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DAILY FORTIETH YEAR. GERMANY ANSWERS OUR PEACE TERMS NO SURRENDER OF lERRITORY 15 THE REPLY CHANCELLOR, ADDRESSING THE REICHSTAG, DECLARES THAT GERMANY WILL NEVER CEDE ALSACE-LORRAINE- BERLIN, Jan. 24.—(Delayed.) Count Von Hertling, the German chan cellor, addressing the reichstag main committee today, said the evacuation of Russian territory is a question which concerns only Russia and the Central Powers, thus indicating that the program of the Entente Allies re garding the status of Russia is to be ignored by Germany. Commenting on the fourteen points in the program of world peace set forth by President Wilson, the chan cellor said an agreement could be reached without difficulty on the first four points. Regarding the fifth, he said some difficulties might be met with. He said Germany had never demanded the incorporation of Bel gium into the empire by violence, and that creation of the state of Poland had been aheady decided by Germany and Austria. Regarding “righting the wrong of 1878,” the chancellor said there could be no talk of ceding Al sace and Lorraine to France by Ger many. Regarding points nine, ten and eleven, Count von Hertling said he must leave the answer in the first place to Austria, but who Germany in tends to defend energetically. He said the concrete purpose outlined by Lloyd George was unsatisfactory. MMESEfIT 81 H'JNDREDSOFTHOU SANOS 111 PALESTINE VAN TO RE-ORGANIZE SULTAN’S ORCES REPORTED ABANDONED BY VON FALKENHAYNE, NOW IN CONSTANTINOPLE. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25. Because of the desertion of 160,000 Turkish troops between Constantino ple and Palestine, Gen. Von Falken hayn has abandoned the German plan to re-organize the Turkish army, and has returned to the Sultan’s capital. He is credited with having an army of 300,000 Cb take the offensive against the British in Palestine. Information of this development hag reached the war department in official dispatches. The dispatches credit Gen. Allenby, commander of the British forces in Palestine, with reporting that “more than 50 per cent, of the strength of twenty-four Turkish divisions was lost by desertions," and that “forty one companies of storm troops which left the Alexandretta district, each 300 strong, reached the front with only four officers and 100 men per company.” Turkish officers are said to have refused to support Falkenhayee’s plan because they knew that the Turkish troor>s were tired of the war. The German general persisted, however, but three days out from Constanti nople he turned back in disgust. Typhus is reported to be carrying off large numbers of the people in Turkey, 30 per cent, of the army having died of the disease or become incapacitated by it. ANOTHER AMERICAN IS KILLED IN ACTION WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25. General Pershing today reported that another American soldier was killed in action January 22nd, but gave no details of the encounter. The. deal man is Private Frei P. Thompson, whose brother resides in Georgetown, Ills. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ♦ “LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN CEORCIA.” FARMERS URGEO TO ORDER FERTILIZERS IN FOIL CAR LOTS SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF DE FENSE SHOWS HOW FARMERS CAN AID NATION IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST PRSSIAMSM. Chairman Franc Mangum, of the Sumter County Council of Defense, has just received some startling fig ures showing the wasteage in car space caused by less-than-car-load shipments of merchandise, and in this connection he urges upon Sumter far mers especially the necessity fop or dering fertilizers, which will soon begin moving, in car-load quantities only. Where there are several farm ers in a community whose combined fertilizer consumption will amount to a carload, but no one of whom re quires such quantity, Mr. Mangum suggests that these farmers go togeth er and order a carload of fertilizer, distributing it among themselves af ter arrival. “It is shown by statistics gathered by the American aßilway Association,” says Mr. Mangum, “that in the trans portation of fertilizer only about 47 per cent., or less than half, the car capacity is now being used. Figures for one month during 1917 show that iu the movement of fertilizer on one railroad alone, space to the amount of 1532 cars was lost by small load ing. As is well known, fertilizer can not be loaded in the same car with other commodities, because of the disagreeable odor of the material. “Conservation of the transportation equipment of the country is one of the paramount duties of the hour. The shortage of coal in Americus, and throughout Georgia, as all of us well know, is largely due to the lad of transportation equipment for moving the fuel, and it is a grace question whether the traffic of the United States can be moved by the railroads unless every freight car is loaded to its full capacity. “Because of these conditions, I urge upon all farmers in this section, and especially those of Sumter county, to order their fertilizers —so far as possi ble, their total requirements—at the earliest possible moment. I also urge upon dealers in and manufacturers of fertilizers to co-operate with the farmers and order shipments in max imum car-loads. Otherwise, it may be impossible for them to secure enough fertilizer to satisfy even their bare necessities. “By acting at once, the farmers of this county and section can do much to relieve the present car shortage. They can lessen by one-half the num ber of cars needed for the movement of fertilizer. They can perform a pa triotic service, and at