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IHIRTT-NINTH YEAR.
GREAT ALLIED DRIVE THREATENS
VITAL GERMAN SUBMARINE BASES
Teuton Positions on 20 Mile
Front Captured to Depth
Os Several Miles
ALLIES CONSOLIDATING
GROUND TAKEN IN HAIN
Terrific Counter Attacks As
Germans Try to Protedt
Vital Points
NEW YORK, August 1— (Compiled
by the Associated Press from Euro
pean cables during the day.)—The Al
lies in Flanders have consolidated the
ground and aie heating off counter at
tacks in the wibr territory gained yes
.eruay, wnile torrential rains hamper
operations. The new battle line i<
s’tuated from two to twelve and a half
miles ahead of the old one, and the
territory gained includes at least ten
towns.
The local supposition is that the
battle begun yesterday is to be con
tinued soon, as heavy guns are al
ready being brought up. It is believed
that the Allies now plan to drive a
wedge deep enough into the German
lines to force a retreat on a large
front, thus threatening the submarine
bases on the Belgian coast. The im
portance of this thrust is reflected in j
desperate and furious counter attacks
being made by the Teutons.
German forces attacked French posi
tion between Avocourt and Hill 304 to
day, but were forced to abandon their
object when they reached some of the
advanced elements there.
Heavy Rains Impede Battle.
AT THE BRITISH FRONT, in
France, August I.—Heavy rains which
continued throughout last night have
transformed the Flanders battle
ground into a sea of mud, thus forc
ing a comparative lull in activities
mere. The German heavily bombard
ed the positions they lost yesterday
while British guns poured shell into
the new German positions during to
day. JAirmen eC both armies are
helpless during the continuance of
the storm.
CONVICT ESCAPES FROM
ROAO PATCHING «
Sol Slappey, a negro convict serving'
a life sentence on the Sumter county
chain Jang, made his escape this
morning about 11 o’clock, and up to
the hour of going to press, had not.
been recaptured, although the guards j
headed by Warden Henry Christian
were following his trail with dogs.
Slappey, who is about 50 years of
age, killed a negro in this county |
about 2 years ago and since that time
has been on the Sumter county gang;
to serve out the balance of his life
hard labor. He was assigned to the!
patch gang” and this morning was (
taken out with two other convicts to
Little’s Bridge on the Lee street road
to make some repairs on the highway.
Guard .1. L. Wyche was in charge of
the gang at the time of the convict’s
escape.
DB.H.A.SMITH AGGEPTEOIOII
SERVICE INJEOICAL CORPS
Dr. Herschel A. Smith ,of this ciy,
this morning received from the head
quarters of the United States Army
Medical corps a notice that he has been
accepted for service in this branch of
the military forces of the nation. He
tried the examination several weeks
ago when the examining officers visit
ed Americus. His commission will be
issued within a short time, the notice
stated.
ifcE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS-COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE—THE HOME PAPER PAR EXCELLENCE
I AMEffIMSOWEStfffIRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
WILL DECIDE WATSON’S
CASEINJEW DAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., August I.
Whether the government will suppress
The Jeffersonian, published at Thom
son, Ga., because of the writings of
Thomas E. Watson, in opposition to
the army draft law. has not yet been
decided by the postoffice department.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Dockery has ail the papers in the case,
but has been ill for the last few days,
although not confined to his room, and
has not yet formed an opinion. The
sections of the espionage law which
Watson’s editorials are said to come
under are the same sections under
which Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman were prosecuted.
"I have the case under considera
tion,” said Mr. Dockery, “and also
have before me the brief filed in be
half of The Jeffersonian Publishing
Company. I have, however, been sick,
and for that reason have been unable
♦o do much work on it.”
Asked when he would be ready to
hand down an opbnion, he indicated
that it might be within a few days.
Should the case go against Watson,
’it is considered here as practically cer
tain that the department of justice
would proceed against him personally
under the criminal section of the
e-pionage act.
