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Newspaper Page TextDAILY f ci IKTY-MNTH YEAH. STRIKE HOIDS DPI’ 0.5. UHL WORK CHAIRMAN OF SHIPPING BOARD GOES TO PACIFIC COAST TO TAKE HAND IN GREAT LABOR STRIKE. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 18.— Strikes in Pacific coast shipyards hold ing government contracts have assum ed such serious proportions that Chair man Hurley, of the federal shipping board, has announced he is consider ing going to San Francisco late this week in an attempt to settle the trou ble. Strikes at Seattle, Portland, Los An gelies, San Francisco and other places on the Pacific coast now are holding up about 12 per cent, of the govern n ent ships under construction. The shipping board hopes to settle all on a bisis to be determined for Seattle yards within a few days. Officials of the board conferred to day with representatives of the Seattle yards and unlqn leaders regarding an agreement under which workers w’ould be given higher pay, with the govern ment l iving a proportion of the in crease. Working out of details now | awaits the arrival here probably] Wednesday, of officials of a Seattle] yard, which already has granted the] highest wage scale demanded by the I workers and who will explain the op eration of the system. The shipping board today called on i the secretary of labor for assistance ] in settling the strikes and William ( Blackmon, an experienced conciliator, I was assigned to the work. Wilson Would Mediate. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 18.— . Secretary Wilson, of the department of ] commerce and agriculture, has tele graphed W. T. Boyce, assistant immi gration commissioner at San Francisco k offering his services as mediator in F the shipbuilding strike. The extension of the strike to mills producing sup plies for the government is feared by shipping board officials. These offi cials favor a substantial wage in crease, with government participation on basis of shipbuilders’ profits. Would Make University of State Co Ed School ATLANTA, Ga„ Sept. 18.—How long will it be before the state of Georgia admits women students to the Uni- ( versify of Georgia on an equal footing with men? This question, which was one of the ( important issues before the legisla ture last summer, is given renewed in terest by the action of Harvard Uni versity in admitting a certain number of women as students in its medical department. The club women of Georgia contend ed before the legislature last summer that women students should have the same rights of an education at. the State University as men enjoy. They succeeded in obtaining an arrangement whereby a private female seminary in. Athens is to be made a department of the University for female students of the Freshmen and Sophomore years. Out of this arrangement it is believed there will develop a full-fledged ad- mission of women students on the same basis as men. Some of the leading state universi ties of the country are co-educational, one of the noted institutions in this category being the University of Wis consin. MONSTER GUNS BEING USED DU FRENCH ARMY r PARIS. Sept. 18. —Monster French (guns which make the famous German orty-two centimeters look like pyg mies are being used on the Verdun front. The actual size of these guns is withheld by censors, but shells from ttitse monsters tore great gaps in Dead Man’s Hill and Hill 304 during re cent artillery actions there. The gun crews have to wear a sort of steel braced armor and breathe from air tanks when tiring. Soliders who ap proach the guns too closely while they are being discharged are hurled to the ground by concussion. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER “ THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA" Oscar Underwood is One Os the Senate Leaders u —iwnnt' tt ' T ** v -“' *** i Hife: i -- osqub w U!W£%MVQZ> ; Senator Underwood, of Alabama, is one of the leaders in the United success of its war plans. Senator Und upon by the Administration for the succtss of its war plans. Senator Udcrwood is not as conspicuous in the Senate as he was in the House, but lie is an able member and a faithful worker. Baraca- Philatheas Met At the First Baptist The Baraca-Philathea City union met last evening at the First Baptist church, the newly elected officers be ing in charge. The following program was render ed, after which the meeting had its regular business session: Rev. Geo. F. Brown discussed brief ly the work of the Bible classes of Americus. - Selection by orchestra. Reading by Miss Susie Stallings. Miss Hornsby gave an interesting talk on I’hilathea work. It was decided that the next meet ing would be held at the Central Bap tist church the third Monday night in October. After the business session light re freshments were served by the Baraca- Phtlatheas of the First Baptist church. ri remier Kerensky Weds Amid Excitement of War LONDON. Sept. 18.- The alarm of war and revolution mean nothing to Cupid. In the midst of the crisis in Russia that followed the fall of Riga, Premier Kerensky, who is described as "the busiest man in the world,” found' time to marry Dispatches received aere today from Stockholm describe ■ the bride as a beautiful young Russian t actress. .1 TWENTY-THREE RUSSIAN GENERftLS ABE HRRESTED I PETROGRAD, September 17.