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DAILY
riBTI-NINTH YEAS.
MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN GERMANY IS PENDING
GHUNCELLOH IS
HOI LIKELY TO
IMOFFICE
REICHSTAG IS ADJOURNED WITH
OUT THE DISQUIETUDE BEING
SETTLED SOCIALISTS ARE
CAUSING TROUBLE.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 13.—The Ger
man reichstag adjourned today, leav
ing latent the crisis which observers
believe sooner or later will result in
the retirement of the chancellor.
Although other parties are less ac
tive in opposition to him than the soc
ialists, no voice was raised against sd
c’alist organ Vorwaerts’ slogan, "Mi
chaelis Must Go.”
Arrivals from Berlin do not believe
Michaelis can last a month.
MRS. JULIAN UHRRART
SUINGJII DIVORCE!
FORMERLY MISS CHLO EMILY GIL
BERT FREEMAN—SAYS HER HUS
BAND BROUGHT BASE CHARGES
AGAINST HER.
MACON, Ga., Oct. 13.—Mrs. Chlo
E. Urquhart filed a petition for di
vorce in the Superior court yesterday
from her husband, Jul'an F. Urquhart,
well known lawyer of this city. W.
O. McNeil is the lawyer for the peti
tioner.
The Urquharts were married in the
early part of the summer. The peti
tion recites that they lived together
until August, when Mrs. Urquhart
states her husband refused to live
with her longer.
Mrs. Urquhart says her husband
threatened her and “accused her of
improper conduct with their guests
and others.” She says that she is in
nocent of her husband's charges.
* Ag a result of her husband’s con
duct and his alleged threats, Mrs. Ur
quhart asserts, her health has been
impaired. She states in the petition
that in three months of married life
her weight was reduced twenty-five
pounds. She says her nerves are in
a wretched state now.
Mrs. Uquhart asks for a total di- •
vorce and the restoration of her for- ?
rier name. Chlo Emily Gilbert-Free-1
man.
PRAGUER CDNVIGTEO I
AND GIVEN 16 YEARS
' i
11ELAIRE CARRIER IS SENTEM ED
TO DI EFOR MURDEII OF SHER.
IFF—ONCE ESCAPED FROM JAIL
but Was recaptured.
MOULTRIE, Ga.. Oct. 13.—When a
jury trying his case in Colquit Supe-'
rior court returned a verdict of guilty [
yesterday, Rev. Charlie Chance, a
country preacher, indicted for an at- ;
tempted assault upon a fourteen-year-!
old girl, was sentenced to serve six- .
teen years in the penitentiary.
Just before the verdict of the jury ;
was received in court, Judge W. E. I
Thomas, warned the spectators that. .
there must be no demonstration. The
trial was one of the most intense and
,%£rom the moment the case started un
dßp it closed, thee ourt room was
packed.
The defendant, who told the jury
when he went on the stand the case |
was a frame-up for spite, was appar
ently greatly moved by the verdict
It was also announced that an effort I
will be made to secure bail for the j
convicted man while the motion for |
a new trial is pending.
Court in Stewart.
Superior court w’ll convene in I
Stewart county at Lumpkin Monday 1
morning. The grand jury will also be 1
organized at that time.
Tax Rate in Schley.
A tax rate of SB.OO per thousand has
been levied by the county commit- '
sioners <sf Schley. ,
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
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“ THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA 1 '
f’ETHDGHAO IS
NO# EASY FDR
Elffl TO GET
SEIZURE OF ISLANDS IN GULF
OF RIGA AFFORDS GERMANY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REACH RUS
SIAN SAUITAL.
LONDON, Oct. 13.—The Germans
have landed troops on the islands of
Oesel and Dago, at the entrance of
the Gulf of Riga, according to a Pejro
grad dispatch to Reuters.
These islands provide easy access
to the mainland, across intermediate
islands. If troops are landed on the
mainland here, it -would threaten the
outflanking of the Russians, probably
compelling a retreat on a wide front,
if not opening the way to Petrograd
itself.
Dreadnaughts Silenced Batteries.
i PETROGRAD, Oct. 13.—German
: dreadnaughts silenced the Russian
I coast batteries during the landing of
German troops on Oesel and Dago is
land in the Gulf of Riga. The Russian
garrisons ther eare now fighting the
landing forces.
The islands in question have them
selves been bases of no little import
ance to the Russians, especially for
airplane activities. Their seizure will
undoubtedly hamper the Russian na
val scouting work, effectually close the
Gulf of Riga to Russian use and ap
parently offer an excellent starting
point for a land expedition for Petro
grad, if one should be contemplated
by the German command.
