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tfHIRTY-MNTH YEAR.
RED GROSS CAMPAIGNERS PLAN
TO ‘TURN LOOSE" ON THURSDAY
Contributions Received Tuesday
In Americus Totaled
$915
COMMITTEES GINVASS
LESLIE AND PLAINS
Better Results Must Be Ob
tained During Balance of
Week
4444 + + + + + + + +
+ WHERE TO TRADE THURSDAY ♦
4TO BENEFIT RED ( ROSS. 4
♦ f
4 ARTHUR MIZE GROCERY. 4
4 W. J. JOSEY. 4
4 HOWELL’S PHARMACY ♦
4 WILLIAMS-NILES HDW. CO. 4
* 10% OF ALL RECEIPTS AT 4
4 MYRTLE. SPRINGS. ALL. DAY 4
4 THURSDAY, SWIMMING, DAN- 4
4CI NG, DRINKS, GO TO RED 4
4 CROSS. ♦
While a total of $915 was secured in
this city yesterday by the Red Cross
campaigners, the goal of SIO,OOO for
Sumter county is far from attainment
and the various committees engaged in
the task of soliciting donations for the
big war fund are redoubling their ef
forts today to make a still better show
ing.
Two special committees are working
in Plains and Leslie today and it is in
order that every dollar possible may
be secured for the $100,000,000 fund
t'.> bd raised by the national organiza
tion.
Thus far the committees have been
selecting the names of the parties to
le solicited for donations and each
group of ladies hits been furnished with
pledge cards bearing the names of citi
zens whose support was expected to be
particularly strong.
On Thursday morning, however, this
plan will be abandoned and the com
mittees will start on a general canvass
o," the residents of Americus and Sum.
ter county.
Every one is to be given an oppor
tunity to subscribe something for the
relief of the American troops to be
sent across the Atlantic to fight
against the power of German militar
ism.
The executive committee of the
Americus and Sumter County chapter
c.f the Red Cross issued the following
statement this morning regarding the
progress of the campaign thus far:
IN THIS SIGN WE CONQUER.
Luring the last two days, some forty
( f the foremost women of Americus,
women who have awakened to the de
niands of the hour and have realized
that the Americus youth was not born
to die unattended and unaccounted
for on a foreign battlegeld, women
who are giving their sons and broth
er: as a living sacrifice to America’s
cauS e these women for two days
have walked the streets of Americus
and solicited, begged and prayed for
funds to assist in the noble work that
has been undertaken by our people,
yes. they have had to beg, almost on
bended knees, but that is not the worst,
they havt been laughed at, criticised
and almost insulted by big. strong,
able-bodied men who seem willing to
adopt almost any tactics to avoid pay
ing money to a cause whose very name
should never pass the lips of man. ex
cept in reverence and gratefulness.
But all men are not so, for these,
women tell the story of how they were
received elsewhere, of the friendly
greeting. the courteous manner, the
liberal gift to the limit of his ability.
The majority are like the last—true
Americans, patriotic men, worthy of
the uanic.
What is the matter with Americus"
The total of Tuesday’s work was only
s<lls.W, which is almost conclusive
indication that the assessment of $lO
- expected of Americus and Sum
ter county will never be reached. D
t imply means that when the account-
j C , is made in Washington next week
and th? slacker column of towns is
published that. Americus will head the
list. Why is it that we can’t do what
every other town in Georgia and the
United States is doing?
Wake up men, in the name of hu
manity; in the name of our boys who
are offering their lives; in the nam;
of God, wake up! These ladles don’t
ask this money for personal use; they
are giving themselves, money, time,
energy, health, that our boys, your
boy, may know that while on the
battle field in France he will be cared
for, administered unto when the shrap
pel finds its victim; someone to take
jthe last message when the evening
shades close his lids in final rest.
You cannot consider your contribu
tion as an expense, but only a meager
way of showing your appreciation. If
you are worth several thousands and
give only a dollar, we can only accept
that as a measure of your patriotism
and gratitude.
