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KMIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
■Hardest fighting of
WAR ON WEST FRONT
Teutons In Desperation De
fending Line Protecting
Submarine Bases
BID WEATHER HAMPERS
MOVEMENTS Os ALLIES
Important Operations Indicat
ed on North Russian Front
Near Riga
NEW YORK, August 1. —(Compiled
by the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—The Germans
are battling with a desperation un
paralleled in the present war to hold
their Flanders line against the com
bined British and French attacks. Des
pite prevailing bad weather and this
desperate resistance the British report
having made good most important
gains, and apparently are only waiting
for better weather to blast their way
farther in.
Berlin’s boast that the Entente
thrust failed, apparently, is based 1 up
on an unwarranted assumption that an
efort was made to break through, and
upon the further fact that at one or two
points the Germans regained their ad
vanced positions on the Aisne front.
•The British, however, regained one of
Jiese positions this morning.
Despite the hard fighting in progress
on the Flanders sector, the Germans
continue their pronounced activity on
the French front. Paris reports two
attacks east and southeast of Rheims
last night and assaults on the Avo-|
court wood sector, as well as south of
St. Mihel. All of these, the French!
war office says, were repulsed.
Apparently, some important move
ment has been started by the Teutons
on the northern Russian front. The
Russian line there has been holding
steadily throughout the demoralization
in Galicia, but today’s reports tell of
a retreat about the bridgehead near
Riga.
German War Council Called.
AWSTERDAM. August 2.—Emperor |
William of Germany has called a war
council of high military and naval
leaders of Germany to meet in Brus
sels today.
Long War is Forecast.
LONDON. August 2.—'Looking at'
the situation from its broadest aspect, I
events in Russia mean a prolongation
of the war,” said General Maurice,'
chief director of military affairs at,
the war office today. “This means the.
United States must come into the field
as soon as possible,” he added, and
with the greatest possible force.”
Russians Still Retreating
PETROGRAD, August 2.—Russian
armies have abandoned their positions'
between Zbrocz and the Galician fron- (
tier on the Dniester river, northwest
pf Kholin and retired between the'
Dniester and Pruth rivers, it is official-’
ly announced.
French Minister of Marine Quits.
PARIS, August 2.—Rear Admiral
Lacaze, minister ot marine in the (
French cabinet, resigned his portfolio
today. '
tb Americans in Flanders Battle.
THE BRITISH FRONT, in France, •
August 1. —Americans played a small I
part in the battle in Flanders yesetr
day and today. A number of American
•■surgical teams” brought to the front
from a base hospital in anticipation of
the big advance, worked side by side
with British medical units in caring
f, r the British and French wounded.
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♦ GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT ♦
♦ AND FRIDAY, EXCEPT SHOW- ♦
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TRY TO ARRANGE
■E USE TRIAL
An effort will be made to hold the
third trial of the Walter Wade mur
der case some time during September,
according to the latest inforamation
available.
Frank Hooper, of Atlanta, associated
with the counsel for the defense, is
in Americus today to confer with Hol
lis Fort, W. P. Wallis, L. Blalock
and J. E. Sheppard, the other attor
' neys for the defense, relative to the
qeustion of arranging a date for the
I
opening of the third trial.
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, who starts
on his circuit early in October, is
i anxious to finish the Wade trial be
fore that time, so that the case will
not come up at the regular November
term of Sumter Superior court. He
has informed counsel for the defenes
ot his desire in the matter, and it is
expected that some definite date can
be fixed.
Since abandonment of the plan to try
Dr. Charles K. Chapman at a special
term of the Superior court on July
2nd, there have been no developments
in the case until today. The special
term had been called for that date and
the jurors summoned, when on June
29th it became apparent that the de
fl sense would be unable to secure sev
eral important witnesses on account of
their employment by the Central of
Georgia railway, which was struggling
with heavy traffic and utilizing every
I train crew available. Judge Little
ijohn, upon receiving these representa-
I tions from the defense, called off the
* special term.
I Dr. Chapman and W. I. Johnson are
1 still confined in the Sumter county
jail, while Walter Johnson, Charles
Chapman. Jr., John Etheridge and H. I
A Harp are out on bond.