J. LEWIS ELLIS OPENS
LAW DFFICEINTHIS CITY
j J. Lewis Ellis who for five years past
has been connected with the Empire
Loan & Trust Company in the capacity
of land examiner and abstract checker,
has opened up an office in the Planters
Bank building in this city and will
enter upon the active practice of
A young attorney of marked ability
and thoroughly experienced in the tech -
nical and practical application of the
law. Mr. Ellis will be welcomed into
the ranks Os the legal fraternity of the
state. He has a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances throughout south
Georgia who will be gratified to learn
of his entrance into the active practice
of his chosen profession.
WILL COME TD SEE
WEEVIL’S EFFECT?
On Tuesday evening, August 7th,
mere will arrive in Americus a party
[of South Carolina planters and busi
' ncss men comprising the Sumter Coun
|ty (S. C.) 801 l Weevil commission. The
commission will be composed of bc-
I tween 40 and 60 leading farmers, mer
chants, bankers and county officials,
[who are to make a tour through
Georgia and Alabama seeking first
hand information concerning the dam
age caused by the boll weevil and the
'methods adopted to offset its work.
The tour has been arranged by the
■ Sumter County Chamber of Com
merce and the Sumter Committee of
Public Safety. J. Frank Williams,
county demonstrator for Sumter coun
ty (S. C.) is chairman of the commis
sion.
R. P. Stackhouse, of this city, for
m< rly a resident of Sumter. S. C.. has
been informed of the intended visit of
tlit commission to Americus and has
communicated with the Americus and
Sumter County Chamber of Commerce
ir order that the commission may be
afforded every opportunity to secure
j the desired information in this esc
tion.
It is hoped that the party can be pre
vailed upon to remain in Americus
over Sunday Arthur Rylander is plan
ning to give the visitors a bip barbe
cue in case they will spend Monday
|:ook>ng over Sumter county.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 1, 1917
STIIOEIT OFFICEDS
TOBEPROWDEDFOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., August I.
The 17,000 men at the officers’ training
camp who will not receive commissions
or be selected for further training at
the second series of camps are to be
offered appointments as non-commis
sioned officers in the national army,
with chances of promotion later to
commissions. Coupled with the offer
acceptance of which requires enlist
ment of the man at the conclusion of
the camp, August 15, is a renewed as
surance that after the second camps
close, promotions will all be made from
the ranks of the regular army, na
tional guard or national army.
A circular issued by Major General
Bliss, acting chief of staff, directs
commanders of officeds’ training camps
to- invite student officers failing to re
ceive commissions to “enlist in the foot
service at the close of the present
course of training, with the under
standing that they will be transferred
on or about September 1, 1917, to
units of the national army to be organ
ized in their local training areas.”
“Camp commanders are authorized,”
said the circular, “to grant furloughs
to all men enlisted under these instruc
tions, to take effect at the close of
the present course, and to expire on
September 1, 1917.”
Tire non-commissioned grade to
which each man will be appointed is to
be determined by the recommendation
of the training camp commander.
Referring to chance of promotion, the
circular says:
“It should be explained to those in
terested that it is the policy of the war
department to confine all promotions in
the national army to the regiments and
divisions thereof, once the organization
of these units is completed; and that
under this policy they will be appointed
to the grades for which recommended.’
HEAT”OE HOLOa
EASTERN GITIES[
IN DEATHLY GRIP
With scores dead and hundreds pros -
traded in many states, the heat wave
continues today throughout then orth
and east. Pittsburg reported the
highest number of deaths, twenty-four;
Detroit reported ten, and Chicago add
[ed to the toll. Relief is promised Chi
cago today and a shift in the prevail
' ing wind has already aided the situa
tion at Boston. The weather bureau
says no relief is in sight in any of the
central states.
High Temperature at Xew York.
NEW YORK, August 1. —This city
continued today to swelter as a result
Oi the heat wave prevailing during two
days past with no immediate relief in
•sight.
Twelve deaths were reported, to
i gether with thirty-one prostrations in
Greater New York between 7 last night
and 7 this morning. Countless thous
ands of persons spent the entire night
in city parks or at the beaches, seek
ing relief from the heat.
21 Dead at Chicago.
CHICAGO, August I.—Twenty-one
deaths attributed directly to the pre
vailing heat wave, occurred here dur
ing the lats 24 hours.
