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HIE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
C ITY-NINTH YEAR.
•GERMAN CRISIS SETS
AFLOAT WILD RUMOR
OF KAISER'S REMOVAL
Reichstag in Strike Against
Military Faction Holding
Up Credit Vote
MINISTER OF W
RESISNS HIS POST
Crown Prince Conducting F ight
Against Hollweg With
Result in Doubt
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* VON STEIN, PRUSSIAN ♦
4 WAR MINISTER QUITS 4
4 4
4 BERNE, Switzerland, July 14. 4
4 —An official telegram from Ber- ♦
4- lin says that General von Stein, 4
4 the Prussian minister of war, 4
4 has resigned, *
NEW YORK, July 14. —Germany’s
serious internal crisis overshadowed
the pending military operations in the
news of the day.
The reports from Berlin show that
the reichstag has gone on strike
the crown and the military
■party. apparently in the interest of a
parliamt ry system of government.
There is a rumor, although entire
ly unconfirmed, and little credited, that
Emperor William has abdicated in fa
jv’or of his Isixth and favorite son,
Prince Joachim.
The peace clamor is growing both
in Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Part of thq trouble between the reich
stag and the government class is over
the government’s persistent declina
tion to state Germany’s peace terms on
the basis of non-annexation demanded
by what now comprises a majority
block in the reichstag.
The credit bill is being held up by
this majority until the political crisis
is settled. But the more serious yet is
the decision of the members not even
to meet meanwhile for discussion in
regular session or in committee.
Apparently the crown prince is wag
ing a fight for control on behalf of
the militaristic interests. Chancellor
von Bethmann-Hollweg is under fire
from the crown prince and his sup
porters, the chancellor seemingly be
ilng too liberally inclined to suit the
heir to the throne.
On the military side the situation
continues to bear a most encouraging
aspect for the formidable group of na
tions allied against the central pow
ers, this generally being taken into
consideration in dealing with the sit
v (ion in Berlin and Vienna.
.he Russian revolutionary armies
in Galicia are still sweeping forward.
Apparently there is little to stop them
pouring through the breach in the
lines in eastern Galicia opened by
General Korniloff. They are pushing on ’
north of the Dneister and west of the j
Lomnica and generally proving victors
in the fighting going on along a fifty
mile front.
On the Franco-Belgian front a wait
ing policy is being pursued by General
Haig on the British end and General
•Petain in the French section. There
has been only local fighting by either
group of armies.
SUFFERS FRACTURE OF ARM
YESTEROftY_AT SPRIHGS
Mrs. R. L. McMath was the victim
ci a very painful accident on yester
day at Myrtle springs, where Mr. and
Mrs. McMath have a cottage. In com
ing down the steps of one of the cot
tages, she stumbled and fell, breaking
her left arm near the wrist. Dr. R. E.
Cato was called and set the bone and
states that there will be no serious
consequences from the injury.
THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS—COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE—THE HOME PAPER PAR EXCELLENCE
DEPORTED 1.0.
AGITATORS EBE
PLACED IN GIMP
COLUMBUS, N. M., July 14—Closely
guarded by United States cavalry from
Uouglas, Ariz., the special freight train
carrying the deported strikers and oth
ers from Hemananas, N. M., arrived
here today and the occupants were de
livered to Col. H. G. Sickles, camp
commander here.
The refugees remained in the cars
until late today when they were
transferred to a detention camp pre
pared for them by United States cav
alrymen.
General Bell stated that the men
would not be prisoners, but would be
given shelter in the stockade built for
Mexican refugees during the border
raids and would be supplied with ra
tions by tliel military authorities. The
removal of the men to Columbus is a
temporary expedient, it was stated, to
I revent suffering.
GEN. PERSHING HAH NO
SUGAR WITH STRAWBERRIES
LONDON, July 14.—Major General
Pershing, commander of the American
expeditionary force in France, seated
for tea on the beautiful Thames Ter
race of the House of Commons with
Colonel Astor as his host, had an ex
perience in England’s war . rationing
when he found that he could not have
sugar in his tea and on his strawber
ries, as well.