—Twen- L y-three Russian Generals and other • fficials who were arrested yesterday are being closely guarded. Genera) Korniloff is imprisoned at the Mohiley r , Hotel, where he is preparing a state ment. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 18, 1917 . MILITARY WILL ASSIST | POLICEMENIHIWI ■ ATDANTA, Ga., Sept. 18.—Military I policing of Atlanta’s stre tein connec- • I tion with the training of 40,000 troops jat Camp Gordon will be done by the four companies of the Seventeenth In ’ fantry which have been transferred to[ this city from Fort Oglethorpe, near Chattanooga, according to the belief of military officers stationed here. The Seventeenth Infantry returned. from the Mexican border last spring after a stay of thrte years in the cac- ■ tvs. One-half of the regiment was sta tioned at Fort McPherson to guard the interned German sailors sent here ■ i from Philadelphia, and the other half was sent to Fort Oglethorpe for sim ilar duty with the interned sailors sent to that army post. The battalion which came here, on returning from the Mexican border, has been gone several months, and , now their place is taken by the other battalion It is the general opinion of | army officers that a provost guard will be needed on Atlanta’s streets while ' the troops are in training at Camp Gordon, and the impression is that the ’ seasoned regulars of the Seventtenth I Infantry have been assigned to Fort ' i McPherson to perform this duty. 1 ■| II Rumanians’ Ofjt nsive Only Activity in War i . I LONDON, Sept. 17.—While the sit- I uation on the Riga front remains un ■changed, according to Petrograd re ports, the Rumanians have taken the | offensive against the Teutons in the Varnitz district, and have captured I several fortified positions. ' General Haig reports no unusual ac? i tivity on the British front. 1| A Petrograd dispatch says that Ker , jensky, accompanied by the ministers iof war and marine, has left for gen 'eral field headquarters. The purpose of their visit is not disclosed. ALL THE NEWS OF AMERICUS AND SUMTER COUNTY MESON'S PAPER MIL BE BARRED THE “THOMPSON GUARD,” HIS NEW PUBLICATION, WILL PROB ABLY BE DENTED MAILS AT AN EARLY DATE. THOMSON, Ga., Sept. 18.—Watson’s new publication, “The Guard,” will go through the mails this week. How ever, the publisher has today been no tified to appear in, person or answer in writing to Washington City on Sept. 24, and show cause why the second class mailing privilege of this paper should not be revoked as conflicting with Section 481 1-2 of the postal laws and regulations, bearing on non-mail able matter. Information gathered brings a fore gone conclusion that all AVatson’s publications wil’ be banned. The fore going is the same procedure gone through in The Jeffersonian case. SIX MORE DRAWN FOR DRAFT ARMY THEY WILL LEAVE HERE TOMOR ROW MORNING FOR ATLANTA— MAKES TOTAL OF FIFTEEN NOW I ROSEN. Sumter county's second contingent of selectmen will leave Americus to morrow morning for Camp Gordon, at Atlanta. Their names have been drawn by the sheriff, as follows: .lames Emmett Denham. William O. Williamson. Calvin B. Derrick. Willie Jones Bass. Henry Grady Davis. I James William Buchanan. j On the first draft, nine young men went from Sumter county, and these will make a total of fifteen. Another drawing will be made for October 3d. MACON HAS POLITICAL CON TESI ON ITS HANDS MACON, Ga.. Sept. 18.—Everything . b in readiness for Macon’s municipal I primary and water commissioner elec j ion Wednesday, and the indications | are that a heavy vote will be polled, .despite the fact that the mayoralty ' campaign has extended only about ten days, and the race for water commis sioner only about two weeks. The water commissioner’s race has been a ' more active one than the contest be tween the municipal factions. W. T. Morgan, present member of city council, heads the administration i ticket for mayor, and he is opposed by Glenn G. Toole. Both have full al , dermanic tickets in the field. In the water commissioner's race H. T Powell, a local banker and former (president of the Macon Water and Light Company; B. L. Hendricks, for jmer city tax assessor, and Ed. Crim ..mens, a painter, are the opposing can didates. Powell and Hendricks have (been waging a hard-fought campaign J and the outcome of their race is in I doubt. The water commissioner’s election is 'J to name a successor to W. H. Fetner, i whose six-year term has expired. J There are three members of the board. ' but only one is elected each two > years. * < > Dr. Sam Wise Returns Dr Sam Wise has returned from a three weeks stay in Minnesota. He (attended the clinics of the Mayo broth ers. the world’s most famous surgeons. ■| John Grier Here j John Grier, of near Oglethorpe, secretary ito Congressman Charles ! Crisp, was in the city today.. He has ’ returned from Washington for a brief ! | ♦ THE WEATHER. ♦ > ♦ FOR AMERICUS AND VICIN- ♦ ♦ ITY: FAIR TODAY AND TO- ♦ ■ ♦ NIGHT ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WARREN JOHNSON TO BE TRIED NEXT I