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CWIRTI-NINTH YEAR.
AUTHORITIES DEME
TO ALLOW DEPORTED
I. W. W. AGITATORS TO
ENTER COLUMBUS.N.M.
Trainload of Undesirable Citi
zens Prevented From
1
Landing in City
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TWO KILLED DURING
ROUND-UP KT BISBEE
Thoroughly Organized Posse
Had Little Trouble in
Handling Situation
DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 13. —A special,
train of freight and cattle cars bearing
1,200 Industrial Workers of the World,
deported from Bisbee yesterday, was
sidetracked at Hermands, 20 miles from [ I
Columbus, N. M., where authorities de
lined to let the men stop. Douglas,:
citizens expected they would come here ' i
Orson Mcßae, a member of the citizens' :
posse, was killed by James Brew, one |
of the strikers, Brew being in turn 1
killed by Mcßae’s friends. i
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BISBEE, Ariz., July 13. —More than 1
1,100 alleged Industrial Workers of the 1
World were deported from Bisbee yes-1 ’
terday. The men were driven from the j'
city by deputy sheriffs and about two.'
thousand armed men, members of an
organization known as the “Citizen’s , s
Protective League.” Two men were I 1
killed.
A strike was called here by the '
metal workers’ branch of the I. W. W..
about two weeks ago. Since then, ac- 1
cording to officials, scores of strange . 1
men have been in Bisbee. These men ’ ’
are alleged to have prevented miners :
from returning to work. Plans for, 1
the 'round-up” of alleged undesirables, 1
were made at midnight by Harry C. I ’
Wheeler, sheriff of Cochis county. 1
Within two hours the sheriff had depu-; 1
tized 1,200 men and ordered them to 1
report at various points at 4 o’clock j
yseterday morning.
When the bands of citizens assembled 1
those who were not already armed were 1
given rifles and revolvers with in- '
structions to use them only in self-, ’
defense. I 1
•‘Until the last I. W. W. is run out,” j 1
was the watchword passed to the wait- 1
I
ing men. f <
Warned Off Streets.
At 6:30 o’clock special newspapers <
editions containing a proclamation by J
Sheriff Wheeler, ordering women and 1
children to keep off the streets during j
the day and instructing deputies to ar
rest disturbers of the peace were cir- |
culated. 11
Simultaneously five bands of armed
citizens suddenly appeared. Some hur-[
ried from alleys, others from store
rooms and some sprang fro mlow roofs .
rs business buildings. All marched to I
the center of the town.
Every strange man on the streets was ’
challenged. j i
“Hold on, stranger,, what’s your busi- <
ness.” “What ar eyou going in Bisbee?” <
rnd “How long have you been here?” ]
were seme of the questions asked by <
the little groups as they surrounded <
each man. Every suspicious-looking i
individual was placed under arrest. |
Fifty i ickets at the entrance to the j
Copper Queen mines, in front of the <
postoffice, were arrested when 25 ;
, rmed citizens rushed from the lobby (
11 the postoffice and surrounded them, i
Four squads of citizens coming from i
different parts of the city reached the ■
center of town at the same time. Each ;
band was marching with several hun- i
dred prisoners. As each man was
detained he was quickly searched for
t.eapons. As the prisoners marched <
along the streets hundreds of rifles
were levelled at their heads from all
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sides.
Herded in Baseball Park.
After an hour’s wait the captors and
captives marched to the depot, where
another squad on duty had taken
charge of several hundred more men.
At 8:3o o’clock the prisoners were lin
ed up two abreast. Flanked by 2,000
heavily armed citizens, the captives
were ordered to march down the rail-
I road tracks toward Warren. At Low
ell, a suburb, about 300 more alleged
I. W. W.’s were merged into the pro
cession.
The baseball park at Warren was
chosen for the place of assembling the
men to be deported. W’ord of the “clean
up” had preceded the sheriff and his
men and when the prisoners reached
the park the hundreds of spectators on
the scene set up jeers.
