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The Times-Recorder is the ONLY paper in the Third Congressional District with Associated Press Service. ttHIRTY-MNTH YEAR. BIG EVENTS FOB VETERAN'S FUND hebe emtio It was announced yesterday in the Times-Recorder that plans were on foot for raising funds to help defray expenses of those veterans who would not otherwise be financially able to at tend the National Confederate reunion at Washington, D. CL, in June. It is the purpose of the committee to put on an entertainment on April 10th. The place will be on Jackson street between lam&r and Forsyth. The exclusive right to the use of the section of the street has been granted by the mayor and city council. Now that we have the time and place, what is to be the nature of the entertainment. Americus is fortunate in many ways in having the John Rob inson circus winter here. There are more wonderful and mysterious things about a circus than anything on earth. And one of the most fortunate features is that the circus management is so accommodating. The use of the band las been secured; a better one is not to be had in these parts. Another at tractive and unique feature is that the clowns from the circus will entertain the crowd with their capers, and they say they have several new pranks that they would like to work out on the Americus peoiple. Another feature of entertainment will be several contortionist acts by the circus people together with wire walking and other featured. Last but by far not least will be a street ball under the supervision of a committee that will see that the dancing is con ducted orderly and properly. Those only will be admitted who secure tick ets from the box office. Arrangements have been made to have elevated seats placed on botn sides of the street to accommodate the crowd. The seats will be 25 and 35 cents, the entrance ticket admitting to scats. The price of dancing will be 50 cents. Ladles that dance will be admitted free. John Robinson’s band will furnish the music. There is no question but that this entertainment will be supported in the spirit in which it is intended. All we ask is the support of the people of Americus, the surrounding towns have pledged their support. The cause is a worthy one and one that appeals to every loyal son and raughter of the South. All together and lets make this s gala occasion. One that will live in memory. Make the Veterans happy and thereby be happy. The proceeds will be turned over to the treasurer of the local camp to defray the expenses of those who would not be able to attend otherwise. Other features of the program will t.» announced later. In the meantime ail together, boost and don’t let up.— Our slogan is, “A good time in a good town." ■ BUSINESS COUNCIL TO MEET TONIGHT The Business Council of the Ameri cus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce will hold its first meeting l tonight at the offices of the Chamber at 8 o’clock. The organization of the council will be perfected at this time, a chairman i and vice chairman being chosen, and ■ preparations made to carry on the ac tive duties of the body. The Business Council is composed of . .representatives from each of the 2) groups of business enterprises repre-l sented in the Chamber of Commerce Two representatives are elected from each group of enterprises. All suggestions and ideas concern-! ing the program of activities of the i Chamber of Commerce are first refer- j red to the Business Council for discus- • eion and approval, after which the matter is passed upon by the com missioners. The members of the council have just been chosen as the result of a mail vote and the meeting tonight will mark the beginning of the active oper ations of this important body. T*-e meeting is open not only to TRY A WANT AD IN THE TIMES-RECORDER. IT’S PULLING POWER WILLSHOW YOU THE BEST M RY QUICK NEW MOTOR POMP ARRIVES J GUY The new motor pumping engine for the Americus Fire department arrived this morning from the American La- France Engine Manufacturing Com pany, of Elmira, N. Y., and will be in , stalled in the fire station as soon as i proper arrangements have been made • for its accommodation. [ The motor pump is guaranteed to , throw 1,000 gallons of water per min. [ ute, and is mounted on an automobile ! truck, similar in some ways to the , motor truck already in use by the de- 1 partment. It cost the city $8,500. j It will take the place of the horse drawn apparatus that has been a , feature of the fire fighting equipment I for years past The two horses that | have been quartered in the station will j !' be dispensed with entirely. "Prince," ( I the veteran fire horse being transfer . I red to the street department, while I 'Spitfire,’’ his stable horse, will be ,' returned to the Robinson Show’s, the ( circus management having loaned the animal to the fire department on the ( death of "Morgan,” the old fire horse! , that served faithfully for so many! I years. The concrete stall partitions near . ‘ the front of the station are today be . ing removed to make a place for the t new motor pump alongside the other • truck, and it is probable that the ma chine will be installed within a day or , two. A representative of the mann-' facturers will arrive tomorrow to dl- I ; rect the unloading and installation of , the pump. !