The Red Cross is the sign of mercy,
neutrality, love and brotherhood of
man—in this sign, and it alone, will
we finally conquer.
RED CROSS EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE.
SHIPPING LDSa
SHOWS HIGHEST
TOTAL IN WEEKS
LONDON, June 20.—The weekly list
of British ships torpedoed, which is to
be issued today, will show idle highest
total of many weeks. The number of
vessels lost will be comparable to the
worst weeks since the ruthless cam
paign began, while the week includes
one day’s losses that is regarded as a
record.
The returns week by week show the
submarine campaign runs in waves,
and it is assumed this week marks the
crest of super-activities noted the prev
ious week. Naval men are not over
pessimistic, and insist that admiralty
methods of fighting submarines are
daily gaining efficiency.
INFANT SON OF IN. IN. WILSON
WILL HE BURIED TODAY
The three months’ old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Wilson died Tuesday night
after an illness of several days with
pneumbnia. The funeral will be held
this afternoon at 4 o’clock, Rev. R. L.
Pivins officiating. Interment will be
at the family burying grounds, four
Get Your Name On This List
Os Red Cross Fund Contributors
The following citizens<>f Americus
and Sumter county ha’ e contributed to
the Red Cross campaign fund:
E. C. Parker, Moreland-Jones Co.
Carr 3. Glover, Mrs. Frank Lanier, L
G Council, W. H. C. Dudley, Crawford
Wheatley. W. T. Lane, D. B. Mayes, C.
J. Clark, F. L. Cato. Mrs. Mary E
Clay, E. H. Bradley. H. L. Mize, E. A
Nisbet. S. H. McKee. J. E. Gyles, J. A
Pinkston, Jr., R. J. Perry, E. Y. An
drews, Walter Page, P. A. Fenimore
George Van Riper. S. R. Heys, W. M.
Dumber, Herbert Hawkins, Harper Biv
ins, C. C. Hawkins, John A. Cobb, W.
W. Dykes, L. F. Grubbs, J. E. Poole, 11.
S. Council, Gordon Statham, G. R. El
lis, Miss Sarah P. Cobb, Mrs. I. J. KaL
mon, D. R. Andrews. Walter Rylander,
V7. P, Wallis, E. A. Hawkins, J. W. Har
ris. Jr., J. E. Hightower, R. E. McNul -
iv, G. C. Webb, E. B. Hill, John Shef
field, Miss Elizabeth Cobb, W. J.
Thornton. I. B. Small. W. E. Taylor.
J A. Pinkston, W. B. AVorthy. J. E.
Johnson. J. J. Hanesley. G. E. Buch
; nan. J. T. Warren. C. F. Giddings, Mrs
S H. McKee. Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr,
Mrs. J. E. Hightower, Jno. A. Fort, E
.1. Eldridge, Eugene Bailey, J. AV.
RECRUITING OFFICE FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPEN IN THIS CITY—THE NATION CALLS
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 20, 1917
WORLD POOL ALL
COinOPPLIEE
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 20.-
Government pools of coal production
and distribution and of rail and water
transportation was recommended to
congress by the federal trade commis
sion today as the only means of avoid
ing a disastrous coal shortage next
winter. The commission says it be
licves the nation’s industries and even
the coal industry itself will be paralyz
ed by the failure of transportation, add •
ir.g there are enough coal cars in the
country to handle the output, but that
these are improperly managed. Tho
p!a,n proposed to congress by the com
mission includes the payment to coal
picducers and transportation corpora
(ions of the cost of production, to
gether with a just profit.
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111 SWITZERLAND
LUGANO, Switzerland, June 20 —For-
mer King Constantine of Greece arrived
here today and was officially welcomed.
A large number of German personages
awaited him at the depot, these includ
ing the Prince and Princess Von Beu
low and Dr. Von Meuhlberg, the Ger
man minister to the Vatican. The
Greek minister to Switzerland was also
present. Constantine received a long
telegram from the German emperor
shcrtly after he landed, and it is be
lieved he will visit that personage at
an early date.