“You may have only one portion of
sugar, two-sevenths of an ounce,” the
waitress informed him with a quaint
air of preciseness, and the General
promptly chose sugarless strawberries,
remarking that the sun, as though anx
ious to compensate, had sweetened the
strawberries so well that sugar was
not essential.
In the bounteous Times of peace, the
House of Commons waitresses used! to
trip about the terrace during the fine
summer afternoons with big bowls of
white powdered sugar and lavish jugs
of cream. Now the sugar is strictly
rationed, and the amount of cream that
may be used is limited to one small
measured portion for each person.
SOO,OOO LAND SALE
CLOSEOIYESTERDAY
/
J / A $50,000 real estate transaction was
/closed here yesterday, when J. W.
Howard purchased the old Rogers plan
tation on the Hooks mill road, from
Arthur Rylander and Lee Allen. /
The purchaser takes over the tsand
irg crops on the place, 15 mules and
! all buildings including the farmhouse
and ginnery. A total of 628 acres of
land comprise the tract changing
hands.
Messrs. Rylander and Allen have
owned the place about four years and
have made many improvements which
mark the plantation as one of the
best farm properties in the county.
The transaction wah handled by P.
B. Williford and constitutes one of the
most important real estate transfers in
i soma time.
AUTO-BUN SERVICES TO BE
INAUGURATED AT TOKIO
TOKIO. Japan, July 14.—Tokio is
planning to inaugurate a public auto
bus service.
A PAPER TOR ALL THE PEOPLE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING JULY 15, 1917
DESIRABLE PROPERTY
SOLO TO HEYS M’MATH
I
Heys McMath purchased from Mrs.
Maude Smith last week her attractive
home on College street. The consider
ation is not mentioned. When he made
this purchase, Mr. McMath intended to
use the house as his place of residence,
but since that time has decided to go in
business in Atlanta, so will leave in a
short while so rthat city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Williams, who
have a suite of rooms on the upper
floor, have leased the entire house and
will occupy it, keeping house there.
LOCAL MEMBERS ARE
INTERESTEB IN FIGHT
The bitter factional fight developed
al the national convention of the
Woodmen Circle now in session in At
lanta, has attracted much interest in
Americus, where there are many mem
bers of the order.
Mrs. Emma B. Manchester, Supreme
Guardian of the Woodmen Circle, was
given a vote of endorsement at the
state convention of the order held in
tffiis city in March and consequently
the effort to oust her from her posi
tion and to restrict her authority is of
material interest here.
The local members of teh order are
following carefully the developments
in the Atlanta convention, where the
fight has*waxed exceedingly warm.
SUFFHIGEnES IN
TROUBLE ISM
WASHINGTON, D C„ July 14
Sixteen suffragists of the woman’s par
ty, attempting to stage a picketing
demonstration at the white house gates
today in celebration of the anniversary
of the fMI of the Bastile were prompt
ly arrested and taken to jail.
Each cf the women gave $25 bail at
the police station to appear oMnday
for trial on the charge of impeding
traffic. There virtually was no dis
order, the crowd of 1,00 Opeople gath
ered for the widely advertised show
contenting themselves with hooting
and jeering as the police escorted the
wemen away.
hTe women, marching from their
headquai iers nearby, approached the
white house grounds in three groups,
cne heading for the east gate, another
for the kest gate and the third arriv
ing late at the east gate to replace the
members of Ite first section when they
were arrested. In each instance the
police endeavored to persuade the
marchers to “move on,” before making
arrests. The banners carried bore
various inscriptions including the mot
to of the French revolution. "Liberty.
Equality and Fraternity.”
UNIT REFUSES TO
GIVE IIP MURBEBER
ROME, July 14.—The ministry of
foreign affairs has notified the Ameri
can embassy that it is impossible to
extradite Alfredo Cocchi, the slayer
of Ruth Cruger, without violating the
fundamental laws of the country.
Pctar A. Jay, cahrge d’affaires, dur
ing the absence of Ambassador Page,
called at the foreign office and was
told that the ministry regretted it was
unable to satisfy the desire of the
United States to have Cocchi sent back
especially now in view of the ralations
of Italy and America.