NOT DETERMINED YET WHETHER • IT WILL BE AT SPECIAL OR REG. I LAR TERM DR. CHAPMAN’S ATTORNEYS BUSY. 1 It is practically certain that Warren 1 Johnson will be the next of the de-' ■ fendants in the Walter Wade murder ■ case to be tried. ’ But just when he will be tried is uncertain at this time. Judge Little john has agreed to advise the attor neys this week whether he will have a ' special term or wait for the case to be , assigned at the next regular term of the Sumter Superior court. Mrs. Yeartie Howell implicated I Johnson in her testimony more than ■ she did any of the other five defend ants charged with complicity in the 1 crime. She said that Johnson said to Dr. Chapman: “If you’re not going to kill him, give me the pistol and let me do it.” Johnson is absolutely confident that at his own trial his innocence will be completely established. He says he was not in Americus on the night of ; the killing, but on his way to Macon,l and that he did not know Walter i Wade. He is one of the two defendants who was not released on bond, the other being r. C. K. Chapman. Dr. Chapman takes his conviction ] c.ilmly, although having nothing to say about it. His lawyers are already pre-, paring a motion for a new trial. The] J verdict of guilty was, however, a (great surprise to Dr. Chapman’s fam-] ( i’y, who were confident that it would . either be an acquittal or a mis-trial. i ! r Lynched Near Athens ; For Attack on White Woman; Body Found Beside Road | ATHENS, Ga., September 17. — A] hirty year old negro, named Rufus Moncrieff, was lynched at White Hall, j several miles from here, at an early ( hour this morning, as the result of an] attack made by him upon a white wo man. 11 ' His body was found hanging beside 1 . the road. —■ I wmoiioEii ' COINS OFF TO C LIEGE: I i Among the young men leaving Sun- , . day to take up their studies again at < ■ their respective colleges were Thomas |, i Harrold, Jr., Bill Dodson, Henry (] ' j Lumpkin and Charles Wheatley, who,] go to the University of Georgia, at! i! Athens; Chris Sherlock and Lou Wai-; (lis, who will attend Georgia Tech. and[; Robert Lane, who matriculated at j ] Mercer. ’! All of these young men were en-| i thused over the fact that the time had ■ arrived for their return, and all left •,with the determination of making ■ good. ( i I Why Do Soldiers Carry Those Swaggei Sticks? | j ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. . s —Why do' J oldiers carry swagger sticks The] 'i answer is simple enough in his case,, -but why do women carry them? Well,! I that’s something else again. I A soldier carries a swagger stick to | keep from sticking his hands into his J pockets. A finished soldier is never at la loss what to do with his hands, but ■ I | the recruit in training invariably hoves his hands into his trousers locket, unless he exercises contant | vigilance to prevent himself from get ting the habit. As a first aid to the ’■ raw recruit, therefore, the swagger , i tick enjoys high favor in Canada, j , 1 where the military authorities have} I had a great deal of experience in the ( I training of men for the front. But with women it’s a different mat •, ter. They are neither recruits nor do • hey wear uniforms, nor again are ■ they accustomed to attiring themselves. • ir. trousers, albeit may have pockets ■ ip their skirts. Still the question re- • mains unanswered: “Why do women' ’ carry swagger sticks?” GERMANY DENIES tPEACE OIEBTIIBE ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT THAT IT HAS NOT SOUGHT TO ASCERTAIN SENTIMENT IN U. S. BERLIN, September 17. —The Ger ' man Foreign Office, in a statement to toe Associated Press, has denied the stories appearing in Danish and other foreign newspapers, to the effect that Germany indirectly communicated its peace terms to Washington, or made any effort to feel out sentiment in the (United States. The statement is also denied in of ficial quarters that Mathias Ersberger, the clerical leader, would force a re ply to the Pope’s proposals. 12,000 GUARDSMEN IN MACON THIS WEEK I TAMP WHEELER IS STEADILY IN-' 1 LEASING IN SIZE MOSTLY ALABAMA AND FLORIDA SOLD IERS NOW. MACON, Ga., Sept. 18.—By Wednes-i I day of this week it is expected there : | will be between ten and twelve thous-, ■ nd national guardsmen of Georgia,: Alabam and Florida at Camp Wheeler, ' more than 2,500 additional trops hav-' ing arrived in the city within the alst I 48 hours. Bhese late arrivals include] the two companies of the First Geor gia regiment which have been ou guard duty at Augusta, three unat tached companies stationed at Winder. Hartwell and Elberton and the re-I mainder of the Second Florida troops.! Tomorrow the abandonment of Camp ]Harris, where the Georgia troops have'] leen encampel will begin, and by j Thursday all of the Georgia troops whol [are not at Camp Mills with the Rain-] ■ bow division will be at Camp Wheeler. ] The remainder of the Florida troops. arrived in three divisions over the I I G. S and F. railroad. Approximately] 1,500 men were on the trains, under 1 command of Brigadier General Bland- ! inj of the Florida brigade. The en- 1 tire day was consumed in transferring ; he men and equipment to Camp Wheeler. Announcement was made today that' the first of the Alabama infantry troops | stationed at Montgomery will leave' there early today, in charge of Hriga-' dier General Steiner. They will come! to Macon over the Central of Georgia' railway, traveling on four trains, com -1 < sed altogether of ninety-five coaches,] box cars and cattle cars. The Alabama cavalry will come! across the country from Montgomery, and are expected to arrive in Macon ; Friday or Saturday. Troopt n Cannot Buy Booze; Take Icecream SAVANNAH, Ga.. Sept. 18.