesntation
of his name to the President was “ini
contemptous disregard of them.”
The report that Judge Park had been I
recommended by the Department of j
Justice when first published was char
acterized by Senator Hardwick as a'
piece of “newspaper romancing.” This
delightful way of discrediting the re- j
pert did not prevent the junior senator j
; from rushing the next day to the;
White House, accompanied by Senator
Smith, and from there to the. Depart
■ ment of Justice to spoil the romance.
He has been earnestly engaged in this
endeavor ever since, and may have
succeeded.
A special rule to bring up the Smith-
Webb judgeship bill was obtained from
the House Rules Committee by Chair •
man Webb, who is joint author of the
measure with Senator Hoke Smith.
Despite the fact that it is an ad
ministratios measure, approved by the'
President and recommended in the last |
three reports of the Attorney General,
the friends of Judge Park will not hes
itate to throw their influence against
it if he is turned down by the Presi
dent.
Members of the Georgia delegation.
I particularly those from counties in the
| Northern judicial district, have receiv- J
| cd numerous telegrams urging them to
| oppose the measure because of its es-
I feet on Judge Newman, or have the
latter relieved from its effect
This pressure, together with a grow
ing desire on part of the Georgia mem-!
1 bers of the lower house to retaliate'
against the two senators for their at-:
titude on patronage matters, has ere-'
ated a situation which many end in the,
at feat of this measure.
Georgia congressmen feel keen re-!
st ntment against the senators that they
have not been allowed to control even '
postmaster appointments In their own;
districts, and in at least three instanc-'
es, in their home town®. They have!
had no choice in the distribution of!
ether patronage' plums in either the'
Northern or Southern dit*trict, or in 1
«- ecutive department here. But for the
Lecognition given the Georgia repre
sentatives by William J. Harris, as di
rector of the census and later as a
member of the Federal Trade Commis
sion, they would have gotten nothing. '
Some of the members believe that
Senator Hoke Smith is more interested
. just now in getting through his judge
i ship bill than in almost anything else.
, The realization that this presents an
opportunity to embarass him and pre
[ vent him naming Reuben R. Arnold as
. federal judge is having great weight
with several Georgia members.
Friends of Judge Park, outside the
I delegation, have announced to him that
i they will co-operate with him in the
r fight on the Smith-Webb bill.
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i
!0. S. ROCHESTER
!BRAVES THE SEA
l
!IN U-BDAT ZONE
J
c NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—The Ameri
-5 can freighter Rochester sailed today.
With the Stars and Stripes flying
over her taffrajj, the steamship Ro-
L Chester, owned by the Kerr steamship
1 line, which cleared yesterday with a
general cargo for Bordeaux, passed
’ quarantine, outbound, shortly after 2
o’clock this afternoon. The Rochester
1 L the second American ship to leave
this port since the announcement by
• Germany on January 31 of her new
' submarine eompaign.
Two American freighters, the Or
! leans and the Rochester, the first to
clear from New York for ports within
the prohibited zone since Germany's
latest submarine order became effec
tive, are awaiting orders from their
1 owners to sail today. Both took clear
ing papers giving Bordeaux, France,
• a.-, their destination, and are expected
1 to depart before night.
’ Neither the Orleans nor the Ro-
• Chester armed, nor have they yet
' been painted with stripes, as prescrib
ed by the German submarine naval
j order.
All information concerning the clear
ing of vessels at the custom house in
| eluding the names is being withheld.
| Officials said this was being done for
;the present on orders from Washing
-1 ton. |
I Officials of the Scandinavlan-Amer
j ican line believe that Frederick VIIII
'I would probably sail on Tuesday or
, i
Wednesday with the German contin- j
gent.
Three more steamers aggregating
1?,258 tons are reported sunk, they
including the British steamers Man-'
tola and Lullington, and the Norweg-1
ian steamer Solbakken. A tonnage'
i greater than 10,000 tons aggregated
I the reports of yesterday.
More Ships Are Sunk.
LONDON. Feb. 10. —Lloyd’s agency j
j announced today the British steamers
I Lullington and Mantella had been
. sunk, the crew of the Lullington be
ing landed yesterday.