“GHOST WALKED” FOR
COMPANYJJESTEROAY
The boys of the Americus Light In
fcntry are jingling real coin of the
realm in their pockets today as the
result of a visit to the camp yesterday
of the official “ghost” in the person of
Capt. Alfred Aloe, disbursing office"
for the states of Georgia, Florida and
Alabama.
The payroll of the Americus Light
Infantry amounts to about $2,000 and
next month, when the increase in pay
goes into effect, giving each private
S3O per month, instead of sls, the
total will almost touch the $4,000
mark.
Col. J. A. Thomas, commanding of
ficer of the Second Georgia and Capt.
John M. Howard of Company G, Sec
ond Georgia, accompanied Capt. Aloe
on his visit to Americus.
miles northwest of Americus. The
sympathies of all are extended the be
reaved parents.
Renfroe, W. G. Turpin, G. A. Turpin.
Dr. M. H. Wheeler, Lee Allen, W. J
Josey, W. O. Barnett, Drs. S. C. and E.
L. Thurman, Nat LeMaster, Miss Mar
tha L. B. Cobb, N. S. Evans, J. Emory
Rylander, F. W. Griffin. Walter Brown.
W. A. Dodson, H. C. Argo, W. F. Bailey,
A. J. Bell, Mrs. Daisy Gnosspelius, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Davenport, D. F. Dav
enport, C. P. Davis, Hollis Fort, J. W.
Chambliss, Cliff Williams. Olin John
ron, F. F. Fort. T. F. McWaters, R. W.
Buchanan, A. C- Crockett, M. J. Stev
>ns, F. W. Stewart, Ellen Westbrook,
1. A. Smith. W. A. Ayash, T.
~ Westbrook, J. E. Prather, Lee Al
len, Jr., R. E. Allison, C. E Ansley, R.
M. Andrews. Americus Case. T. E. Bol
ton, W. D. Bailey. A. J. Harris, T. F
Gatewood, J. E. Kiker. Wible Marshall.
I’. E. Westbrook. G. E. Hooks, O. A
Williams, C. M. Williams. Harry Hawk
ins. H. D. AVatts, A. D. Gatewood. W
p Jones, Fred Markctt, It. W. Glover
A. B. Howa~d, D. F. Jennings. E. L.
Carswell, W. P. McCorkle, W. L. Eng
lish, J. E. D. Shipp. S. R. Stevens. Cliff
Pantone, J. O. Edmondson. J. P. Butt,
T. M. Merritt, .Oscar Maxwell (colored!
Ed Dawson (colored).
OFFICERS OPEN
CONVENTION ED
OISCUS£ PLANS
The annual convention of the Goer
gia County Officers’ association opened
here this morning at 10:30 o’clcok in
the courthouse, with more than 100
officers from all sections of the state
in attendance. The members of ths
association are expected to arrive dur
ing the afternoon and several from dis •
tant parts of the state will come in to
night.
The opening session of the conven
tion was featured ’by addresses of
welcome delivered on behalf of the
Sumter county officials, the Americus
Bar association, the city of Americus
the Chamber of Commerce and the
county commissioners.
The response for the County Officers'
association was made by Judge. R. D.
Bush, of the City court of Mitchel'
county.
This afternoon the first business ses.
sion of the convention will be held and
at its conclusion, the visiting officers
will bp taken for an auto ride through
the city and surrounding territory.
A luncheon and smoker will be ten
dered to the visitors tonight at the
Americus Light Infantry armory.
It is expected that the committee on
general welfare of the association will
i; ake a recommendation that every
effort be made to change the present
plans, so that the county exempiton
boards working under the military con
scription law may be shifted from
their home county to one nearby. This
plan is favored by most of the county
officials, and resolutions urging its
adoption will probably be passed.