13 Victims at Philadelphia,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August I.
Thirteen deaths due to extreme heat
and 300 prostrations from the same
cause were reported to local health
j authorities today.
CLEAVES REPORTS ON
SUBMARINE ATTACK
WASHINGTON, D. C.. August I.
The detailed report of Rear Admiral
Gleaves respecting the recent, subma
rine attack on American transports
at sea, was received here today and
forwarded to Chairman Tillman of the
senate naval affairs committee. The
report is understood to bear out the
brief preliminary report of Secretary
Daniels that the ships had been at
tacks and submarines beaten off. This
report of the attack, was said to have
been exaggerated.
TO SUMMON SDO
MEN IN COUNTY
ON FIRST GALL
Instead of adhering to the original
plan to summon 374 men for examina
tion under the draft law, the Sum
ter County Exemption Board has de
cided to summon 500 men on the
f
first call.
This announcement was made today
after a communication had been re
ceived from Adjt. Gen. Van Holt Nash
in answer to a letter from the local
board asking for information and au
thority on the subject of calling men
enough to insure getting enough men
to make up the full quota of this
county, 187 men.
The local board holds to the opin
ion that it will be impossible to se
cure Sumter county’s quota from twice
the number of men desired, as physical
defects and exemptions will deplete
this number to a considerable ex
tent. The officials communicated with
Gen. Nash, requesting authority to
call additional men at this time, and
the necessary orders covering this ac
tion were received this morning.
By calling 500 men for examination
at this time, it is expected that the
entire quota of Sumter county will be
secured without the necessity for a
second or third call, which would
more or less delay at a time when de
ll ay is to be avoided.
The preparation of the notices is go
| ir.g on rapidly and it is expected that
they will be mailed to the first 500
men at the head of the list some time
I tomorrow 7 . The physical examinations
I will begin on Tuesday of next week
land will be completed in three days,
according to present plans.
The full list of men summoned far
examination on the first call will be
published in Thursday’s issue of the
Times-Recorder.
ISffl MEN RUNS
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BUTTE, Montana. August 1. —Frank
Little, a member of the executive com
mittee of the Industrial Workers of
the World and one of the labor trouble
leaders in Arizona, was taken from
his lodging house here by masked men
lai an early hour this morning and
I hanged to a railroad trestle. He was
I a forceful speaker, and is generally
I understood to have possessed the con-
I fidence of William D. Haygood.
The body was left hanging by he
II esse, a note pinned upon the corpse’s
breast, reading: "First and Last
I Warning. Others take notice." The
note was signed “Vigilantes.” Little
recently referred to United States
troops as "Uncle Sam’s scabs in uni
form,” ana this remark is believed to
have had something to do with the
occurrence of today.
♦ WEATHER FO KE CAST. *
♦ PROBABLY FAIR AND CO'N- ♦
♦ TINUED WARM TONIGHT AND ♦
♦ THURSDAY. ♦
DRAFT MARRIAGES
HEID IIJISmOB
WASHINGTON, D. C„ August I.
Hasty marriages made since July 20,
the date of the army draft drawing in
an effort to escape conscription through
the claim of a dependent wife, will not
be considered sufficient for discharge,
unless the wife is actually dependent,
upon the husband’s daily labor.
Prompted by reports from many cit
ies of marriage license bureaus be
eieged by men included in the first
draft call, Provost Marshal General
Crowder has ruled that “marriage is
( not of itself a valid ground for mak.
ing claim for discharge.”
Dependency is a matter of fact, not
law. General Crowder pointed out.
"A man whose wife is mainly de
pendent on his daily labor for support,”
he said, “may claim exemption on that
ground Only the exemption boards
can determine this fact. Where depend
ence, is claimed and circumstances
show i nastily consummated marriage
since July 20 by a man wffiose number
is high on the available list, the ac
tual fact of dependency must be close
ly scrutinized.
“Moreover.” General Crowder de
clared, "women who marry men mere
ly to aid lhem to be slackers are lia
ble to prosecution under the draft
act."
In his ruling General Crowder ad
hered strictly to President Wilson’s
draft regulation which draw’s no dis
tinction between a dependent wife ac
quired before or after the drawing.