—A lack: cf booze and the fact that nine thous-, ■and marines at Port Royal want the! 1 cream is given by milk dealers in Sa-j ■ vannah as the cause of the great de- ■ Inland for milk. It is said since prohi-j | bition the demand for milk has in-| 'creased 50 or 60 per cent., while since : was was declared the marines at Port 1 ; Royal and the soldier at Fort Screven' are eating so much ice cream, the ■ dealtrs have been unable ot meet the i demand. Apparently there is no relief; if: sight, they say, unless some dairy man with cheaper means of produc- ■ tion. comes into the field. I | SLUES MAKING DEADLY AIR RAIDS DN GERMANS i AMSTERDAM, Sept. 17.—1 n the re cent raids by the Allies’ aircraft on jßoulers, Belgium, bombs dropped on a building near the market pte.ee kill* d and wounded nine hundred Ger mans, according to a Holland newspa- I per. CITY EDITION NUMBER 223. STRIKE WON Bl SEABOARD CLERKS , RAILROAD GRANTS ALL OF THEIR DEMANDS. INCLUDING TWENTY PER ( ENT. INCREASE IN .PAY— ■ AMERICUS MEN RESUME WORK. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 18. —After sev ( eral conferences of labor leaders, gov ernment representatives and heads of the Seaboard Air Line railway, a set tlement of the system-wide strike . among the Seaboard clerks which has been on for two weeks, has been ar rived at, according to announcement made last night by Arthur Keep, of Jacksonville, who has been in At lanta several days doing organization work among the Seaboard clerks in this city Mr. Keep received a telegram Mon day night from J. J. Forrester, grand president of the Brotherhood of Rail way Clerks, which instructed him to put all strikers back to work, a set lement having been reached. Al though the details have not yet been received, the three cardinal demands oi the striking clerks have been grant ' ed, it is asserted. These include a 20 per cent, increase in wages, recogni tion of the organization and rein ' statement of all strikers. The settlement was reached after a final conference held at Norfolk, Va.. on Monday, in which a government representative, railroad heads and 1 members of the brotherhood took part. Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson ' lias also had part in the several con ‘ ferences since the strike began two ■ weeks ago. Between 1.200 and 1,00 meu and I v. c’pen clerks of the Seaboard will bo affected by the settlement, and strik ers will go back to work in Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Savannah, Rich- I nond. and practically every import j ant point from Norfolk to Tampa, j The Seaboard clerks of Atlanta, who 'are members of the brotherhood had ' e< n ordered out on strike Tuesday ' morning, but will remain at their posts J now that the news of the settlement (has been received. ' Louie P. Marquardt, president of the ! Georgia Federation of Labor, and other ! local labor leaders declare that the settlement marks a signal victory for organized labor, and express them selves as being greatly gratified that the settlement has been reached with such satisfactory results. . Telegram From President. | The local president of the Americus i union of Seaboard clerks received the following telegram from the president : from the president of the general un- I ion: | “President Forrester instructs me to 'authorize you to have all Seaboard !clerks who went out on strike to re- I turn to their positions at usual time. A satisfactory agreement has been reached. We extend to you our heart, iest greetings for the great victory just won, which means a greater fa ilure .for railroad clerks.” j The Americus clerks only organiz ed three weeks ago, but. they acted in 'absolute accord with their union or ders, at the same time showing the lo cal offices every possible consideration. I They are all pleased with their treat | ment by the Seaboard, and are decided i 1 / outspoken now in commendation of [the liberal policy adopted by the rail road. ARGENTINE ID SEND SWEDISH ENVOY AWW I XS UNITED STATES AND GREAT . tITAIN KIR SAFE CONDUCT— > >T TO SHOW ANY COURTESIES, HWY EVER. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 18.—From private sources, it is learned that Ar gentine will request and obtain from I the t'nited States and Great Britain a ’safe conduct for Count Luxburg, the German minister, who will sail on a Spanish vessel. This is in accordance with diplomatic usage. It is under stood that Argentine officials wish tc» escape any necessity of extending the ■lexpelled representative the usual offi -1 cial courtesies.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, September 18, 1917, City Edition, Image 1