NEGRO BDYOENJAS
RESULT OF WOUND
Willie Hocks, the 15-year-old negro
boy who was shot in the abdomen by
“Pawnee Bill” Hughes, at the Opera
House Tuesday night, died last night
from the effects of the wound. A 22-
' calibre bullet struck the boy as h«
I was assisting Hughes in a sharpshoot
' ing exhibition.
I The boy’s intestines were perforated
' in five places and although an opera
' tion was performed in hope of saving
his life, the efforts of the physicians
proved unavailing.
"Pawnee Bill,” who decamped hasti
ly and without ceremony immediately
after the shooting, has not been discov
ered by the authorities as yet. Deputy
Sheriff Tom Summers and Officer D.
J M. Lowery made a trip to Macon yes
terday afternoon to investigate a clue
■in that city, but returned this morn
' ing after finding that Hughes had not
been in Macon and that he was not
billed to appear there in his vaude
ville “stunt.”
A warrant has been issued for his
arrest. A check given by him to Dr.
'.I. W. Chambliss to cover the expense
Jes medical attention to the negro boy,
lis alleged to have been drawn on a
fictitious Oklahoma City bank.
SERVICES AT LEE
STREET CHURCH TONIGHT
In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
George Acree, who is away on his va
cation, Rev. Paul Ellis will lead the
jprayer meeting at Lee Street church
, tonight.
On Sunday morning, Rev. Idus E. Mc-
Kellar, of Macon, will have charge, of
the services at this church, while in
; the evening Rev. Leroy G. Henderson
! will be in charge.
On the following Sunday, August 12,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2, 1917
IHEAT WAVE CONTINUES
IN EASTERN STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 1—
The heat wave that overspread the
country early this week continues in
the east today, having abated some
what in the Ohio valley. Scattered
showers are indicated for Friday in
the Gulf states and Florida, which
should serve to reduce the temperature
somewhat in that section, but else
where fair weather is expected to pre
vail.
NEW ORLEANS POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT KILLED
NEW ORLEANS, La., August 1—
In a sensational shooting affair here
today Superintendent of Police James
Reynolds was shot and killed and Po
lice Captain Gerry Mullen seriously
wounded two shots entering his
breast. The shooting occurred, in
Superintendent Reynolds office, and
Terrence Mullen, a patrolman, wielded
the weapon which ended Reynolds’ life.
The origin of the affair is not stated.
HOUSE HILL KT
AT NEXT SESSIRN
WASHINGTON, D. C„ August 2.
The prohibition constitutional amend
ment adopted by the senate yesterday
may not come up in the house until
after the December session, it develop
ed today. Efforts to have the demo
cratic caucus reserve decision and dis
cuss only war measures has been aban
doned.
UNREST FOLLOWS
I. HI. t LYNCHING
BUTTE, Montana, August I.—Citi
zens here spent a restless night last
night, the result of threats of whole
sale lynchings an doutbreaks by com
rades of Frank Little, the Industrial
Workers of the World leader, who was
summarily executed by citizens here
yesterday before day. No disorder, oc
curred, however, the city being juiet
this afternoon with no evidence of an
outbreak pending.
The city authorities here have un
dertaken the task of running the
lynchers to earth, and in their en
deavor have the support of the best
element of Butte residents. The city
ccuncil, being called in extra session
to consider the matter, today offered a
reward of a thousand dollars for the
arrest with evidence to convict any
member of the band of seven which
lynched Little.
AMERICAN SCHOONER IS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
LONDON. August I.—The American;
schooner John Hays Hammond has;
been sunk by submarine gunfire. The
members of the crew were all saved, 1
being landed today at a British port.
Two French Ships Submarined.
PARIS, August 1. —The French ad
miralty statement today says four
French merchant vessels of more than
1,600 tons were sunk by mines or sub
marines last week.
Italians Lose Four Sailing Ships.
ROME, August I.—The Italian ad-’
miralty authorities today issued a
statement admitting the loss during!
the past week of four sailing ships,)
either as a result of the operation of
submarines or by striking mines.
Rev. T. E. Davenport, pastor of the
Methodist church at Ashburn, will con-1
duct the services, both morning and
evening. The pastor expects to re
turn the following week.
4 COMMISSION TO BEGIN ♦
♦ PROBE OF FOOD SITUATION ♦
4 4-
♦ WASHINGTON, D. S., August 2.