the same time insure their supply in so fan as the resources of the country make it pos sible.” n C. JONES IS MENINGITIS VICTIM Calvin C. Jones, aged about twenty years, died at his residence in Atlanta Wednesday night, after an illness of i about a week, with meningitis. Mr. Jones formerly lived in Americus, where he graduated, and two years ago moved to Atlanta with his family, entering the School of Technology. He would have graduated at the Technol ogy school this year, had he lived. Mr. Jones was a young man of unusually bright mind, and was very popular among his schooftnates and associates Surviving Mr. Jones are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Jones, of Atlanta, and one sister, Miss Jones, of Atlanta. His remains arrived on the 2:10 train from Atlanta and were carried direct! to Oak Grove cemetery, where services and interment followed. Rev. Paul W. Ellis officiated. The pallbearers were Henry Walker, | Chris Sherlock, Owen Poole. Henry 1 vnr'kin, Emmett Bolton and Dudley Gatewood. The sympathies of the many friends of this young man deeply sympathize with them in his death. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 25, 1918 Miss Catherine Bleeker . . > M ... S k Si I IBM - ' -IMMMI! MissCCathrinee r ine Bleeker, jivho is th* first woman to reach that height of the theatrical profession—(he man agement of a theatre on Broadway, New York City—has inaugurated her new venture with a proposition which PEAGE FNMLS WILL fiEJREHEWED AUSTRIA AND GERMANY WILL CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BASIS OF NO ANNEXATION* AND NO INDEMNITIES. LONDON, Jan. 25.—Austria will con tinue peace negotiations with Russia on a basis of no annexations and no indemnity, according to a Vienna dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph, quoting Count Czernin’s address be fore the reichratch. Count Czernin is also quoted as saying: “It is obvious to me that an ex change of views between America and Austria-Hungary might form the start ing point for conciliatory discussions among all th e states which have not yet entered into peace negotiations." Commenting on the fourteen points in President Wilson’s war aims, Count Czemin, is quoted as saying Austria- Hungary and America are virtually in agreement as to releasing great princi ples for new arrangements after the war, but said Austria-Hungary would support Germany. No Advance Toward Peace. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25. Based on short cable outlines the speeches of the German and Austrian premiers to their representative par liaments, the opinion is expressed by officials here that no substantial ad vance towards final peace has been scored by the declaration. It is point ed out Count Czernin used more con ciliatory language, but that Count Hertling’s adress was couched in the Janguage of victory. BIS Billow non TO SWT IT Him MACON, Ga., Jan., Jan. 25.—An nouncement was made today that 22 army observers have be<|n ordered to the balloon school in Macon from Fort Omaha, Neb., for their finishing training previous to leaving for France to serve with General Pershing’s ex peditionary force. This will increase the number of students at the local school to 44 there already being 22 here. Three big observation balloons will be adtaifßdil i B ’’-eady i,. use. Tb-M|jg ; Wj 'gy I pleted the? j J and after A XL J be taught x. women of the United States will ap preciate. She says if you will give her ideas which can be made profit able on the stage she will give you sugar, not money, in payment. Ehe thinks sugar will draw more ideas now than cash. MRS. LEE ALLEN DIEB HERE TODAY SHE HAD BEEN ILL FOB ELEVEN DAYS WITH PNEUMONIA—FUN ERAL TAKES PLACE HERE TO MORROW. Mrs. Lee Allen died at her residence on College street Friday morning at six o’clock. Before her marriage she was Miss Bee Clegg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Clegg, and had resid ed in Americus for the past twenty seven years. She was forty-seven years of age, and had been ill for eleven days with pneumonia. Mrs. Allen was well known in mis sionary work, and was a member of the foreign and home mission socie ties of the First Baptist church, in which she took active part, and vras one of its most interested workers and did much good. Mrs. Allen is survived by her hus band, two daughters, Mrs. W. B. Wor thy and Miss Annie Lucille Allen; two sons, Lee Allen, Jr., and P. C. Allen; also her mother, Mrs. P. C. Clegg, and one sister, Mrs. E. B. Clements, of Buena Vista, and two brothers. Sam Clegg, of Americus, and Perry Clegg, of Cordele. The funeral services will be from the First Baptist church Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Dr. Lansing Burrows will officiate, assisted by Rev. A. D. Kendrick. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The pallbearers are Frank Sheffield, Arthur Rylander, C. C. Hawkins, Chas. I. Ansley, Jno. W. Shiver, J. E. Shep pard, Frank Harrold and T. F. Gate w'ood. Mrs. Allen was a loving and affec tionate wife and mother, and to her brief-stricken husband, children anl relatives the sympathies of all are ex tended. APPLING FARMERS WILL GROW TOBACCO BAXLEY, Ga., Jan. 25.