—, . UNREST IN SPAIN a MAY CDMEFROM I TOGO SHORTAGE 1 LONDON, March 29.—A decree has ‘ been issued, suspending constitutional 1 : guarantees throughout the provinces of I I Spain, according to Madrid news dis ' i patches. No explanation of the decree I is given in the reports reaching Lon- ' | don early today. I Revolution Brewing in Spain. PARIS. March 29. —Madrid news dis- I patches says an appeal to the people ' of Spain has been issued at that place, I the terms of which the government de ! j dares to be seditious. Many of the ! signers of the appeal have already been arrested, while the authorities continue ! searching for others. j The cabinet has taken jurisdiction over the situation created, and it is an- j nounced will deal summarily with all I suspected of disloyalty to Alfonso’s ; government. Situation Similar to Thut in Russia. WASHINGTON. D. CL March 29. i Officials here pointed out this after i noon the similarity of the situation in j Spain to that preceding the Russian | revolution, which also began through ; political unrest induced by food short i age. None of those commenting on the I developments of the day at Madrid I were willing to venture an opinion as i to the ultimate outcome. BEGIN FIRE INSPECTIDN ' UNDER HEW OROINANGE, i Assistant Chief Parker of the Fire i department yesterday afternoon began i I the inspection of premises throughout l ! the city as provided for by the re cently passed ordinance ’ooking to- I Iward more, efficient fire protection. Defective flues, dangerous construe- j I tion, improper disposition of waste' | and other items contributing to the j danger of fire, are reported by the' inspectors and the property owners notified to correct the .unsafe condi-' tior.s. members of the Business Council, but to the general membership of the chamber, as well and several matters of interest are to be discussed at the session. AMERIHISBMEKEOROER MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS WANTS MS IB BICK ARMY SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 29. i Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the I senate military committee, said that a conference w’ith President Wilson, ar ranged for late today, he would urge the president in his address to con gress Monday to endorse universal mil itary service as a preparedness meas- | ure. AWARDS MADE IN U. 0. C. ESSAY CONTEST HERE I The first phase of the essay con test conducted by the United Daugh | tors of the Confederacy has been con- I eluded and the medal awards made in i the competition among the students of ! the educational institutions of Ameri cus. Miss Macy Grey, a resident of Sum- . ter county and a student at the Third ■ District A. & M. school, has been I awarded a gold medal for having sub- ] mitted the best essay from that instt- I tution. and her essay has also been chosen by the judges to be sent on to Athens to compete in the contest for ♦he state medal. Norman English, of Ft. Valley, received honorable men tion in the Third District A. & M. com- I petition. Miss Lula Howard, of this city, niece of Miss Effie Howard, was awarded the gold medal offered to students of the Americus High school for the best es say, while Miss Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Har ris. received honorable mention in the High school competition. The U. D. C. of Georgia offer a gold medal each year for the best essay sub mitten on a given theme. This year the subject was: “Jefferson Davis an J Abraham Lincoln; Their Services to! the United States Government an the Principles For Which They Stood in 1861." | The Americus chapter of the U. D. i C offered gold medals to the students j ct the High school and the A. & M. 1 school as an added incentive to stimu-l late competition. These medals were entirely separate from the state medal award, although the best essay sub- ■ mitted in both schools is entered in! the state competition. To Miss Jean Cameron, instructor in English at the High school and to Mrs.; George Stallings, English instructor at the A. & M. school, is due much credit I for the excellent showing made by the I successful competitors in the essay contest. Last year the state medal in the es- • say contest was won by Frank Harrold,: Jr., and the Americus chapter, U. T>. I C., is particularly anxious to see the state medal again won by an Ameri-' cus student. Mrs. Charles L. Ansley, Mrs. E. «>.: Carswell and Mrs. W. C; Gray were thy judges making the awards in this city. Fictitious names were signed to the es says while the correct names of the contestants were contained in sealed, envelopes opened after the awards had ■ I bfen made. GERMAN RAIDER GEIS A WARSHIP OF JAPAN ■ VANCOUVER. B. C., March 29.