When the prisoners were inside the
enclosure half the armed bands formed .
guard around the park, while the other ;
half started a systematic search of the
ntire district for men who were i
identified with the Industrial Workers,!
cr who could not account for their
presence in a satisfactory manner .
Armed men went through rooming
houses and restaurants, questioning
every one. Those who did hot answer
satisfactorily were marched between
two lines of citizens to the park. For
two hours leaders of the Industrial
Workers attempted to make themselves
heard above the hoots and jeers of the
crowd. When it seemed as if the park
would hold no more, six additional
squads of prisoners were packed in and
the guards were increased.
Shortly before noon a special train
of cattle cars rolled upto the park.
The prisoners were marched in sin
gl efile from the enclosure up to the
runways and onto the cars. As each
man entered the car, according to the
authorities, fee was asked if he wanted
to go to work, or if he could give the
name of a reliable citizen who would
vouch for him. Those who expressed a
desire for employment were held' for
further investigation Several prom
inent citizens ofl Bisbee and Lowell
who openly declared they were in sym
pathy with the Industrial Workers’
movement, were forced into the cars
with the unkempt crowds. Among these
was William B. Cleary, an attorney,
widely known through Arizona, who
was taken into custody when the raid
first started. Cleary was alleged to
have spoken openly in favor of the In
dustrial Workers’ movement.
All afternoon the citizens continued
questioning every one on.the streets.
Last night hundreds of men patrolled
the streets.
SEVERAL SPEEDERS IN
POLICE COURT TODAY
I
/ Quite an array of traffic ordinance
violators faced Mayor Council this
morning when he convened the Re
corder’s Court in the absence of Recor
der T. O. Marshall. The motorists
haled before the bar of justice were
charged variously with speeding, ex
cessive noise and other infractions of
the city traffic regulations. /
J. E. Mathis, who was the complain
ing witness in most of the cases, re
ceived permission to address the court
and made a brief statement in which he
deplored the necessity which compell
ed him to file the charges against sev
eral of the offenders, but declared that
unless the traffic ordinances are en
ftreed the safety of the public is en
dangered, to say nothing of the nuis
ance caused by unthinking and irre
sponsible motorists. Mr. Mathis, in
concluding his remarks, requested that
the cases be dismissed, but asserted
that if he had occasion to prefer sim-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1917
WHEAT TRADING AT
STANDSTILL TODAY
CHICAGO, July 13. —For the first
time in the history of the Chicago
Board of Trade, wheat trading came to
a standstill today. No bids or offers
were to be had, the halt being attrib
uted to uncertainty over food control
legislation.
GEORGIT” MUST
FURNISH 19,337
MEN FOR ■
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13.
Formal announcement is. made today
at the war department that 687,000
men will be selected to compose the
first national army and to fill vacancies
in the regular army and national
guard.
The following state quotas are
among those named:
Alabama, 13,612; Georgia. 18,337;
Florida, 6,325.
gebmanltTagks
REPULSED NEAR
MONSON
NEW YORK, July 13. (Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—Available re
ports do not indicate important en
gagements on any battle front today.
The Germans again attacked at three
points in the Verdun section, but were
repulsed, according to French re
ports.
An unofficial dispatch from Petror
grad indicates Styrjma will be the
next objective of the Russians in Ga
licia. is considered an import
ant railroad junction. Russian mili
tary writers say more attacks may be
expected on the northern front.
RURAL GHDBCHES
TO OPEMML
Rev. Robert L. Bivins announces a
series of revival meetings to be held in
the four rural churches in Sumter
county, of which he is pastor. The first
series will open tomorrow, July 14th.
at Pleasant Grove, and will continue
throughout next week.
. Rev. H. C. Buckholtz, evangelist of
the Georgia Baptist convention, will
preach at these services. He is, well
known throughout the state and has for
many years been one of the most scu
cessful evangelists of the South. Not
long ago he conducted a series of re
vival meetings at thq First Baptist
church in Americus.
The meetings at Midway will begin
on Sunday, July 22 at 11 a. m., and
will continue through the week. At
Rehoboth church the series will start
on Sunday, July 29th, at 11 a. m. and
close August sth at 11 a. m. The se
ries at Hebron, will open on August
sth at 8 p. m. and continue until Sun
day, August 12th.