The lateness of the season has
seemed to preclude any attempt by
the Teutons to make a drive toward
Petrograd this year. It has been
pointed out, however, that such a
nfove could probably be carried out
with comparative ease at present, with
the Russian armies in their admitted
ly disorganized state, whereas next
spring there is governemntal promise
of a Russian military regeneration, af
ter a winter’s organizing work along
new lines.
WED
FOR OCTOBER 30
AMEKK I S WILL NAME THREE AL
DERMEN AT THAT TIME—OFFI
CIAL NOTICE BY CITY EXECU
j TIVE COMMITTEE.
At. a meeting of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of the City of Amer
icus, the following resolutions were
I offered and adopted:
That a primary election to fill va
[eaneies to occur January 1, 1918, in
'the offices of three aidermen. be held
'on October 30th, 19Ty.
j Tliat all white maie democrats,
twenty-one years of age and over, who
I have paid ctiyNmiiii" up to and includ
ing those due’for’the year 1916, will
[be entitled to vote in said primary
election, provided they have registered
their names with the Clerk and Treas-
■ urer. whose books for this purpose
.will be oisened .at once and remain
] open until 6 o’clock P. M., October
27th, 1917. All applicants for regis
tration must appear in person at the
Clerk and Treasurer’s office, or Make
vritten application to said officer for
- he enrollment of their names.
j That the usual place for voting be
opened at 7 o’clock A. M. and close at
f o’clock P. M.
j That each vote cast must be for
[ hree aldermen.
| That for the purpose of defraying
'the expense s of said primary election
candidates must pay over to E. B. K
rcett. secretary of Democratic Exec 1-
I ive Committee, on or before 5 o’clock
P. M. October 27th, 1917, a fee of SIO.OO
'each.
i The city marshal is directed to se
ll-ct a justice of the peace, two mana
gers and three clerks for the purpore
of holding said primary election.
I JOHN ALLEN FORT. Chairman
E. B. EVSRBTT, Secretary.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 14, 1917
AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE WEAR STEEL HELMETS
S'- -a I
■ fiti'lSJil iv , " r -
' IFWwB f raMESJ S ir--
American troops wearing their’ new steel trench helmets at a training camp near the French front.
HiRDMGttI
; SPEAK—HE SAYS
GEORGIA SENATOR SAYS ANY MAN
WHO SAYS HE IS NOT LOYAL IS
A "PLAIN, COMMON ORDINARY
LIAR."
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 13.—Senator (
Thoma s W. Hardwick, who arrived in,
Atlanta yesterday and who motored I
to his home in Sandersville today, |
accompanied by his wife and daugh- .
tecs, states ‘bat he e meets to make j
several addresses in various parts of.
the state before he returns to Wash- .
ington for the December session of I
congress. z
It is presumed that Senator Hard- |
wick will speak in justification of his
position against the selective service '
law. In speaking of this, Senator '
Hardwick said:
“While I do not approve of this
and many other policies advocated
by the administration and adopted by
i the majority, and shall continue fear
lessly to oppose policies wherever and
whenever I believe them to be wrong,
i yet, of course. I am for the country,
right or wrong, and will support it,
: right or wrong. The man of the
newspaper that intimates or insinuates
that I am not as loyal to this coun
try and its best interests as any man
lin the republic, is a plain, common,
ordinary liar.”
I .May Ask Hardwick to Defend Himself
• SAVANNAH Oct. 14.—That the
Cracker Progressive club may invite
Senator Hardwick to Savannah io
speak in defense of himself againsst
the imputations of disloyaltyj and
treason was announced today by
members of the club. The matter was
discussed fully at the meeting of the
club last night and according to the
members, who told of it today, a!T
invitation may be extended to him at
the meeting of the club, next Thurs
day.
Tentative plans are to secure the
new municipal auditorium for the oc
casion and invite the general public
! ito hear the address ot the junion sen
ator from Georgia in defense of him
self. Details as to entertainment and
who would introduce Mr. Hardwick/
t etc., haven ot yet been settled upon.
In inviting Mr. Hardwick to Savan
i nah to speak in his defense, accord
ing t 0 thei nformation given out to
[day, the club would consider that i:
. in nowise incurred any sponsorship
. ’ for him or in the leasst committed it
. self for his record. Ag this member
/stated, “He is a Cracker and we, at
least, wish to give him the chance to
- ( speak for himself.”