Although the original questions ask
ed by Jas. H. Grigg, representing Po
lice Commissioner Wood, of New York
has as yet been unanswered, new ques
tions have been submitted to the Ital
ian government through the Ameri
can embassy. These deal chiefly with
Cocchi’s reported connivance with the
New Y6rk police.
THREE BILLIONS
MORE NEEDED FO
PROSECUTE MB
WASHINGTON, D. C . July 14.
War appropriations of about three bil
lion dollars, in addition to the enorm
ous sums already appropriated, or
sought, will be asked of congress in
estimates which administration officials
'have given notice will be sutiinitted
next week.
Officials from the war, navy, state
and other departments will be called
| before the committee to explain the es
timates and the indications are that the
committee will be busy all the week.
All the appropriations contemplated
will be carried in a general deficiency
bill, the draft of which is already un
der preparation byo the committee. The
exact total of the bill is uncertain
yet.
All the appropriations contemplated
for war purposes in the near future
will be grouped in a general deficiency
bill, a draft of which already is under
preparation by the house appropria
tions committee Next week officials
will appear before the committee to
explain their estimates.
The exact total is uncertain as some
big items are yet to be summitted, but
there is no question infhe minds of
the congressional leaders that they will
foot up close to the three billion dollar
mark.
That would bring the total appropri
ations exclusively on account of the
war at this session of congress, includ
ing loans to the allies, up to about ten
billions.
The new measure will cover some es
timates already submitted, including
$100,000,000 for emergency naval con
struction, and $45,000,000 tor naval air
craft, aviation stations and aerial ex
periments. The pending $040,000,000
general aviation measure will be han
dled as a separate bill.
Information is lacking as to the de
tailed purposes of the bulk of the con
templated demands for war money, and
it is assumed that part of it is for
carrying out projects which cannot be
revealed for military reasons
BELIEVE DRAFT
WILL BE MADE
DURING WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.
With 947 of the 4,559 exemption dis
tricts still unheard from today, an
accurate prediction as to the date of
the drawing under which • the army
selective conscription law was still
impossible late today. Most officials
believed, however, that ail would be
ready for the drawing next week.
Nominations foq the district appeal
I cards still awaited action by Presi
dent Wilson. The full list of men rec
ommended has been subnfltted by Bri
gadier General Crowder, provost mar
t. ml general. There will be no need
tc delay the drawing for these nomina
tioi s.
Newspapers in the big population
center:: are beginning to realize more
clearly the magniture of the task be
fore them in announcing the order for
appearance of each registrant. It
seeir-s likely now that a majority will
be compelled to print on the first day
r.rly life names of inen likely to be
called to make up the 687,000 to be
drafted for military service. In each
state the number that will mean from
each district is now being determined
by the governor.
In any state the allotment of quota
by districts may range widely. One
district may be called upon for sev
eral hundred and another for only two
or three, due tocred its for volunteers,
distribution of registration or other
lactors which the governors are con
sidering.
FUNERAL OF INFANT
HELD HEREJESTERDAY
Radon Samuel McGarrah, the four
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
McGarrah, died on Friday afternoon at
the home of his parents three miles
east of Americus, after a short illness.
The funeral took place on Saturday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock’, interment being in
Oak Grove cemetery. Rev. J. W. Pat
terson, pastor off the Americus circuit,
conducted the funeral service.
Many friends throughout the county
sympathize with the bereaved parents
in the loss of their little one.
RETURNS TO DUTY US
MEMBEROUUN CREW
Ed Everette, Jr., who has been spend
ing the past few days at his home in
this city, left yesterday afternoon for
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, his furlough
having expired.
He will assume his duties as a mem
ber of the gun crew on the former Ger
man, liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,
which is now Being overhauled in dry
dock, preparatory to being placed in
the merchant marine service under
the United States flag.
Young Everette, who has completed
his course of instruction at the naval
training school and has been raised to
the rank of a petty officer, is much
pleased with the naval service and is
the picture of healthy young manhood.
MONARCHISTS ME
FINILLHEFEITED
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.