The program for the convention is
as follows:
Wednesday Morning, 10 O’clock—
. Convention Called to Order by Presi
dent C. D. Thigpen.
Invocation.
Address of Welcome in Behalf of
Sumter County Officers —W. A. Dodson.
Address of Welcome in Behalf of City
of Americus—Mayor L. G. Council.
Address—Hon. Frank Lanier, in be
half of the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce.
Address—Hon. E. A. Nisbet, Ameri
cus Bar Association.
Address—Hon. Arthur Rylander,
Chairman Sumter County Commission
ers.
Response ot Welcome Addreses in
Behalf of County Officers’ Association
—Judge R. D. Busch, of Mitchell Coun
ty
Enrollment of Members and Paymen'
o! Dues.
Appointment of Committees by the
President.
Recess.
Wednesday Afternoon 2:30 O'clock-
Convention re-assetnbles for regu'a-j
business session.
Wednesday Afternoon, 4 o’clock- ■
and ladies will assemble at:
the Windsor Hotel, where automobiles
will be provided for a ride about the
city.
Wednesday Evening. 8:30 O’clock- I
Smcker and Social Luncheon at A. L. I.j
Armory.
Thursday Morning, 10 O’clock —Con !
vention Assembles.
Reports of Committees.
Open Discussions.
Election of Officers.
Thursday Morning 11 O'clock —Sym- '
posium on the Uniformity of Countv
Records, by Hon. Clifford Walker. At
torney General.
Adjournment
Thursday Afternoon, 1 O’clock—Bar
becue at "Cue Club" grounds on Gless-J
ner street.
Thursday A.ternoon, 3 O’clock—Au
tomobile ride to old Confederate Prison
and National Cemetery at Anderson
ville.
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4 LEYLAND LINER ELELE ♦
♦ SUNK BY A SUBMARINE 4
♦ ♦;
4 BOSTON, June 20.—News of the 4‘
4 sinking of the British steamer ♦’
♦ Elele, presumably by a German 4
4 submarine, was cabled to the Ley- 4
4 land Line officials here by the ♦
♦ vessel’s commander today. The ♦
4 message made no mention of the ♦.
4 fate of the crew. 4 .
ENGLISH COTION
EXCHANGE. CLOSED
LIVERPOOL, June 20.—The Liver
pool cotton exchange was closed tem
porarily today after a short period of
trading.
Sensational Movement Noted.
. LONDON, |June 20.—An Exchange
Telegraph Liverpool dispatch says the
, Cotton association decided to close the
. futures market to further trading be
, cause of the sensational upward move
ment marking the last few days.
Declined 173 Points.
NEW YORK. June 20.—As a result of
the Liverpool cotton exchange closing
> cotton options declined here 173 points
, below last night’s close. Rallies fol
. lowed varying from 22 to 30 points.
biii Silis
IIMIL SCHOOL
I ,
’ WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20.-
Sensational charges that naval recruits
. at Newport, R. L, training station are
, exposed to the evils of open gambling
houses, immoral resorts and the ille-
L gal sale of liquor were made by Secre
I tary Daniels today in appealing to
Governor Beeckman to prevent a con-
- tinuance of these practices.
i
DOCTORS MEET IN
; AMERIGIJSJ 0 D AY
Physicians from practically every
county in the Third Congressional dis
trict are in Americus today to attend
f the 21st semi-annual convention of the
Third District Medical society./
The session opened at 3 o’clock this
afternoon in the Carnegie Library aud
itorium, Dr. L. F. Grubbs, of this city
- calling the convention to order. Ad
cresses of welcome were delivered by
. E. A. Nisbet in behalf of the munici
pality and Dr. H. A. Smith in behalf
of the local physicians. The response
.’ for the visiting members was made bv
' Dr. W. E. Edwards, of Cordele.
; ! The afternoon was consumed by the
J discussion cf technical papers read by j
. I physicians from various sections.