♦ The Federal Trade commission ♦
♦ will begin next week an investi- +
♦ gations of flour mills’ marketing 4-
♦ conditions as part of its coming ♦
♦ general food inquiry. ♦
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ITALY REALIZES
VALUE OF THIS
COUNTRY IIIWAR
ROME, Aug. 2. —Guiseppe Canapa,
food controller in the Italian cabinet,
talking to the Associated Press about
aid from the United States to the en
tente allies said “the efforts of the
American government to help the al
lies solve the grave problem of sup
plies are fully known and appreciated
in Italy.
“Besides the military aid which
America is already giving the entente,”
he added, "and which will have a de
cisive influence on the war. American
co-operation in the question of sup
plies is of essential interest to our
country.”
“We receive the greater part of our
supplies both for the conduct of the
war and for living, from the American
market,” he said, “and the promptness
of the finencial aid given the allies
has already relieved us of great diffi
culties and anxieties. Equally impor
tant is the help with America will
give us through the proposed legisla
tion ensuring adequate regular sup
plies to the allies at reasonable prices.
Measures already adopted to regulate
the cereals market and center them
in European ports of the allies with
the efforts for an increased yield de
serve the highest prize.
“The control of the merchant marine
by the United States government,"
Senor Canapa declared “will have ex
cellent results in the use of shipping
for the transportation of urgently
needed supplies, at the same time pre
venting excessive rates.
“Our new ally,” said the food con
troller, “prudent and enlightened on
every question, with sincere idealism
joined to common sense, prompt in ac
tion after mature reflection, perfectly
has understood that the long war must
soon be won by force of arms, but not
less so by providing subsistence for
the people. Thus the United States
government has appreciated from the
befinning the vital question of supplies
for their European allies and is has
tening to solve it, undertaking a colos
sal work to organize a new food admin
istration unprecedented in the history
of the world.
“Italians are deeply grateful to tha
American people. Congress and the j
government, “said Senor Canapa in)
conclusion, "for what they have done,
already and for what is to be done in :
the line of supplies. With their tra-l
ditional courage and magnificent al
truism, whereof they have given us,
proof by coming into the war, we feel.
sure the Americans will not hesitate to
give us the assistance that will insure,
a combined victor.. .”
AMERICUS BOY ON COLONEL’S
STAFF 2ND FLA. REGIMENT,'
John Matthews, an Americus boy, |
who fcr several years past has made
■ his home in Jacksonville. Fla., has re-
I cently enlisted in the United States
army and is now on the colonel’s staff
las secretary in the First Florida, reg
I iment, now stationed at Jacksonville.
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COTTOM MARKET |
August 2. 1917.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 24 3-4 c
Fully Middling 24 l-2c
Middling 24 l-4c
COTTON FUTURES MARKET.
The New York cctton futures mar
! ket was quoted at the open and
,noon and close: Open Noon Close i
I January 24.43 24.16 24.36,:
March 24..>9 24.5011
| May 24.62 <
July 24.32 11
October 24.78 24.50 24.691 i
December 24.54 24.34 24.42 1
AMERICAN AVIATOR
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
MINEOLA, New York, August 1. —
Cept. Ralph Taylor, in command of
the training section of the Aviation
Signal corps, United States army, to
day plunged to his death near here,
when he lost control of an airplane in
which he had made an ascent. Ser
geant Thos. Pell who was with Capt.
Taylor in the wrecked machine, sus
tained a broken jaw and internal in
juries. He may die.
PLANNING TD TAKE
OVER MERCHANT SHIPS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ August 2.
Plans whereby the Wilson administra
tion proposes taking over all American
ocean merchant ships, are soon to be
announced by the shipping board.
Pending formal announcement, how
ever, it is impossible to learn either
the scope or extent of these plans.
willTbow fob
MAIMED JOINERS
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 1.-
Adequate provision for the construc
tion of hospitals where crippled sold
iers may be fitted with artificial limbs
and re-educattd in trades suiting their
crippled condition is to be included in
the army medical department plans.
The erection of these hospitals is not
t.> be undertaken, however, until ex
tensive hospitals plans for camps and
cantonments have been arranged.
BBSSUOISE
ARMY OF WOMEN
PETROGRAD, August I.—As a result
of the heroic conduct of the Russian
woman’s battalion in action a week ago
the movement for creating a great wo
man’s army is spreading like wild-fire
through Russia today. The military
authorities have not yet indicated the
position they expect to assume toward
the movement.