Rex. Bivins considers the securing
of Dr. Bucholtz very fortunate, and
a most successful series of evangel
stic meetings is confidently expected.
ilar charges in the future, he would
insist on full punishment for the of
fenders. The cases were dismissed by
Mayor Council with a stern warning
as to'the future conduct of the cul-,
prits. I
♦ TWO AMERICANS VESSELS 4-
♦ SUNK;(REWS ALL SAVED 4
♦ WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 13. ♦
♦ —Sinking of the American bark- ♦
4 entine Hildesard and the Ameri- 4
♦ ican schooner Mary W. Bowen, 4
♦ without loss of life, is announc- 4
♦ ed today. 4
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amebicuTelke to
FIUCHKE HOME
The Americus Lodge of Elks, No.
752, has taken definite steps looking
to the purchase of a permanent home
and a committee composed of W. J.
English, W. J. Josey and C. H. Burke,
is now investigating available proper
ties in this city suitable for this pur
pose.
Thus far two sites have been con
sidered, the Thornton Wheatley prop
erty at the corner of Lamar and Hamp
ton streets, and the residence of Mrs.
D. M. Borum, on Church street.
Both of these properties are looked
upon as very desirable for the pur
ple intended, but no definite negotia
tions have been entered into as yet,
ths committee desiring to make a
thorough canvass of the available
sites.
For several years the Americus Elks
have been agitating the question- of
purchasing a permanent home, but va
rious circumstances have arisen from
time to time to prevent definite action
on the matter. At present, however,
the lodge is in excellent oondition, with
about 150 mmebej's enrolled and the
need for an Elks’ Home has become
more apparent.
The committee has been given full
authority to enter into negotiations for
the purchase of a suitable property,
and it is expected that within a short
time announcement will be made of the
conclusion of the transaction.
MUCH LIQUOR FOUND
BI WEBSTER OFFICERS
A raid made by the Webster county
authorities on the plantation of J. R.
J. Drew, one of the best known citizens
of that section, resulted in the discov
ery of five gallons of “moonshine”
liquor. The raid was made on Wed
nesday and was for the purpose of I
discovering if possible the whereabouts I
of certain merchandise alleged to[
have been abstracted from a freight car ;
on the Seaboard Air Line.
The liquor was confiscated and Drew
will face trial at the next term of
court. He has figured in previous li
quor cases and only last year was sen
tenced to pay a heavy fine in addition
to serving a term in jail. Drew is
one of the wealthiest citizens of Web
ster county.
CHILD INJURED 81 MOWING
MACHINJ_IS_BECOVEfiiNG
The two-year-old son of Mr. andj
Mrs. Howard Countryman, who was so
seriously injured by a mowing machine
a short time ago, is recovering nicely,
and it is said that the bones have!
knitted together perfectly.
Both bones of the child’s right leg
were cut entirely in two, just above
the ankle and only the tendon held the
foot to the leg. It is a subject of
great gratification to his parents that
he did not lose his foot, and that he
•a ill i robably not even limp as a re
sult of the accident.
DO BALD HEADS MAKE MEN
IMMUNE FROM TUBERCULOSIS?
ATLANTA, Ga.. July 13.—Did you
ever hear of a bald-headed man dying
of tuberculosis? An Atlanta physic
ian who has treated many coftsump
tives, declares that he doesn’t recall a
single bald-headed man in the list,
and the interesting question arises as
to whether bald-headedness is not a
sign that a man is immune from the
white plague. At first glance it
might seem absurd to argue that the
condition of a man’s scalp has any
thing to do with the condition of his
lungs, but statistics seem to-provethat
there is a real connection.
SUSPICIOUS GERMANS
FDUND BI AUTHORITIES
MIAMI, Ariz., July 13.—At least ten
Germans subjects, two of whom are
believed to be army officers, have been
located here and in nearby mining
camps. Heavy guards of United States
soldiers have been placed around the
mining companies' powder plant.