I A banquet will be given the visiting
j physicians tonight at the Windsor Ho-
I tel.
. I The officers of the society are: Presi
| dent, T. .1. McArthur, of Cordele; Vice
President. J. T. Stukes, of Americus;
. Secretary-Treasurer, Charles A. Greer.
■ cf Oglethorpe.
j The entertainment committee in
’charge of the meeting is composed of
■ Drs. L. F. Grubbs, J. T. Stukes, H. A.
Smith and D. B. Mayes.
PROGRESS IS MftDF IN
ORGANIZIhG HOME GUARD
■■■
On Friday merning a committee com-
I posed of C. J. Clark, R. H. Horton and
G L. Williams will begin enrolling
members of the “Americus Hom j
Guards,” the organization of which ha«
been discussed for some time. A meet ■
ing was held last night at the armory
and plans arranged to proceed at once
I with the formation of the company.
Arms and other necessary equipment
will be secured from the government,
| which is issuing rifles to home guard
■ organizations through the country.
On Monday night another meeting
of the prospective members will be
■ held, at which time the election of ofii
tcers will take place.
___________
1 (MOTHER RECRUIT SENT
FROM AMERICUS STATION
Isaac S. Fisher, of Albany, left to
day for Atlanta to stand his final ex •
i amination for enlistment in the United
i States army, having enlisted at the
! Americus recruiting station.
I
PUBLISHERS' TUX j
M DISCUSSER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 20.
The matter of taxation of newspapers
and other publications was re-opened
by the senate finance committee in re
vising the war revenue bill today. The
committee adopted Senator Penrose’s
motion to reconsider its decision to
levy a 5% tax on publishers' profits,
but reached no decision regarding sub ,
stitute revenue producers proposed.
-OOK OUT, GIRLS; FACE POWDER
SHORTAGE IS THREATENED NOD
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ATLANTA, Ga., June 20. —A wave of
apprehension has swept over the fem- '
inine population of Atlanta for fear the
war may enforce economy in face pow
der as well as clothes and food and
other necessities of life, which ad
vanced enormously in price. Econom
ists point out that a very large quan
tity of rice is used every year in the 1
manufacture of face powder, and '
therefore, the face powder should be ’
stopped and the rice turned into the 1
food channel, somewhat on the same 1
idea that prohibitionists are demand- 1
ing a stoppage of distilling to conserve 1
the grain supply for food.
—— ,
LISI OF MISSING
GIRLS NUMBERS
NIDRE IRAN 800
.NEW YORK, June 20.—More than
eight hundred girls between the ages
of ten and twenty years has disap
peared from their homes here since
January Ist, it transpired, co-incident
with the announcement by the head of
New York’s police commission that he
had ordered a searching inquiry into
police conditions since the sensational
revelations brought to light following
the Rosenthal murder.
The investigation is a direct outcome ,
of the finding of the body of Ruth Cru
ger, a pretty school girl, buried ba-1
neath eight feet of earth in the cellar;
cf a motorcycle shop conducted by Ay
fred Cocchi. for whom the Italian gov- ,
ernment authorities are now searching ,
' at the request of the American state |,
j department. The girl’s body, entirely ,
decomposed, was identified by her fa- <
ther by a hing of peculiar design found
upon one of the fleshless fingers, and ,
the recovery of a motorcycle uniform 11
of unusuai length, which fits pertectlj l :
a member of the police department 11
who assisted in the preliminary inves- j |
ligation of the 'girl’s disappearance’,
has cast suspicion upon him in connec- (
tion with the murder. j
Police and detectives attached to the >
police department spent much time in
the vicinity of Cocchi’s shop shortly t
after the Cruger girl disappeared, and (
Cocchi was repeatedly questioned be- |
fore his disappearance, but their efforts ,
resulted in finding nothing, the mystery
later being solved by private detectives ]
employed by the girl’s parents. Police ,
records fail to show how many of the .
girls reported as “missing” ever re
turned to their homes.