Secretary Baker, however, advocated
refusing exemption to any man mar 1
ried after the date of the drawing, say
ing that the draft should be consider
ed a prior claim, but this course will
not be followed.
Fears of some officials that delay in
obtaining materials and sufficient labor
for national army cantonments would
postpone the mobilization long past
September 1 were dissipated today by
an announcement by Secretary Baker
that 78 per cent, of the cantonment
material are now on the ground and
that reports indicate everything will
be in readiness, or nearly so, in an
other month.
peace plan foil
OF LIES DECLARES
FRENCH PREMIER
PARIS. August 1. —Premier Ribot in
reply to the interview given out by
German Chancellor Michaelis, stated
today that the German version is full
oi inaccuracies and lies.
“Who now dare say to the world we
desire annexations,” declares Premier
Ribot. "Such methods are too crude
to deceive any one. He is trying to
hide the embarrassment which he feels
in defining Germany’s objections to
| the war and conditions whereon he
would make peace.”
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AFFILIATES WITH EMPIRE
LOAN & TRUST COMPANY
.
A. P. Bell, a well known attorney of
Moultrie,-Ga.. will, beginning today be
affiliated with the Empire Loan &
Trust Company, whose headquarters
are in this city. Mr. Bell comes to act
as land examiner and abstract checker,
succeeding J. Lewis Ellis, who has
opened offices in the Planters Bank
building and entered upon the active
practice of law.
Thoroughly experienced in this line
of work, Mr. Bell will operate for the
Empire Loan & Trust Company
throughout the extensive territory in
Which the company has now established
correspondents.
He will also become affiliated with
the law firm of Ellis, Webb & Ellis.
NEGRO BOH SHOT
BL “WILD WEST”
PERFORMER HERE
Willie Hooks, a young negro boy, is
not expected to live as the result of a
gunshot wound in his abdomen receiv
ed last night at the Opera House dur
ing a vaudeville performance put on
by one "Pawnee Bill Hughes,” who
claimed to stage a "Wild West” exhibi
tion including sharpshooting, etc.
One of the stunts on the program
called for the extinguishing of several
lighted candles by bullets from a 32
calibre rifle in the hands of "Pawnee
Bill Hughes.” Evidently distrusting
his ability to shoot out the candles
Hughes hired the negro boy to stand
•in a convenient place where he could
net be observed by the audience, and
blow out the candles as the shots were
fired.
This arrangement worked until
the boy got in front of a stray bullet
which struck him in the abdomen,
passing through the intestines and
puncturing them in five different
places. No disturbance was caused by
the accident and the audience was ig
norant of the fact that anything out of
the ordinary had occured. The boy
was quietly removed from the Opera
House and taken to the office of Dr. J.
T. Stukes, where an operation was per
formed by Drs. Stukes, H. A. Smith and
J W. Chambliss. The perforations in
{.he intestines were closed up, but the
b< 1 let was not discovered.
“Pawnee Bill,” immediately after the
accident, gave Dr. Chambliss a $20.00.
check to cover the expense of medical [
attention for the wounded boy. The
check was drawn on the First National
Bank of Oklahoma City, Okla., but on
investigation this morning, no such
bank was to be found in any of the
standard bank directories in the city.
Hughes left last night for parts un
known before the officers had been ap
prised of the accident. A warrant had
been issued for his arrest, however,
and efforts are being made to appre
hend him in some of the cities in this
section. He was billed to appear in
appear in Macon, but it is thought im
probable that he will attempt to fill
the engagement.
He declares that his wife, Mrs. B. F.
Hughes, resides in Lakeland, Fla.
CROP CONDITION
PLACED AT 70.3
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 1.-l
This year's cotton crop gives promise'
of a total yield of 11,949,000 equivalent :
500-pound bales The department of
agriculture forecast that quantity to
day, basing its estimate on the cend- ;
tion of the crop on July 25, as reported
by its thousands of agents throughout I
the belt. The effect of July growing
c. ditions is shown by a comparison of;
today’s forecast with 11,633,000 equiva-l
l<r.t 500-pound bales forecast by the!
department on conditions existing June I
2.> Last year the total production was [
11.449.930 bales, two years ago, 11,191,•
120; three years ago, 16,134,910 (the
record crop), and four years ago, 14,-’
156,486. This year’s final production'
probably will be larger or smalle*!
t'.t. the amount forecast todt.v, ac-l
cc.din as conditions hereafter are
b<<ter oi w.i sc than average condt-1
tiers.
lhe conditio of the crop on July
J was 70.3 p" ' cent, of a normal. e< tn-I
pt.red with " > . per cent, on June 25
tai: year, 72 on July 25 a year aac,
7. I two years ago, and 77.5 cac July
25 average of the last ten years.