The resolution vfhi/h proposed to
have the club endorse or oppose any
particular person or ticket for office i
,or other political and referendum
measures, but be rather independent,
and strictly for the Crackers, did not 1
pass.
■ | It was introduced and debated a
: long while, with many spirited talks
1 being made on both sides of the ques
tion. It wag finally disposed of by
tile members quitting it.
The meeting last night was in s'es '
sion until after midnight. Discussions ■
-of the proposed resoltit'on and the in
vitation to Senator Hardwick were
the chief topics before the club.
DEO GROSS WORK
ROOM Ml OPEN
TO BE UONDUCTKITAT THE Yj M.
C. A. EACH DAY—ASSIGNMENT
OF LADIES TO BE IN CHARGE IS
MADE.
The Red Cross work room will be
opened at the Y. M. C. A. building next
Tuesday morning at nine o'clock, and
(Will be open daily thereafter from
[nine to twelve in the mornings and
from two to five in the afternoons.
Mrs. E. C Parker, Mrs. S. H. McKee
and Mrs. I. J. Kalmon will be in gen
' eral charge of the institation.
I The following assignments have
i been made:
I Mrs. Kalmon—MondWJ', Saturday.
Monday, 2 to 5. Mrs. .Kalmon, Mrs.
iMcWaters, Mrs. Mrs. J. E.
■ Mathis. *
Saturday, 9 to 12—Mrs. Kalmon. Mrs
[Disosway, Miss Mary Mathis.
Saturday 2 to s.—Mrs. Kalmon.
Mrs. Parker—Tuesday, Thursdsay.
Tuesday, 9 to 12—Mrs. John Coun
cil, Mrs. Stephen Pace, Misses Mary j
• Parker and Louises Marshall.
Tuesday, 2 to s—Mrs. Parker, Mrs. I
Frank Turpin, Mrs. Ernest Statham. (
i Miss Mary Littlejohn.
| Thursdasy, 9 to 12.—Mrs. Grubbs. ’
Mrss. A. D. Gatewood. Mrs. S. R. Heys,
Mrs. Nix, Mrs. Broadhursts.
I Thursday 2 to 5. —Mrs. Mashburn,
Mrs. McArthur., Mrs. Charless Hudson,
Mrs Haynes, Miss Emmae Borum.
i Mrs McKee, Wednesday, Friday.
Harrold, Mrs. Cargill, Miss Callie Bel’
I Wednesday, 2 to s.—Mrs. McKee,
Mrs. H. B. Allen, Brs. Sparks, Mrs. C
U. Rogers, Miss Ann’e Bailey.
| Friday, 2 to 5. —Miss Marie Walker, 1
Mfss Geneyieve Morgan, Mrs. George
I Durban, Mrs. Mc Whorter.
I i,Every organization of women in I
town will be asked to select a time j
and work as a body.
j Fvery lady is requested to cut om I
this list, and keep it for reference. ]
i A work room is open in East Amer
icus and Prospect He’?hts school one
afternoon in each week. Misses Su
sie Taylor, Clara Ledbetter and Eliza
beth Brown will assist in this work.
IKSSIMMW LOOKS
JUST LIKE H. DOVE
I i
MIL W. E. SMITH RAISES A MOST
REMARKABLE FREAK—HE SAYS
, THAT IT IS A NATURAL “DOVE
OF PEACE."
i
One of the most unique horticultu- I
ral freaks ever exhibited in Americus
is being shSwn by Mr. W. E. Smith, of
927 Oglethorpe
| It is a Japanese persimmon that '
has grown into an uncanny likepess
“dove of peace."
! The persimmon is so shaped that it [
has the exact appearance of a dove,
with sloping back, small head and
beak, eyes, wings poised, and body. If
the fruit had ben shaped by an ar
tist, it could not be a more precis?
r'keness.
’ Another vegetable curiosity shown at
.The Times-Recorder office yesterday
was a gourd with a handle 42 inches '■
long. It was raised by Mr. J, S. Cul
pepper. ,
EXPECT TOICfiLL
NEXT W SOON
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QUARTER OF MILLION OF FIRST
INCREMENT NOT MOBILIZED YET
—TO ISSUE ( ALL IN DECEMBER
OR JANUARY.
WASHINGTON, D. C... Oct. 13.—Dis
cussion of the advisability of expedit
ing the call for the second increment '
of the draft army now in progress at ■
the war department, and it appears '
likely that the date may be fixed ‘for ,
some time in December or January.