The occopation of Peking by the re
publican forces after the surrender at
Fung Tai on Thursday of the monarch -
ist army of 10,000 men, indicates the
complete restoration of the republic,
the Chinese legation here declared to
day.
Prior; to the battle of Fung Tai, the
Manchus were urged to lay down arms,
but General Chang Hsun refused. The
engagement, starting early Thursday
morning, resulted in a decisive vic
tory for the republican troops, dis
patches to the legation announce.
Order in the capital was restored
with few casualties. The advices said
that two foreign civilians and four for
eign soldiers who ventured to the firin ?
line, were slightly wounded.
Chang Hsun, who led the revolt of
the imperialists, has taken refuge In
the Dutch legation in order to obtain
safe conduct out of the country. Pre
mier Tuan Chi Jui will establish re
publican headquarters in Peking im
mediately, it was stated.
Three Americans were wounded by
stray bullets, the state department an
pounced today, in the ten hours fight
ing in which Chinese republican troops
forced the surrender of the monarch
.eal troops of General Chang Hsun.
KNOCKED DOWN Bl
LWIINIUIIIOKE
Miss Alice Wimberly of this city had
a narrow escape from death on Friday
afternoon when she was shocked by a
bolt of lightning which struck the
brick chimney of her home at the
corner of Crawford and Mayo streets.
The incident occurred during the
heavy thunder shower which swept ov
er the city, a severe electrical dlstubr
ancei accompanying the downpour.
Miss Wimberly was standing near
the grate in her bedroom when the bolt
struck the chimney, following its
course down into the house and hurl
ing bricks in all directions. She was
thrown from her feet and fell across
the bed, thus sustaining no injuries be
yend th<j nervous shock.
Every vase and piece of
in the room was broken by the lightn
ing, but no fire resulted.
WILE BUILD 1
MFRGHANI SHIPS
FORGOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ uly 14.
Major General Goethals, manager of
the Shipping Board’s Emergency Fleet
corporation, has taken full charge of
the government’s shipbuilding program
and announced sweeping plans for con
structing the great merchant fleet with
which the I nited States hopes to de
feat the German submarine campaign.
The most important steps contemplat
ed by General Goethals are these:
Immediate construction of two gov
ei nment owned shipbuilding plants for
building 400 fabricated ships of 2,500,-
000 tonnage.
Commandeering of 1,500,000 tons of
shipping now building for private ac
count in American yards.
A request for another great appro
priation for building ships
General Goethals’ announcement was
made in a letter to Chairman Denman,
of the shipping board, which said the
eet corporations, under powers just
greated by President Wilson would,
start on its building program Monday
by offering contracts for construction
of the two government ship plants.
The fleet corporation, it is made clear
in Gen. Goethals’ announcement, will
build all wooden ships possible, but
only after a design approved by the
corporation’s naval architect. This is
taken to mean that the corporation will
construct no ships of the Hough de
sign, to which the shipping board is
said to be committed.
General Goethals’ letter to Mr. Den
man discloses that the fleet corporation
has let contracts for 425 ships, 345 of
them wood and 77 steel, with a total
tonnage of 1,860,800. The cost of the
wooden ships will be $143 a ton and
the steel ships $l5B.
Proffers that have come'to the fleet
corporation for building completed
ships, it was said today, show that steel I
ships can be built faster than wood
Steel ships complete, it is said can be
turned out within five months, while
wooden construction will require eight
months.
WOOD INVITED TO
IISIT AMERICUS
Major General Leonard Wood has
een invnted by the Americus and Sum
ter County Chamber of Commerce to
pry a visit to this city while he is
making his tour of Georgia.
A telegram was dispatched Friday
night, but as yet no reply has been re
ceived and no announcement ca nthere
fore be made as to the probability of
his accepting the invitation.
On Wednesday of next week Gen.
Wood is scheduled to visit Thomasville,
speaking there in the forenoon before
a gathering of business men, while in
the afternoon he comes to Albany to
attend a similar assemblage. It isl
hoped that he will include Americus in
his itinerary and in case of his accept-1
anee cf the invitation, plans will be ■
arranged for a function at which he
will be given an opportunity to ad
dress the citizens of this section.