Today’s condition report gives that
of the Georgia crop at .69, the South
Carolina crop .74 and the Florida crop
.80 per cent, of normal.
Report Forced Prices Up.
NEW YORK, August 1. —The gov
ernment cotton feport which gave the
crop condition much under what even
' market bulls had expected, forced
' prices up from 115 to 125 points in the
I futures market. Later profit taking
caused a loss of about half the net
' gain.
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ajeditionS.
BREAK DEADLOCK
ONFODDGDNTROL
01 COMPROMISE
WASHINGTON. D. C., August I.
Senate and house conferees on the
food control bill agreed this afternoon
to strike out the provision for a coa
vressional war expenditures commit
tee and arrived at a complete agree
ment on the bill.
Conferees in Controversity.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August I.
After another day of fruitless dispute
over the food bill provision for a con
gressional war expenditures commit
tee, conferees on the bill recessed un
til this afternoon when another ef
fort will be made to reach an agree
ment.
In two sessions yesterday the house
conferees continued their steadfast re
fusal to accept the senate provision for
the congressional committee opposed
by President Wilson. The senate con
ferees. standing for the provision by a
majority of one. offered various modi
fications, but all were rejected. Sena
tors Chamberlain, Smith, of Georgia,
and Smith, of South Carolina, demo
crats, constituted the majority which
favored striking out the committee pro
vision, but Senator Gore, democrat,
joined with Senators Kenyon, Warren
and Page, republicans, in holding out
against the president’s request.
Last night the conferees conferred
with senate and house leaders regard
! ing a compromise. One suggestion was
to substitute for the whole war com
mittee section a pending resolution by
Senator Weeks, republican, proposing
a similar committee, provided it should
be permitted to come to a vote in the
senate and should be adopted.
Believing that enough democrats
would join with the republicans to
adopt the Weeks resolution, the repub
licans predicted that if democratic
leaders would permit a vote it would
provide away out. The suggestion is
said to have been favorably received
by the house conferees who will sound
cut house leaders regarding such a so
lution of the deadlock. This action
would not settle the dispute over the
i.estion of establishing a congressional
war committee, but would remove it
from the food bill.
During the conference yesterday,
prohibition leaders made a futile ef
fort to broaden the section for the
commandeering of distilled beverages
for military or public defense pur-
■ poses. Attorneys for the Anti-Saloon
■ League and Representatives Barkley,
’of Kentuckj, and Webb, of North Caro
’ lina, appeared to urge the change, but
the conferees decided not to re-open
! the subject.
jrdgel™T mil
set mimm
WASHINGTON, D. C., August I.
It has been learned on what appears to
be reliable information that Judge
j Beverly Evans, of the Georgia Su
preme court, may soon be named by
i President Wilson as judge of the fed
[eral court for the southern district of
, Georgia.
i There would appear to be no reason
to doubt the accuracy of this story, in
asmuch as it appeared to come direct
from the department of justice, and af
ter newspaper correspondents heard of
ir, several of the Georgia delegation in
congress stated they had also heard the
report.
Judge Evans’ name was in the list
of seventeen submitted by Senator
Hardwick to the department cf justice
from which to name a judge, though it
is noted that Judge Evans’ brother,
Willie H. Evans, of Sandersville, was
■ twice a candidate against Senator
‘ Hardwick while the latter was a mem
i ber of the lower house. If Judge Ev
-1 ans’ name is sent to the senate he
’ will doubtless be promptly confirmed,
5 as Senator Smith agreed to act favor
i ably on any of the names on the list
of seventeen submitted some time ago.
NUMBER 182.