—A | Tokio news dispatch says a German,' raider has been sunk by a Japanese j i warship in the southern Pacific ocean. < ! 1 he dispatch mentions no names either i lof the Japanese cruiser engaged or the raider destroyed. A recent statement issued at Ber-j Ilin reported the re-arnval at a Ger-1 ’ man port of the famous raider' Ic-owe. which vessel was credited with i i 'he capture and destruction of several I I British. French and Japanese vessels' •tn the south Atlantic, and it is, there-1 , fore believed that more titan one con erted warship slipped past the Brtt t h blockade when the Meowe put t > ' ea several mo-tths ago. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TP 1 JRSDAYAFTERNOON. MARCH 29, 1917 MEETING ON THE FARM LOAN BILL HERE MTURDAY There will be a meeting of the ! farmers who wish to join "The Farm | er's National Loan Association" of i Sumter County Saturday morning at 1-0:30 o’clock at the courthouse. There was a meeting held at the court house last Saturday, at which time the matter of orgauizaing was gone into rather thoroughly, instruc tions from the Columbia Federal Land Bank, concerning the provisions to be made in organizing, were read and! considered. The name “The Fanner’s j National Farm Loan Association’’ >f I Sumter County was adopted for the local organization. Geo. W. Walters i was elected temporary chairman and j Stephen Pace as temporary secretary i treasurer, but due to the lack of org anizing blank forms to be supplied tty the Land Bank and the absence of three or four parties who are anxious I to join the association as charter, members, it was agreed to postpone ! final organization until the coming j Saturday, March 31st. ! | At this meeting it was further an- ■ I nounced that the Federal Farm Loan ! i Board, which has supervision and the | I administration of the Farm Loan Act, ! had advised that the money borrowed ’ j on farm lands by the, members of this , I Association will be loaned at five (5%) ,! per cent per annum, payable in small i annual payments according to amort -1 ization table. The Federal Board further recom mended that all loans be made for a 1 , period of thirty-six years. Loans ! j made for this period can be pa-id off ! | (principal and interest) by adding one ’. per cent per annum to the interest ’ ■ rate. Which shows that money bor ’ I rowed at 5% can be paid, both prin ! cipal and interest, by making the small annual payment of 6% per year ' on the amount borrowed. It will be no hardship on anyone to make a loan I tor this length of time, even if ha II ” • , should desire the money for a shorter ': period, inasmuch as the law distinctly , provides that any portion or al) of the principal can be paid at any interest I date after five years. At the meeting to be held at the court house Saturday morning it 's expected that final organization will be perfected, a president, vice-presi dent. and a board of directors com i posed of five members, will be elected, i This board of directors will then name a land examining board, to be com : posed of three members, to inspect all ■ lands offered as security. It is hoped that the association will be able to | have all applications for loans ap- I proved and the money on hand for dis i tribution within forty or sixty days; j and all who expect to join the associa-j tion and make applications for loans) i are expected to be on hand Saturday I morning at ten-thirty. — VETERANS WILL MEET HERE MORNING Camp Sumter. U. C. V„ will hold its ! r> gular meeting on Tuesday morning, i April 3rd. at 9:30 o’clock, in the courthouse. All veterans are urgently requested to be in attendance, as busi ness of importance is to be transacted. The annual election of officers will I occur at this time, as well as the elec • tion of delegates to represent Camp j Sumter at the Confederate reunion to I be held in Washington, D. C„ in June. 1 Arrangements for the transportation j and lodging of veterans during the re-; j union will also be discussed and other j matters of importance will come up at ‘ j the meeting. » l> tlLl' WEATHER FORECAST ♦ I » ♦ ♦ The weather forecast for Amer- ♦ i • fi iia and vicinity follows- ♦ I ♦ FDR AMERICUS: Fair and ♦ ' * Warmer. ♦ < I»♦ : i ♦ “Weather or So"— Every man is ♦ ♦ a success, even if it is only a fail- ♦ < ure. —Old Man Sage. ♦ ; i ♦ ♦ * ♦’ LOIIELUGE ID SPEAK Al THE AUDITORIUM General Secretary J. E. Lovelace, of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, is in the city this after-1 noon and will speak tonight at 8 o’clock at the High school auditorium. A fine orchestra will render music, tbeir program beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The general public is invited to hear the address tonight. BRITISH GAIN A LARGE VICTORY GIER TOOKS LONDON, March 29. —It is officially announced that the British army op erating in Palestine has defeated a Turkish army of 20,000, capturing 900 prisoners, including one general and his divisional staff. Pursuit of the defeated army continues. Heavy Fighting in West. NEW YORK, March 29.