Brussiloff Quits His Post.
PETROGRAD, August. I—lt is an
' ncunced that General Brussiloff has re-
I signed as commander-in-chief of the
1 army, and that the resignation has
i been accepted. General Korniioff,
(commander of the Russian southeast
| ern army, succeeds him.
WL RECRUIT
DIES IT STATION
Benjamin L. Methvin, son of Mr. and:
I Mrs. J. A. Methvin in the 28th dis-,
j trict. died Wednesday morning at the
Naval Training school at Portsmouth.
Va, after a short illness from pneu-)
monia.
The deceased was twenty-one years 1
of age and enlisted in the United States,
navy about three months ago. He is I
survived by his father and mother, one
brother, Daniel W. Methvin and nine
sisters, Mrs. Edward Stewart, of El-I
laville; Mrs. J. W. Potter and Mrs.
Cleve Stewart, of the 28th district, and
six younger sisters. Many friends of
the family throughout this section of
the state will sympathize with them in
the untimely passing away of their,
loved one.
The body will arrive tomorrow morn
ing and will remain at the chapel of
the Americus Undertaking Company |
I until the afternoon. The funeral will'
,be held at Pleasant Grove Methodist 1
church, of which the deceased was a
; member, Rev. J. W. Patterson official- 1
ling. Interment will be made in the
family burial ground.
OFFICERS WILL BE
NAMED THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 2.
Appointment of general officers to com
mand the sixteen national guard train
ing camps is the only step remaining
to be taken to get more than 300,000
men of this force in training for duty
in France. It is indicated that the ap
pointments will be made during tha
week, as those of all other general offi
cers for the guard. The nominations
must be sent to the senate.
The war department has made public
a detailed statement of progress being
made with the preparation of the six
teen camps. The camps at Augusta,
Ga.; Deming, N.M.; Montgomery, Ala.;
Spartanburg, S. C, and Waco, Texas,
were to have been ready today, but it
will take another two weeks to pre
pare them. Troop® assigned to these
camps will not be sent forward until
quarters are ready. Camps for the
second guard group called out July 25,
will be ready on August 15, and the
quarters for the third or western group
will be ready September 1.
The department is preparing recom
mendations for the president as to of
ficers to command the sixteen divis
ional cantonments of the national ar
my, as well as those to command the
guard camps.
It is regarded as vitally necessary
that each new general officer of the
national army be able to go to his can
tonment site at least three weeks be
fore the selected men begin to arrive
and that he be accompanied by the five
principal members of his staff.
Presumably the list of general offi
cers both for the national guard and
the national army, will contain the
names of the great majority, if not all.
of the present general officers of the
guard. The vacancies in that rank in
the guard, however, as well as the full
list of general officers for the national
army, probably will be filled from the
regular service, supplemented possibly
at some points by them at present in
civil life, but who have had wide mili-
I tafy experience.
INCREASE PENSION
MEASURE PASSED
ATLANTA, Ga., August 1. —The
house yesterday passed the bill by Mr.
McCall, jof Brooks, to make vastly
more elastic the state pension provis
ion, provided the people in the next
general election ratify the proposed
amendment to the constitution which
it makes necessary. There were writen
into the bill, however, certain re
strictions which the original bill real- (
ly sought to eliminate. Mr. MtCall’s
bill would have made it obligatory on
the part of he state to pay a pension
to the widow of a Confederate veteran,
no matter when the woman married
the veteran. That provision was |
amended and limited to marriage prior
to 1881; the present limitation being
1876.
The original McCall bill would
further have removed all property
ownership limitation on a veteran or
his widow and made it obligatory that ■
the state pay a pension, no matter how ,
much such a veteran or widow might
be worth. That was amended fixing a
limit at 55.000 worth of : roperty, in
stead cf the present limit of $1,500.
Th' fact was breu lit out in the
arguments on the floor of the house
that the era tm-nt of th? bill will
mean an cnoimeus increase in the]
stale tin ion land. The Dart bill,
which reduced the former limitations
and provided tor an increase in pen
sions at the rate of $lO a year each
year until the original amount of S6O .
is raised to SIOO for each pensioner, j
brought an increase in the then pen- 1
s'ional 87,000, and there were yet a,
large number of new applications not
added to the list.