ON COMMODITIES
OF FIXED OLASS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 13.
■ An embargo, effective immediately,
has been declared against all freight
shipments intended for expert of com-
1 modifies named in the President’s ex-
■ pert proclamation, except when a bill
■ of lading is presented with federal li-
■ cense number furnished by the Export
Council at Washington. The embar-
1 go was ordered by the American Rail
way Association's commission on car
service.
tentFomsidn
OF GUARDSMEN
TO MALIGN GAMP
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13
The Tenth division of National Guards
men, composed of troops from the
states of Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama, have been assigned to the Ma
con, Ga., camp. The Seventh division,
composed entirely of Pennsylvania
troops has been assigned to the Au
gusta mobilization cahp.
Ml" GUARDS TO
GET MIIMOm
Arrangements are now being com
pleted whereby it is thought that ri
fles used by the Americus High School
Cadet Corps may be also used by the
Sumter Light Guards recently organ
ized for the purpose of affording mili
tary protection to this community in
the absence of the Americus Light In
fantry.
It is expected that the Americus
Board of Education will hold a meet
ing within the next few days and the
matter will be definitely decided. It is
I understood that several members of
I the board have already signified their
I assent to the proposition.
There are 87 Krag-Jorgensen car
bines in the custody of the local board
which secured them from the war de
partment last year when the military
feature of the Americus High School
was inaugurated. There is also a
sufficient supply of ammunition. It is
proposed that the Guards use the guns
regularly until September 17th, when
school opens, and after that date the'
cadet corps and the military orgnniza-;
tion of the city will use the rifles
jointly.
Efforts have not been abandoned to
secure rifles for the company from the
Wer Department and the most recent
communications from Washington, D.
C., are much more encouraging in this
regard.
The question of uniforms is also
under consideration and several man
ufacturers have been requested to
quote prices.
On Monday night every active mem
ber of the Light Guards is expected to
be on hand, for at this time the non
commissioned officers will be named’
and the comp.any permanently sized
into squads..
CHY
FIERCE BATTLE
NOiN RAGING IN
FORBIDDEN CITY
LONDON, July 13.—Fighting has be
gun outside Peking, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Tien Tsin.
TIEN TSIN, China, July 13.—Repub
lican military authorities here report
I 3,000 monarchists troops are surround-
I ed in the “Temple of Heaven,” after
| two hours’ fighting. General Chang
has taken refuge in the Dutch legation,
| and fighting is in progress in the For
. bidden City.
TIEN TSIN, China, July 13.—At re
publican headquarters here, it is an-
■ nounced republican troops will attack
, the “Forbidden City” at the first oppor-
- tunity, because General Chang has re-
- fused to mediate.
Peking is surrounded by 60,000 re
l publican troops with 17 heavy guns.
- These forces make impossible the es
: cape from the capital of General Chang
- Hsun, the imperialist leader. The
■ Chang soldiers are reported to be en
’ trenching themselves in the imperial
city. i
THOMAS REJECTED
FOB JUDGESHIP
| WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 13.
Judge William E. Thomas, of Valdosta,
whose nomination as federal district
judge of the southern district of Geor
gia, which was sent to the senate Wed
nesday, was yesterday rejected by the
senate, on the motion of Senator
Thomas W. Hardwick,
This is the second time that
Hardwick has blocked the president’s
attempts to fill the office, the senate
having rejected a few weeks ago the
nomination of Judge U. V. 'Whipple,
of Cordele, on the complaint of Mr.
Hardwick that the nomination was per
sonally offensive to him.
He made the same appeal yesterday;
first to the sub-committee of the senate
judiciary committee, consisting of Sen
ators Hoke Smith, of Georgia; King, of
I tali, and Borah, of Idaho; next to the
ft'll committee, which then voted to
report the nomination adversely, and
finally in an executive session he told
■he senate that the nomination, be
cause of the manner in which it had
beer made, was" objectionable to him.
On the ground of senatorial courtesy
the senate acceded to his request and
i ejected the nominee.