Mobilization of the first increment of
687,000 men is now far enough ad
vanced to show clearly that there will
be a big deficiency for the Seventeenth
national army division. More than
250,000 of the first increment are still
to be assembled, but it is evident that
there will be available at the sixteen
cantonments, quarters for an addi
tional regiment at each post and at
jsome for a full brigade of two regi- ■
■' nents.
| The strength of the new reg’mental
I rganization is 3,600 men. With a regi- ■
Iment lacking at each cantonment this
'alone would mean a shortage of near - [
Uy 50,000 men. In audition there bus |
ffieen authorized a separate division of i
'negro troeps, which means nearly 30,-|
000 men withdrawn from the original j
number assigned to the sixteen can-
: tonmeqts.
I The shortage is due partially to the
1 necessity of taking out of the national
( »
arjpy men to fill up national vuard di
visions.
Two complete national army divis ]
ions of Southern troops have been ab- i
'sorbed in thi s way. The remnants of ’
[three other Southern national army di-,
: visions will be consolidated to form a
I single divisional unit and the surplus [
men from other camps will be sent
iSouth to make up the missing divis-'
! ions.
i Drafts on the national army forces .
also must be made to fill up the en- '
listed personnel of the aviation service I
battalions needed behind the fighting [
■lines abroad. Eventually there will be ;
[250,000 men in the last named service
alone, and aviation and the medical
[service will take nearly as many more,
I though not all of them will be taken
from the national army.
Operating to delay the calling out .
[of the second increment to make goo I ;
[the shortages are several factors.
jClothing and equipment is coming for
ward at a rate that can meet the de
mands of the forces already called and
the railways of the country have been
overburdened with the job of moving
( the army without hindering freight
'shipments vital to the allies.
[ Fixing the date of the call for the
secohd increment probably h’nge s also
[upon the careful study beinj made by
Provost Marshal General Crowder and
i his assistants of the results of the
plan followed in assembling the meti
called first.
Many questions have arisen which it
nay be desired to avoid hereafter, and
substitute regulations to guide both
local and district boards, may be is
sued to govern the second call.
* WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
4- „ x*’
4 FAIR SUNDAY; PROBABLY*
* COOLER. *
CHICAGO ININS
ANO LEADS IN
WORLD SERIES
DRIVES SALLEE OUT OF THE BOX
AND DEFEATS NEW YORK EIGHT I
TO FIVE—NEXT GAME IN CHI
CAGO ALSO.
COMISKEY PARK, Chicago, Oct. 13.
—On a field swept by a fitful wind, tbe .
Jiew York Giants and Chicago White
’Sox swung into action today in the '
'fifth engagement of the world’s series. |
Some thirty thousand spectators saw 1
[the game.
McCraw sent Sallee in to hurl, and [
Jiariden behind the plate. Rowland 1
sent in Red Russell and Schalk, but I
the first inning was young when the 1
Grants drove Russell to the bench and I
Cicotte went to his relief.
Chicago pounded Sallee out of the I
box in the seventh inning by making 1
three runs, which tied the score. Per? I
ritt, who next pitched for the Giants,
was treated just as badly in the
eighth. Chicago has now now won
three games and New York two. The
next game will be played in Chicago
Sunday afternoon. If there is a sev
enth game, it will be played in New [
York.
I
The box score:
I New York — ab r h po a e
Itlßrns, If 4 2 1 3 0 ,l
Herzog, 2b a 0 1 0 0 I >
Kauff, cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 !
Zimmerman, 3b5 11 1 2 1 i
Fletcher, ss 5 11 2 3 I i
Robertson, rs 5 0 3 2 0 0 I
Holke, lb, 5 0 0 11 1 0
Raiden, c ... . f . 3 1 03 2 0
Sallee, p ... 4 0 3 0 2 0
Perritt, p, 0 0 0 0 0 0[
II .1 ..... ■ ■■■ I 111. ■ II ■I. I
Totals 40 5 12 24 10 3 !
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j
I Chicago—* ab r h po a e:
1.1. Collins, rfs 11 11 0
McMullin. 3b 3 0 11 3 0
:E. Collins, 2b4 2 3 1 4 0
[Jackson. lf >t 5 2 2 0 0 0;
[Felsch, cfs 1 3 0 0 0 [
[Gandill, lbs 11 14 1 2’
j Weaver, ss, 411 21 3 [
i Schalk, c 3 0 I 0 0
Russell, p, 0 0 o 0 0 0
[Cicotte, p1 0 0 0 2 •>;
Risberg, 2b 1 0 I 0 0 o
Williams, p1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Faber, p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 37 8 14 27 13 6
Score by innings:. R H >3
'Chicago 001 001 33x—8 14 6
New York 200200 100—5 12 ?> '
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Football Results. t
Ga. Tech 6; Davidson 3.