—(Compiled by the Associated Press from Euro pean cables during the day.)—The German war office announces that the French lost heavily during futile at tempts to re-capture positions recency i taken by German troops In the Cham paignn region today. The Paris statement announces that I French forces have captured an im portant munitions and supply depot, and that continuous artillery fighting is in progress between the Somme and Aisne rivers in the western war area. Everywhere, the statement asserts, the French have succeeded in keeping tn close contact with the German lines and heavy losses have been inflicted upon the enemy. Heavy German guns are bombarding Soissons, states the French war office. British troops have advanced from Rafa to a point within five miles of Gaza, and are engaged in constructing a railroad for the transportation of supplies. British Reach New German Trenches.; LONDON, March 29.—General Mau rice, director of military operations at the war office here, stated today that German troops in France are now en trenched along the front where the 1 ntente Allies are advancing. ANOTHER BRITISH BARK SUNK WITHOUT WARNING WASHINGTON, IX. C.. March 29. - i Wesley Frost, United States consul at Queenstown, Ireland, informed the state department this morning that the British bark Neath has been torpedoed off Fastnet Light. Notwithstanding no I warning was given all the crew, in- I eluding two Americans, were saved. I ( HICAGO MAY WHEAT REACHED NEW HIGH LEVEL CHICAGO, March 29.—1 n the grain pit here today May wheat options sold! at $1.97 1-8, the highest point reacu- 1 ed trince the European war began. 183 GBAOUATES FROM INAPOLIS FOB NAVY ANNAPOLIS Md.. March 29.—A | class of one hundred and eighty-three! midshipmen ware commissioned at the Naval Acadamy here today, three months ahead of time. The members lof the class were told by Secretary Daniels the nation expected them to be retrtly "for the day that may come— how soon, who can tell, when upon your coolness, knowledge, leadership abd ability tt> shoot straight- may de- P< nd the fate of a decisive naval en •ngagement” Secretary Daniels who at tended the graduation exercises as the representative of Ihvsident Wilson, urged the member* of the class to em ulate the example of Dewey and other American ninl heroaa. HERS OF 1.L.1. SLID TO GET SACK .1 | First Sergeant C. E. (Munch) Guer ’lry. with Privates Merrill Wheatley and Harry Schneider came down this morning from Camp Harris to spend ’ the day with home folks after their long stay with the Americus Light In fantry at Camp Cotton, El Paso, Tex. Other members of Company I are ex pected to arrive tonight and tomorrow, leave of absence being allowed the boys as fast as conditions at Camp Harris will warrant Since the Geor i gia troops arrived In Macon on Tues day, the men have been busy getting i tbeir camp in shape, and while all the Company I boys are anxious to get back home for a day or two at least, It is impossible for many of them to leave just at present Private Schneider has been Incapac itated for several months by rheuma tism and was sent to the military hos pital at Hot Springs, Ark., where he spent about a month, returning to Camp Cotton, and remaining there un til the troops left for Georgia. Corporal J. G. Holst, of the Ameri cus Light Infantry, is seriously ill at ‘ the military hospital at Fort Bliss, El Paso, with a complication of measles and pneumonia, and grave fears aro felt for his recovery. His condition was such that it was impossible for him to be taken back home with the rest of the Georgia troops. The Americus boys are somewhat , disappointed at the news that they are not to be mustered out on account . of the international situation, but ev ery one of them are jubilant over re turn to “God’s country” once more. BRYAN APPEALS TO CONGRESS ON HIS PEACE PLAN MIAMI, Fla., March 29.