—Following talks made here by experts, a number oi Appling county farmers have de cided to go into the tobacco business. The fact that almost any prodr bo successfully grown in, is taken as M will prove a H ct g other ® ■ WBM M greatly erK jHManKMMMa $120,000 BRIDGE AL MONTEZUMA OVEB FLINT 15APPROVED IMPROVEMENT OF DIXIE HIGH WAY TAKEN UP BY STATE HIGH WAY COMMISSION AT MEETING HELD IN ATLANTA. Americus mootrists, and especially those accustomed to travel between this city and Macon, are well pleased with the action of the State Highway commission in approving the expendi ture of $60,000 of federal funds in the construction of a bridge across Flint river at Montezuma. This sum is to be used in connection with an equal amount appropriated by Macon county, and the bridge to be built will be one of the finest along the western arm of the Dixie Highway. The pres ent bridge at that point is considered one of the weakest points in the high way. Altogether, the commission approved bridge ana highway projects requiring the entire federal road appropriation for Georgia, amounting to $257,000 in the aggregate. This sum is to be met, dollar for dollar, in money, labofr* and material, by the counties whose projects are approved, before the fed eral money becomes available. Com mission and county engineets are now preparing the data to submit to the United States department of agricul ture for approval of the federal gov ei nment, which must also be obtained. The federal appropriation means, heretofore a sum of $514,000 to be spent under this apportionment. The commission expects to hold an oilier meeting in about a month, when the 1918 appropriation, available next- July, will be appropriated. Applica tions sufficient to consume the 1918 appropriation, which amounts to ap proximately $400,000 are already on file with the commission. This cir cumstance, however, does not prohibit other counties from filing projects for the approval of the commission. WAYCROSS GAS PLANT SUSPENDS WAYCROSS, Ga., Jan. 25.—Judge T. A. Parker, a member of the state fuel board, and H. D. Wilson, manager of the Consumers Gas & Coke Company, of this city, have just returned from Atlanta, where they went to confer with Dr. Hardman with the view to getting coal for the local gas plant, which has been closed dowm since ear ly Wednesday morning, and will re main closed until a supply of gas coal arrives. Hundreds of households in 1 Waycross are without means of cook ing, as a result of the failure of the company to supply gas. Through the help of the fuel administration, Mr. Wilson states he has several cars of coal in transit, but due to the congest er transportation conditions, the date when gas will be turned on again in Waycross is uncertain. It is under stood' here that Albany, Americus and Cordele gas plants are also badly in need of coal. BAKER WILL REPLY TO SENATORS ATTACK WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25. Secretary Baker today asked Senator to arrange an occasion at which all members of congress dis posed to attend may do so, to hear a statement in reply to the senator’s charges of inefficiency in the army and navy. NEW TR |,! PD Il / ■ err* EDITION BINTELEN DI TRIAL FOB CONSPIRACY IO OESTROYSTEAMSHiP PRINCIPAL IN SABOTAGE AND BOMB PLOTS BEING TRIED FOR LACING FIRE BOMBS ON KIRK OSWALD. The trial of ranz von Rintelen, com. ipanion of Prince Henry of Prussia, and a dozen other defendants, charged with conspiracy in placing fire bombs on the steamship Kirk Oswald, con tinued in feedral district court here today. Henry L. Barth, a the New York police department’s bomb squad testified nearly all of the ses sion. He said that in the ugise of a paid agent of Wolf von Igle, a Ger man agent ,he formed the acquaint ance of Capt. Charles von Kleist, one of the defendants, in a Hoboken sa loon. “Von Kleist told me, after I had gained his confidence,'” said Bartit, "about th© making of the bombs for the destruction of munition and sugar carrying steamships. He said five had been destroyed by these bombs, and complained that while seme of the men in the plot had made considerable money he had not been given his share.” The witness, who speaks German fluently, told of a visit to von Kleist’s home in Hoboken April 12 last. i« company with Lieut. Barnltz'and De tective Busby. They found numerous cups and lead screws used in the manufacture of fire bombs, .These were shown to the jury and placed in “Von Kleist told me,” continued Barth,” that Rintelen was supplied with a great deal of money to further the anti-ally sabotage plots in the United States, but that he did not get much of the plot fund, and was very sore.” The witness then told of bringing Bonford Boniface, another defendant, to the office of the department of justice last August. At that Barth declared, Boniface said the wireless operator on the steamer Frederick der Grosse kept tabs on vessels sailing for allied ports. Barth said he went to No. 220 Bast 15th Oct. 10, and took Eugene Reister, another defendant, to police headquarters, where he was ques tioned. The witness said Reister told him and Capt. Tunn that he had tested five bombs in his back yard and had given them to Walter Uhda to deliver to a German on the west side, who was to have them placed on the Lusitania. Uhde is one of those indicted, and was in court during the witness testimony. He was arrested Oct. 10, after a struggle. Joseph Zeffert. another defendant, Barth testified, was given a job by Reister to carry the bombs on board ships and to report the movements of vessels, at a salary of $25 a week. When arrested he said to his mother, according to the witness: "Thia is what I get for going back to work for those Dutchmen. Well, don’t wor ry; they’ve got me in and they’ll have to get me out.” $50,000 GEM ROBBERY STAGED IN DETROIT DETROIT, Jan. 25.—1 n broad day light on one of the citys - busiest streets, three armed men looted the jewelry store of Ralph Dewey of dia monds and other precious stones valued at more than $50,000, and made good their escape. The only man in the store, William Grainger, who is manager, was at l!l fibers who bound and I; I 'til I behind a ill I lift Sy 1 / #f r NUMBER 22. *