No further effort will be made to se
cure a military training camp for
Americus, as the announcement sent,
out by the War Department concerning i
the -election of camp sites precludes,
any pc ability of this city Inin? award-'
ed <ne of the coveted encampments. I
ACCIDENT VICTIM ItfIMOVED
TO HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Charles A. Gammage, who was badly
injured on July 3rd by falling about
60 feet when a painters’ scaffold broke,
was yesterday removed from the Amer
icus and Sumter County Hospital to
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Gammage, on College street. He
suffered a compound fracture of the
lower jaw and a fracture of the left
foot, but is recovering satisfactorily
Phil Suber, also injured in the same
accident, is still a patient at the hos
pital.
I MB COUNCIL OF
IREDCHOSS SENDS
' WORD OFTHANKS
The Americus and Sumter County
* C hapter of the Red Cross has received
f an expression of gratitude from the
1 War Council of the national organiza
. tion, for the co-operation given to the
i campaign which came to a close a
short time ago and which resulted in
raising more than $100,000,000 for the
Red Cross work with the American
. armies.
r The letter, sent to Stephen Pace,
president of the local chapter, is as
fellows:
f
The call to the South for a Red Cross
War Fund has been generously answer-
- ed. Men and women of every nation
ality and station in life have alike con-
s trlbuted to make this a success. The
, War Council cannot directly express
3 appreciation to every person who has
t rendered service in this great move
, ment, but the success of the campaign
f would be incomplete were we to fail
i to convey personally our regard for
the splendid service rendered by the
r men and women of Americus.
I The tangible results accruing from
t this campaign, great as they are, will
?be less than the intangible benefits,
s just as the material gifts are small in
I comparison with the giving of self. It
- is the spirit of an army that wins bat
i ties and the spirit of our citizens is
what will determine our country’s fu-
- ture»
i Again assuring you of our apprecia
i tion, I remain
Vei’y cordially yours,
! W. R. LUNK,
I Secretary for War Council.
What will undoubtedly be the most
gigantic undertaking ever attempted
I in the way of theatrical benefits, is
now being planned by the War Coun
cil.
A national Red Cross Theatrical
Day will be designated some time in
: the fall —probably in October when the
theatrical season will be in full swing.
On this day it is planned to stage a
huge nation-wide theatrical benefit in
practically every theatre in the entire
country.
Special performances will be run.
The eptire receipts of the various the
atres will be donated to the Red Cross
War Relief Fund. All of the actors
will contribute their salaries for the
day. And the public at large will prob
, ably have still another opportunity to
evidence their loyal support of the
J great humane task of the Red Cross,
. by paying special prices for tickets.
Seldom does such work as the Red
, Cross is doing without the active
support of the theatrical profession.
The people engaged in this work have,
, given ample proof of their ability and
willingness to bring cheer into the
lives of the needy in ways other than
by mere entertainment.
The theatrical profession is living
up to its reputation and the movement
jis already well under way with the
jable direction of A. L. Erlanger who
' has been appointed national chairman
'for the Theatre Day by Mr. Davidson.
I Over 250 of the most able theatrical
managers throughout the United States
have already volunteered to turn over
their entire receipts on this day to
the Red Cross Fund and Mr. Erlanger
j is enlisting the active support of these
' men in enlarging the scope of the
I plan and in carrying it through to a
I successful conclusion.
In New York a committee has been
■appointed, composed of many of the
■greatest leaders in the theatrical
: world, and will include Marc Klaw,
i David Belasco, Lee Shubert, George M.
Cohan, Sam H. Harris, Henry W. Sav
age, Oliver Morosco, Charles Dilling
ham, Arthur Hammerstein, Florenx
Ziegfield, Marcus Loew, E. F. Albee,
Martin Beck, AFf Hayman, A. H. Woods,
Comstock, Elliot and Gest, Selwyn and
i Co., John D. Williams,, and Sam Scrib
ner.
■I Outside of New York other commit-
■ tees are being formed, composed of
theatrical leaders in their respective
; territories. These committees and loc-
■ al Red Cross authorities will co-oper
ate in making the undertaking a nat-
i ion-wide success.
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