It is estimated in some of the argu- (
ments that this bill, even as amended,
will add to the amount the state will ’
be forced to appropriate for pension.-:
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$200,000 a year in the next couple of
years.
CSmoiY
500 MEN GALLED
INFIRSI DRAFT
FOO THIa COUNTY 1
I
Notices were sent out today to 506
men whose names stand at the head <Mf
the draft list of Sumter county, the
> exemption board having completed the
. compilation of the liability list for the
, entire county.
Sumter county must furnish 187 men
for the new national army to be rais
ed under the draft law, and it is ex—
’ pected that out of the 500 men exam
ined, it will be possible to secure the
full quota of 187 men without making
a second call.
The original instructions to the ex ■
emption boards provided that dm
the quota of each district be summon
ed for examination on the first call.
9ut later orders from Adjt. General
Van Holt Nash gave the Sumter Coun
ty Exemption Board authority to
’ summon as many men as in its dis
cretion would be necessary to furnish
1 the full quota for this county. It was.
therefore decided to summon 500 men,
as physical disability and exemptions
are expected to eliminate many of the
men drafted.
The physical examinations will be
gin on Tuesday morning at the court
house, Drs. R. E. Cato, H. A. Smith
and D. B. Mayes conducting the tests.
I* is thought that the examinations
will have been completed in three
days, although an enormous amount of
work devolves upon the three examin
ing physicians.
The filing of notice of intention to
claim exemption must be made within
seven days after the issuance of no
tices to drafted men and then ten days
are allowed for the filing of affidavits
in support of the exemption claims.
The Times-Recorder has already
published a list of the first 374 men
summoned for examination on the first
call, and with the announcement, of
the calling of an additional 126 ctieo.
the supplementary list to make trp the
necessary 500 names is printed here
with. Within the next few days th*
Times-Recorder will publish a list of
the entire 2233 men registered in Sum
ter county, in the order of their liabil
ity for service.
The additional men summoned an the
| first call are as follows:
i 736—Joe Kennedy, Americus, Ga., SID
Poplar street. 375.
1628 —Joshua L. Hooks, Jr.. Leslie. Ga -
R. F. D. 2. 376.
707 —Leon Nicholas Murphey, Ameri
cus, Ga., Route A. 377.
1425—Willie Blackshear, DeSoto, Ga.
378.
1002—Dave Minter, Americus, Ga., 152
Patterson. 379.
1151 —James Walter Foreman, Ameri
cus, Ga. 380.
11101—Charlie Dalvis, Americus, Ga..
11030 Jackson St. 381.
368 —Joseph Calvin Bass, Americus.
Ga.. 11l Jefferson St. 382.
974 —Ester Minter. Americus, Ga., 9964
Lee St. 383.
1698 —Esau Dorsey, Americus, Ga. 384.
I 320 —Arthur Buford Clark, Americus,
I Ga., Lee Street. 385.
950 —Mort Williams, Americus, Ga,,
1224 Montgomery. 386.
926—Sam Jordan, Americus,
Sullivan St. 387.
1010 —John McCullough, Americus, Ga..
211 Poplar St. 388.
11857—Fletcher Porter. Smithville, Ga
1 359.
919 —Sheppard Williams, Americus,
Ga., R. F. D. 390.
656—H. H. Smith, Plains, Ga, Routt
1. 391,
' 1919—Clifford White, Plains, Ga. 392.
1339—J0e Clayton, Leslie, Ga. 393.
' 814—Samuel M. Weston, Americus
Ga, 312 Academy St. 394.
1775—Buster Dunn, Americus, Ga .
Russell Alley. 395.
1070—Olin Adams, Americus, Ga, K
'F. D. A. 396.
! 738—Will Todd. Americus. Ga. 397,
' 1167—Henry Baldwin, Americus. Git.
Rente 4. 398.
1 1097—Ed Lee Tison, R. F. D. 6, Auierf
'cus, Ga. 399.
1191—Joseph Dowdell, Americus, Ga.
; R. F. D. 4. 400.
,1234—Wi1l Thomas, Americus, Ga. 401.
' 1781—John Wright, Plains. Ga. 402.
1360 —Clarence Wright, DeSoto, 'liu
403.
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