A degree of bitterness has developed
in the relations between the Georgia
senators and the white house which
makes it extremely unlikely that an
other nomination for the office will
, be sent in at any time in the near fu
. ture.
i The president considers this simply
• one link in the chain which the Geor
. gia senators have helped to forge to
bind and obstruct him in the discharge I
of his duties and in the conduct of the
war.
The situation that has arisen will,
it is feared, mitigate against any Geor
gia applicant for any federal position
I where the nomination must be submit
ted to the senate far ratification.
EMS MING
EHR INDEPENDENCE
PETROGRAD, July 13.—The Finnish
diet today passed to its second read
ing a bill virtually establishing Fin
nish independence. The situation is
regarded as serious' here, a cabinet
meeting being held and ministers with
the army summoned. Socialist mem
bers or the cabinet are reported as in
sympathy with the movement, while
I' newspaper criticism is sharp, one say-
I ing Russia should not tolerate such in
dependence.
ARMY IN FRANCE
DUE TO RECEIVE
NEIAI EQUIPMENT
PARIS, July 13.—Maj.-Gen. Willianr
Sibert, who will command the Ameri
can training camp behind the French
front, has arrived here.
It was announced the American Red
Cross will take over all French infirm
aries—relief stations —between its base
and the portion of the front where the
American trtiops will be placed, sup
planting the French who will take up
other duties elsewhere
The American troops in France, it
is made known in a partial report of
investigations made by American offi
cers, will discard the well known pon
cho while in service in France, and"
will adopt the French cavalry slicker
in a modified form as best adapted to
trench fighting.
The troops also will be equipped
with sleeveless canvas jerkins lined
with wool as sleeping bags and with
numerous other devices that have
proved; efficacious against the intense
cold of the winter.
The familiar puttee will depart in fa
vor of cloth leggins such as were used 1
by the expeditionary force in Mexico.
Each soldier will have a folding cloth
fatigue cap to wear under the irksome
steel helmet.
Some idea may be gained of the im
mensity of the task of supplying the
American armies when they reach full
strength by the fact that each million
men must have a ten thousand ton re
frigeration plant, the steel and iron'for
which must be brought from America.
The refrigerators must be located not
only at the base but close behind the
fighting line. Storage tanks with a ca
pacity of a million gallons will be
needed at the bases with depots for
transferring gasoline to obviate the
necessity of using trains.
Plans already "far advanced include
the construction of so-called salvage
depots for the repair of wornout cloth
ing and shoes. A pair of shoes lasts
a soldier in the trenches only three
weeks on the average. Each million
men probably will consume one million,
pounds of meat daily.
American army headquarters in
Paris is rapidly proving itself too small
for the volume of work in progress.
officers hFduel
WITH LIQUOR MEN
ALBANY, July 13—Four strange men
in a touring car, pursued by Lee
county officers in another automobile,
made th.eir escape yesterday morning,
after a running fight between the two
parties with pistols and shotguns. Two
of the fugitives’ bullets made holes in
the officers" car, and the officers be
lieve they scored hits also. The fight
occurred in the edge of Smithville, af
ter the officers had captured a Ford
car and its driver with two suitcases?
of liquor from Jacksonville, that had
been put off the Seminole Limited
there.
The car of the four strangers was
also searched by the officers, but as no
whiskey was found in it, no arrests
were made.
The four men. however, followed the
officers with their prisoner and cap
tured car to Leesburg, and after the
negro had been placed in jail there
the officers pursued them back toward
[Smithville. The fugitives escaped af
ter they had fired at the officers and
|tue officers had returned the fire. The
I officers found three additional suit
| cases of whiskey in the road between
Smithville and Leesburg, where it is
I supposed the men threw them during:
the chase.
| The captured Ford car and the tour
ing car had Alabama license tags on
them, and the officers believe they were
from Girard, Ala. Messages were sent
out in an effort to head the men off,
but at last reports received here they
had not been captured. It is said the ■
negro has given the officers the natM£>
of the four men. The officers in tfit
pursuing car were Sheriff Coxwell.
i Deputy Sheriff Hooks and Policeman
Brim, of Leesburg.
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