MANY SIGNS OF BOLL
MIL FOUND HERE
/Forty-two punctured cotton squares’
weie brought to the Times-Recorder
yesterday afternoon from the Gatewoo l 1
plantation having been found by-Elbert'
Stallworth, colored farm demonstrator
for Sumter county.
boll weevil, during thespast week
or two has been in more
or less widely scattered sections of this
county and speciments of immature or
.mature weevils are being brought to 1
Americus every few days.
The colored demonstrator declared ’ i
that while he only picked up 42 punc i
tured squares containing immature ' j
weevils, he found about 200 on the i
ground covered by him in his invest!-j]
gation of the Gatewood cotton. 1
CKY
ADMIRAL SIMS
NOW COMMANDS
IN misil SEI.
LONDON, June 20.—Vice Admiral
William S. Sims, U. S. N., has been ap
pointed to take general charge of the
operations of the Allied naval forces in
Irish waters.
Admiral Sims will act in this capac
ity while the British naval comman
der-in-chief is absent from his post
for a period, the official announcement
explains. The American admiral’s
flag meanwhile has been hoisted as the
Allied senior officer’s in these waters.
No Details Given.
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 20.
A brief message from London to the
navy department was the first news
of the appointment of Admiral Sims to
command the Allied naval forces in
Irish waters during the absence of the
British commander of that district, and
gave no other information as to the
new responsibilities placed upon the
American officer.
The Washington government has
given Admiral Sims wide powers to en
able hjm to meet any situation. He
has full authority to act on his own
initiative in disposing his forces so as
to secure the greatest co-operation
with the French and British navies,
and also the maximum efficiency in the
battle against German submarines.
Much of his time has been spent in
London and Paris and late advices are
the first to indicate that he has been
at sea with his ships.
The statement that Admiral Sims had
hoisted his flag as senior Allied naval
officer in Irish waters led to much
speculation as to what American war
ship he might be using as a flasship.
as presumably he would hoist his flag
aboard an American vessel. The only
facts disclosed by the department as
to the vessels now in European water t
have been that destroyers have been
sent to British ports and naval col
liers to French ports with supplies.
Tremendous responsibilities have
been placed on Admiral Sims’ should
ers. The tale of torpedoed ships ib
Irish waters is an often repeated one.
■ It has been said that even without the
American vessels the British have had
thousands of destroyers, .submarina
■chasers of all sizes, mine sweepers,
air craft and every other known
method of combatting submarines post
ed in these waters in the effort to keep
o-pen the shipping lanes.
All of these forces are now under
Aimiiral Sims. On him rests probably
♦he duty of arranging for the arrival
and departure of commercial vessels,
boi b trans-Atlantic and coastwise, that
ply Irish waters. The British admir
alty exercises rigid control over all
ship movements and no vessel leaves
port until the naval commander re
ports the seas free of the enemy.
In some quarters it was pointed out
that the announcement that the Ameri
tau officer had been placed, even tem
p- rarily, in command of British fc-.- «s
greatly superior to those under ths
American flag in those waters might
have a political effect in Ireland where
the situation is turbulent with the ap
pt oach of the Irish convention period
It might tend to show beyond ques
tion, it was suggested, that the Brit
ish and American governments were in
perfect accord.
V'OMEN WILL GET SAME
PAY AS MEN IN THE NAVY
Washington, d. c., June 20
j Women employed by the navy depart
ment ar< to receive the same pay aj
men bolding similar positions. Sec
retary Daniels, who, with several other
! department heads, announced recently
that during the war women would be
i given preference in filling clerical
jobs, has, in response to a query from
Mr«. < r rrie Chapman Catt, president
cf the National American Woman Suf
frage association, written her, as fol
lows:
"I can assure you there is no in
tention on the part of this department
to discriminate against women em
ployes. All positions tn the depart
ment are graded and the same rate of
pay applies to each position, regard
less of the sex cf the incumbent.”
NUMBER 147