The Norwegian vessel Solbakken is
believed to have been sunk, two of the
crew being drowned.
; A Madrid dispatch says that an;
i American negro was one of four sur-l
I vivors on the British steamer Daunt- 1
i less recently torpedoed.
An Entente attack on Zeebrugge,'
tie German naval base in Belgium is'
i reported through Holland. German
aviators attacked Dunkirk and Ami-:
i ens. French airmen raided Karlshrue,'
, and except for violent bombardments'
I in the Verdun section there is little
( activity.
BANKS TO CLOSE ON ,
MONDAY AS HOLIDAY
| The three Americus banks—Banta of
Commerce. Commercial City Bank and
Planters’ Bank will be closed during
Monday as a holiday because of Geor
gia Day. These banks agreed to honor
the day, which has become a perma
nent feature of Georgia’s history and
observances.
SCHOOL MEET TD
BEHEREFORTWO
BAYS IN APRIL
- •
The Executive Committee for the
Third District High School Assoc!**-
tion have set Friday and Saturday,
April 13 and 14, as the time for the
big meet which is to be held in Amer
kus this
The time fixed for the triangular de
bates is March 23. Cordele and Ash
burn representatives announced that
they had withdrawn from the debates.
This leaves only Cuthbert, Americus
and Fitzgerald still in the fight. Cuth
bert representatives will come to
Americus, Americus will go to Fitz
gerald, and Fitzgerald will go to
Cuthbert.
The question for debate this year:
"Resolved, That Georgia should adopt
Constitutional amendments fixing mill
taxes in both state and county for pub
lic school purposes as expressed in
the Persons bills.”
The schools eligible to participate
in the High School Association meet
are: Fitzgerald. Cordele, Ashburn, Ft
Gaines, Vienna, Marshall
( ville, Montezuma, Reynolds, Lumpkin,
. Plains, Americus. Unadilla, Dawson,
i and 3rd Dist. A. & M. student repre
sentatives from each o fthese fifteen
schools, officials, friends and "rooters”
will swarm in Americus on April 13-14.
Program for Meeting
The following is the order of events
for the meet:
Friday, April 13
9:00 A. M. —Spelling Contest.
10:00 A. M.—Essay Contest, boys and
girls.
3:00 P. M.— Athletic Contests.
8:00 P. M, —Recitation and Music
Contests.
Saturday, April 14
8:00 A. M. —High School Conference.
9:00 A. M. —Declamation Contests
followed by announcement of winners
and awarding of prizes.
Thirteen medals and several pen
nants will be awarded the winners in
the various contests. Besides, the
winners will have the privilege of at
tending the State Meet in Athens dur
ing June, 19217, with a part of their
expenses paid by the Association. The
winners from the Congressional Dis
tricts of the state will compete in Ath
ens for the grand state prizes.
Pole Vault Is New
A new event in the athletic contest
this year is the pole vault. It was
agreed by the executive committee that
a 12-foot p<Ue should be used at the
meet. F..K. Foss, of Cornell Univers
ity, once cleared a bar which was 12
feet high, but it is not expected that
any high school vaulter of the Third
District will be able to vault higher
than ten feet. A bamboo pole will be
used and the vault will be made on
soft ground, so that the danger in this
beautiful and thrilling event will be
reduced to a minimum.
A rule which was put into effect last
year for the first time, and which it
was agreed should be enforced this
year at the meet, is that there shall be
nc noisy demonstrations or yells al
lowed in the auditorium at any of the
exercises of the Association. This rule,
while not especially pleasong to the
enthusiastic representatives of some of
the schools, eliminates a feature that
is discordant to the general spectator.
These annual District High School
meets are not only big educational ex
hibitions, but they are educational re
vivals. By encouraging emulation —
the one principle that has made the
best educational system in the world—
they stimulate every school and every
student in the District.
E. I. NISBEI WILL
DELIVER fiOORESS
E. A. Nisbet, Esq., o fthls city, has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
Memorial address at the exercises to
be held in Cordele on April 26th. The
Crisp city is assured of an interesting
and eloquent address, and Mr. Nisbet
is pleasantly known as an orator of
wide renown.
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