—William J. Bryan, former secretary of state in President Wilson’s cabinet, and recog- j nized as the foremost pacifiist in the | United States, today issued an open! appeal to congress, urging that an at- j tempt be made to obtain a suspension of Germany’s present ruthless subma rine campaign through application of the so-called Bryan peace plan. This! plan which has been embodied in sev-, oral treaties negotiated between the United States and foreign countries, 1 notably the smaller South American republics, provides for the investiga I tion of disputes between nations by an international tribunal, pending the de-' cision of which both parties to the dis-1 pute pledge themselves to keep the) peace. The appeal, which is somewhat len-j gthy, also asks that congress, if that) body be satisfied nothing but war will : satisfy the honor of the American na-! tion. consult the people through the' medium of a referendum vote before! taking steps which might mean sign-! ing the death warrant of thousands of I good and useful citizens. Bryan con- I eludes his appeal with the assertion ‘ , that he believes congress ought to con - i sider that the wrongs it seeks to pun-! ,i‘ h at this time are not directed , primarily against the United States, tut against the nations with which ■ the offenders are already at war. I P. _ GETS~ORDER STOPPING I. It S. NEW YOKE, March 2« Fodera>» I ;• trict Judge Hand today granted the application of the Associated Dress for a writ of injunction restraining the international News Service from ap propriating the complain am’s news at any time prior to its puhDoatiOa by crmplainant’a members. As to the right of the defendant appropriate complainant’s news after iu publlsa tion, the eouri rest >JOB » cision. bnt said p<?rson«lty, h/ wfcs WBt- ' f-«ed the .nt han no to ri tv V edition! GEORGIA IS DRY TODAY AFTER THE GOVERNOR MOVER (BY FRANK C. GILREATH.) ATLANTA, Ga„ March 29.—The bone dry prohibition bill prepared by Gov ernor Nat E. Harris was passed yester day afternoon and was transmitted te the governor for his signature. The bill passed by the legislature a the same bill written by the governor with one important exception: The prohibition commissioner as created in the bill when introduced was stricken out entirely. The governor was very much disappointed by this action and sent a special message to the house and senate yesterday afternoon ia which he urged them to restore the commissioner, but supporters of the bill did not think it advisable to at tempt a compliance with his request, owing to the fact that a good many <-f the rank and file of the prohibition members were strongly opposed to this feature of the bill. In all other im portant particulars the governor’s bi!! is now a law of the state. One additional provision was put in the bill which makes it much stronger than the bill drawn by the governor. This provision makes the manufacture !of whiskey, wine or beer a felony punishable by imprisonment from on« to five years. It is aimed especially at moonshiners, and is substantially the same provision contained in the bill introduced by Representative N. F. Culpepper, of Meriwether county, who considers the moonshine industry ! the chief enemy of genuine prohibition in Georgia at this time, now that the shipment of liquor into the state has been stopped altogether. Instead oe ■ passing the Culpepper bill as a sepa ! rate measure, its provisions were writ- I ten into the governor’s bone dry bill, j thereby accomplishing the same pur ! pose. One other provision was added. This one provides for the confiscation of any vehicle of vessel used in the transiportation of any prohibited li quor. It is aimed especially at the automobile blockade runners along the i Florida border, who have been haul ; ing; enormous quantities of liquor into j south Georgia counties from Jackson i ville. Under this provision of the law, rot only these blockaders, but any one I else carrying liquor in an automobKe will be deprived of his automobile and the same will be sold at public outcry ' before the courthouse door. Probably no state has ever enacted such a thoroughly dry prohibition biD. ; It prohibits the shipment into the state !of any quantity of whiskey, wine, at \ beer—excepting only alcohol for niedi- J cal, pharmaceutical and mechanical ! purposes, and wine for the sacrament -and prohibits the keeping of any j evantity on hand at home or else i where. WORK INTO NIGHT TO GET UOOOR OFF Until 2 o'clock this morning the Americus office of the Southern Ex press Co., was busy preparing the re shipment of all liquor which they had on hand here, sending it back to tbe shipping points. Agent McDonald stated that all of the wet goods for Chattanooga and Kentucky went back at 10:40 o’clock last night, white the packages for Jacksonville went off at 5:30 this morning. About 160 pack ages were sent avay Not a drop of liquor is in the Vmer ■s office today, and doubUass many >1 the thirsty consignees regret that they did not avail themselves o: vee terday ( HINEBE RITI BLIP HAN NOW RECOGNIZED M NtelA PEKhNA,. March 29 t Delayed in . transrr.isston.)— The government ot. : China today formally resolved to ognixe the provisional government ot ‘Russia, and Chinese officials In that ' country have been instructed accord NUMBER 7S