MR.ANOMHS.ms
IN MID ACGIDENT
11 ON DE R THAT THEY WERE NOT
KILLED WHEN NEGRO IN NEW
SEVEN PASSENGER ( 1R ( RASH.
' ED INTO THEM.
Mr and Mrs. Gordon Heys, who re
side about three ami a half miles east
of the city, had a narrow escape from
death Saturday when a negro man
driving a new seven passenger auto
mobile which he had just bought, ran
into theirxear in East Americus. .M".
Heys saw that the negro was driving i
recklessly, and tried to avoid a collis
ion, and turned his car squarely '
around. The negro ran into the Heys
car in that position, tearing it into
pieces. Mrs. Heys was slightly hurt,
tut not seriously. Mr. Heys arrested
the negro and brought him to town
and turned him over to th* sheriff. He
is now in jail. It is said that both
Hr. and Mrs. Hey s had. a miraculous
escape from death.
Rally Dav at Presbyterian Church.
Today is Rally Day at the Presbyter
i m church. The ymbllc is cordially
invited to attend.
CiTY
EDITION
NUMBER :
GREAT LOSSES
SUSTAINLO 8?
GERMAN ARMY
RECENT CASUALTIES IN FLANB.
ERS PROBABLY THE MOST SE
VERE SUFFERED BY ( ERMANS.
IN ENTIRE WAR.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1J. —An uutufst
|takable intimation that great loss ■■s
were sustained by the Germanes in
Recent Flanders fighting is contained
[in the latesst comment of the Berlim
;Tagesblatt’s military critic. He cetera
jto the losses of five-sixths of the offi
cers and onC-third of the men in cer
tain engagements in the war of I 87».
'and adds that these losses are often
far exceeded in the present war. Ha
says the losses in the third Flandera
[drive so great as to induce th»
! military authorities to abandtm the
rule of not referring to them. He de
clared that the casualties of this army
were so great that it was entitled t>
the extraordinary thanks of the Fath
erland.
The critic, General Ardenne, pay*
ffrn*loino »>nt fVwe
effectivenes of the British tanks,
iwhich, acording to hig verdict,
[able to deliver an effective enfilading
Sun fire when they can ap
proach the infantry lines under cover
of smoke or gas waves. He says they
are quick victims of the field artillery
under good visibility.
MINISTER OF MURINE
j IN OMNI RESIGNEI
■
I AMSTERDAM, Oct. Vice Arras
jral von Capelie, the German, min'sler
| of marine, has resigned, according
the Frankfurter Zeitung.
. A
Vice Admiral Edward von Capeile
[was one of the administrative direc
tors in the ministry of marine be
[ fore the war, and had served as a
■ captain at sea. In March, 1916, h» •
succeeded Admiral von Tirpitz as im
’ perial minister of the navy. Several
times since the then Capt. von Capell*
1 appeared before the reichstag witli
optimistic statements regarding tfen
progress of the unrestricted subma
rine campaign as late as Aug. 26, 191".
defending the u-boat policy of h’s
predecossor, and himself at a meeting
of the reichstag main committee.
Vice Admiral von Uapelle announe
[ei in the reichstag last Wednesday
.that a plot had been discovered in tha
navy to paralyze the efficiency of tliw
' fleet ,and force the government to
i make peace. He said that the guiltv
parties had received their justs de
• sorts and attempted to link socialists
■with the plot. The imperial German t
.chancellor, Dr. Michaelis, also spoke
of the existence of ii conspiracy fia
[the navy and asserted that certain
. deputies were involved in the revolt.
[ The sociaVst” and their newspa
pers have attacked both the chancel
lor and the vice admiral for tbeir
statements.
LOCAL FWIIILL ELEVEN
IS OEFEATF.O OF ALBANI
-—,. J
In what looked as if it would be
tn uninteresting game of football Fri
day afternon, the fast and weti-i
coacrtigfl Albany eleven came out tbe
\ ictSMgfcr the Americus High school
eleven.
; The High school boys came back i»
the second half with a pep and BgiA
in their whole team that would have
Caused a different tale to be told,
had it been shown throughout th*
game. They net only held their op
ponents scoreless, but also came very
near crossing their goal line twice
during the second halt.
i Both teams showed up well durfag;
the game, it being the first of th*
weason. and during the latter part the
spectators were given a taste of
football.